Report of the Council.



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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL


For the Year 1907-8.


Once more we have come to the close of our Society’s

year and to the completion of another volume of our Magazine,

and we think that our members may congratulate themselves

that Volume VI. of the New Series is equal to any of its

predecessors. Many articles of great interest and value have

appeared, and we are glad to notice amongst the contributors

several who have not previously written for our journal.


Seven coloured plates by Mr. Herbert GoodChild, and

numerous black and white plates and text figures have been

published, the illustrations being on the whole quite equal, if

not superior, to those which have previously appeared in this

journal.


In the pages of the present volume mention is made of

many species of birds which have been imported alive for the

first time this year ; and accounts are published of the breeding

in captivity of several species which had not previously been

known to rear young in the United Kingdom.


We are glad to be able to report that the Society is in a

sound and prosperous condition, and that the membership con¬

tinues to increase in a very satisfactory manner.


Our best thanks are due to those members who, by their

contributions to our pages or in other ways, have helped to make

the present volume a success. Especially we are indebted to

Dr. A. G. Butler for very kindly undertaking the Editorship,

in addition to his duties as Honorary Correspondence Secretary,

during the absence from England of Mr. Seth-Smith.


Signed for the Council,


T. H. Newman, Hon. Busi?iess Secretary.


D. Seth-Smith, Hon. Editor.



