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The Chairman (Mr. W. L. Sclater) read the following 

 Annual Address : — 



During the past year we have to deplore the loss of 

 several of our members. Among them may be mentioned 

 Mr. W. E. de Winton, who died on 30 Augast last after 

 a long and distressing illness. Though probably unknown 

 to most of those now present, Mr. de Winton was a great 

 supporter of the Club in its early days. He was an 

 original member from its foundation in 1892, and was its 

 second Honorary Treasurer and Secretary in succession to 

 Mr. Howard Saunders between the years 1899 and 1904. 

 In those times he was a frequent speaker and exhibitor 

 at our meetings, but he was perhaps more interested in 

 mammals than in birds, and most of his work dealt with that 

 group. We have also lost — again after a long and dis- 

 tressing illness — Mr. J. L. Bonhote, who on his return from 

 Egypt, where he held a post under Major Stanley Flower in 

 connection with the Zoological Gardens at Grizeh, consented 

 to act as our Honorary Treasurer and Secretary. Bonhote 

 was interested in evolution and heredity, and before he 

 went to Egypt made a large number of breeding experi- 

 ments with domestic fowls and other birds. He wrote 

 a good deal on this subject, and his views will be found at 

 length in a volume, ' Vigour and Heredity,' published in 

 1916. He also wrote an excellent work on the Birds of 

 Britain (1908) ; while his last contribution to ornithological 

 literature was an address read to us just a year ago on 

 Bird Protection, a subject on which he held thoroughly 

 sound and practical views. Lastly, there died on the very 

 day of our last meeting (11 October) Dr. Herbert Langton, 

 an old member of the Club and one of the most amiable 

 of men. He had been a member of the Committee of the 

 Club since 1921. 



Turning now to the work done in ornithology during 

 the last year, we may begin with the collecting expeditions. 

 Admiral Hubert Lynes and his colleague Mr. Willoughby 

 P. Lowe returned from their long sojouin in Dafur early 

 in the year, bringing with them extensive collections in 

 all branches of Natural History. We trust that Admiral 



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