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N. F. Ticehurst, F.R.C.S., H. M. Upcher, Commander R. 

 E. Vaugiian, R.N., H. M. Wallis, S. J. White, J. Wil- 

 kinson, II. F. Witherby (Sec. 8$ Treas.), G. Witherington, 

 A. F. R. Wollaston, W. H. Workman. 



Members of the B. 0. U, : — Duchess of Bedford, C. M. 

 Coltart, Sir H. H. Johnston, E. R. Paton, Miss E. L. 

 Turner. 



Visitors: — G. Anderson, G. T. Atchison, W. G. Ball, 

 F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., E. M. Bidwell, A. H. Bishop, 



F. E. Blagg, E. G. Boulenger, Major G. E. Bruce, 

 A. Carr, Earl of Denbigh, P. Disney, O. Murray Dixon, 



G. Evans, C. E. Fagan, I.S.O., J. A. C. Forsyth, Sir James 

 Fowler, J. K. Fowler, F. Gayner, E. Gosse, G. Haines, 

 P. Harrower, E. Hollis, C. B. Horsbrugh, Sir Henry H. 

 Howorth, F.R.S., B. S. Ingram, H. Ingram, G. L. Lillies, 

 D. C. Lyall, G. Meade-Waldo, Hon. E. S. Montagu, M.P., 

 F. R. J. Onslow, O. G. Pike, R. Preston, P. Rendall, 

 M.D., E. G. Reeve, A. W. Seaby, W. B. Thomas, A. Tur- 

 ner, S. C. F. Vines, T. W^ells. 



Colonel R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay, the President of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, occupied the Chair at the 

 conjoint dinner of the B. O. U. and B. O. C. and proposed 

 the toasts of the evening, the health of His Majesty the 

 King and that of " Absent Ibises/' as is customary at 

 the Annual Dinner. He said that, although it was not 

 usual to make speeches at the Annual Dinner, he proposed 

 to make a slight exception on the present occasion and 

 would ask them to drink the health of the gentleman on 

 his rigrht, Mr. H. M. Upcher. As one of the oldest mem- 

 hers of the Union, having joined it in 1861, Mr. Upcher 

 had been selected to present the gold medals to the original 

 members at the Jubilee Meeting held on 9th December, 

 1908. His delightful speech on that occasion would be 

 remembered by many of those present. The toast was then 



