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The Society's Medal.


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 to the Business Secretary, for publica¬

tion 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 award¬

ing the Medal is under consideration.


The parents of the young must be tli ebona 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.


In every case, the decision of the Committee shall be final.


Tbe 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 2J inches in diameter.

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

e gg s , and the words “ The Avicultural Society—Founded 1S94.” 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 atvarded.


Vol. III., p. 210.. Mr. R. A. Todd, for breeding the Long-tailed Grassfincli,

Poephila acuticauda, in 1897.


,, IV., pp. 45 & 77. Mr. George E. Bouskiia, for breeding the Golden-

crowned Parralceet, Cyanorhamplms auriceps, in 1897.


,, IV., p. 212. The Rev. C. D. Farrar, for breeding the African Fire-

fiucli, Lagonosticta minima , in 1S9S.


,, V., p. 1. Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Wat.do, for breeding the Chinese

Quail, Excalfactoria chinensis , in 1S9S.



