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Report of Council Meeting.



Letters of regret for non-attendance from Mr. Astley, Dr.

Butler, Mr. Shore-Baily, Mr. St. Quintin, and Mr. Willford were

read. A letter of thanks from the British Museum, for numbers of

the Magazine presented, was read.


It was decided to subscribe 7.s. 6rZ. to have a notice of the

Avicultural Society inserted in the Official Year-Book of Scientific

Societies.


It was decided that members might bring friends who were

non-members to the annual tea and garden party.


The Hon. Secretary reported that since the beginning of the

current year twenty-six new members had joined, and only one had

resigned.


To meet the increased cost of producing the Magazine it was

decided to ask every member to give 2s. 6d., or more if possible, to

strengthen the financial position of the Society.


The Editor reported that a very satisfactory amount of copy

was being sent in ; unfortunately, owing to temporary reduction of

the size of the Magazine, publication of some of it would be delayed.


The Hon. Secretary was instructed to write and convey to

Lieut. Delacour a vote of condolence on the destruction of his birds

and aviaries during the war.


Dr. J. Iv. Butter (proposed by Dr. Renshaw) and Lieut. G.

Gurney (proposed by Mr. Meade- Waldo), were elected to fill vacancies

on the Council. Mr. Ogilvie Grant retired from the Council, and was

appointed scrutineer, Mr. St. Quintin being elected auditor.


The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Zoological

Society for the kind loan of the room.


After the meeting the annual tea and garden party was held,

tea being provided in the Fellows’ Pavilion. According to time-

honoured custom, the afternoon terminated with a tour of the

aviaries in the Gardens. The Small Bird House, with its Birds of

Paradise, was inspected, and there was a fine show of Weavers in

the Summer Aviary.



