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In spite of tlie present conditions due to the War, the 

 interest taken in ornithology generally and in the meetings 

 of the Club lias been well maintained^ and many new and 

 rare species have been described and exhibited for the first 

 time. 



The Lantern-Meeting, held on March 8th, was well 

 attended, and many very interesting slides were shown. 



On two occasions (November and January) the meetings 

 were chiefly devoted to Discussions on special ornithological 

 subjects, these being ''The Bearing of Oology on Classi- 

 fication/' opened with a paper by the Rev. F. C. K. 

 Jourdain, M.A., and " Bird Parasites and Bird Phylogeny/^ 

 opened by Mr. Launcelot Harrison^ B.Sc. 



During the past Session Dr. Percy Lowe was obliged to 

 resign the post of Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, 

 owing to his having taken up Red Cross work, and Mr. C. 

 G. Talbot-Ponsonby undertook his duties. 



(Signed) D. SETH-SMITH, 



Editor. 



London, July 191G. 



