make a cross (X) opposite the names of those for whom he desires to vote,

and shall sign the voting paper at the foot, and send it to the Scrutineer in

a sealed envelope, before the 14th of October. The Scrutineer shall prepare

a written return of the officers elected, showing the number of the votes

recorded for each candidate, and send it to the Secretary before the 21st of

October, for publication in the November number of the Magazine. In the

event of an equality of votes, the President shall have a casting vote.


7. —It shall be lawful for the Council to delegate any of their powers

to a Committee of not less than three.


S.—The Council (but not a Committee of the Council) shall have

power to alter and add to the Rules, from time to time, in an}- manner they

may think fit.


9, —The Council shall have power to expel any member from the

Society at any time, without assigning any reason.


10. —All members intending to resign their membership at the end of

the current year of the Society shall give notice of their intention to the

Secretary before the 14th Odlober, and all members who do not so give

notice shall continue to be members for the year following, and shall be

liable for their subscriptions accordingly.


IX.—Neither the office of Scrutineer nor the office of Auditor shall be

held for two consecutive years by the same person.


12. —The Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how any member

shall have voted.


13. —If any office shall become vacant at any time, other than at the

end of the Society’s year, the Council shall have power to nominate any

member of the Society to fill the vacancy until the expiration of the then

current year.


THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL.


The Medal is awarded to every member who succeeds in breeding

any species of bird which has not previously been known to breed in

captivity in this country. Any member wishing to obtain the Medal must

send a detailed account to the Secretary within eight weeks from the date

of hatching of the young, and furnish such evidence of the facts as the

Executive Committee may require. The Medal will be awarded only in

cases where the young shall live to be old enough to feed themselves, and

to be independent of their parents. The decision of the Committee shall

be final.


The Medal is struck in bronze, and measures inches in diameter.

It bears on the obverse a representation of tw-o birds with a nest containing

eggs, and the words “The Avicultural Society—Founded 1894.” O11 the

reverse is the following inscription : “ Awarded to (name of donee ) for

rearing young of (name of species ) a species not previously bred in

captivity in the United Kingdom.”


Members to whom Medals have bee?i Awarded.


Mr. R. A. Todd, for breeding Poephila acuticauda in 1897.


Mr. GEORGE E. BouSKIEL, for breeding Cyanorhamphus auriceps in 1S97.

Mr. E. G- B. MEADE-WAI.DO, for breeding Excalfactoria thinensis in 1S9S.

The Rev. C. D. Farrar, for breeding Lagonosticta minima in 1S98.



