The Society's Medal.



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THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL.



R U L E S.


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 be 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 bona fide property of the

breeder. Any evasion of this rule, in any form whatever, will not only dis¬

qualify the breeder from any claim to a Medal in that particular instance,

but will seriously prejudice an}'other claims he or she may subsequently

advance for the breeding of the same or any other species.


I11 every case the decision of the Committee shall be final.


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 (but the Committee reserve the right

to issue it in silver in very special cases), and measures 2| inches in

diameter. It bears on the obverse a representation of two 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 been awarded.


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

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


MEW SERIES.


Vol. I., p. 3T7. Mr. D. Seth-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.



