place of Mr. P. Crowley, who retired by rotation. ;Mr. P. L. 

 ScLATER was unanimously elected Chairman, and Messrs. P. 

 Crowley and W. Graham vere appointed A'ice-Chairmen 

 for the present Session. 



The Chairman gave his annual Address to the Club, and 

 made the following remarks : — 



" On commencing the proceedings of the Fifth Session o£ 

 the British Ornithologists' Club, I cannot refrain from 

 offering a few preliminary remarks on the flourishing con- 

 dition of our Association. It has increased in number 

 reffularlv year bv vear, and now embraces, with very few 

 exceptions, the most active and energetic Members of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, I think that the founders of 

 tlie Club may be well congratulated upon the undoubted 

 success which, in the face of some sinister prophecies^ has 

 attended their eftbrts. 



" Passing on to other topics, I must first call your attention 

 to the very serious losses that have occurred in the ranks of 

 Ornithology since I had the honour of addressing you a year 

 ago. The deaths of Lord Lilford and Mr. Seebohm have made 

 vacancies which it will l}e hard indeed to fill up. I need 

 not on the present occasion attempt to speak of the events 

 of their lives, which have been treated of elsewhere; but I 

 will remind you that both of :hem worked up to almost the 

 last moments of their existence, and left behind them publica- 

 tions unfinished at the times oi" their decease. Lord Lilford's 

 excellent ' Coloured Illustrations of the Birds of the British 

 Islands ' was nearly at its terrunation when the death of the 

 author took place. AVe are pleased to know that some well- 

 qualified friends have arranged to do the little that is neces- 

 sary to render these beautiful volumes complete. As regards 

 Mr. Seebohm's work on British Bi]"ds' Eggs, which was 

 announced to be in preparation some time ago, we are glad 

 to learu that Dr. Bowdler Sharpe has completed it for 

 publication, and this, we are told, has not been a difficult 

 task. The same, however, is not likely to be the case with 

 Seebohm's ' Monograph of the Thrushes,' which the energetic 



