The Society's Medal.



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THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL



The Medal may be awarded, at the discretion of the Committee, to

any Member who shall succeed in breeding, in the United Kingdom, any

species of bird which shall not be known to have been previously bred in

captivity in Great Britain or Ireland. Any Member wishing to obtain the

Medal must send a detailed account for publication in the Magazine, within

about eight weeks from the date of the 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 wholly independent of their

parents.


The account of the breeding must be reasonably full, so as to afford

instruction to our Members, and should describe the plumage of the young,

and he of value as a permanent record of the nesting and general habits of the

species. These points will have great weight when the question of awarding

the Medal is under consideration.


The parents of the young must be the bonci fide property of the breeder.

Any evasion of this rule, in any form whatever, will not only disqualify the

breeder from any claim to a Medal in that particular instance, but will

seriously prejudice any other claims he or she may subsequently advance

for the breeding of the same or other species.


Iu every case, the decision of the Committee shall be filial.


The Medal will be forwarded to each Member as soon after it shall

have been awarded as circumstances will permit.



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

It bears 011 the obverse a representation of two birds with a nest containing

eggs, and the words “ The Avicultural Society—Founded 1894.” On 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 been awarded.


[For a list of the Members to whom Medals were awarded during the

First Series see Vol. II. {New Series ) p. 18.]


NEW SERIES.


Vol. I., p. 317. Mr. D. Sexh-SmiTh, for breeding the Greater Button-

Quail, Turnix tanki, in 1903.


„ „ p. 366. Mr. L. M. Seth-Smith, for breeding the Rain Quail,


Coturnix coromandelica, in 1903.



