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Animal Meeting of the Council.



foreign to you; and of vonr native birds, Passenger Pigeons, Carolina

Parrakeets, Wood-Ducks, and Red Cardinals. As the first three of these

last have got so scarce, all American public collections of live animals

should make a point of breeding as many as they can, to save the species

from extinction.


All those I have named are grain and seed-eaters, but if you care to

go in for fish- and insect-eaters as well, you will find Jaj's, Choughs,

Troupials, and the smaller Gulls, Herons, and Ibises most attractive

additions, but as some of these would be destructive to eggs and young

birds, the breeding results might not be so good.


About the best Crane is the Demoiselle, of the Old World, but your

native White and Sandhill Cranes are nice birds, and with these you might

associate Peafowl, Silver Pheasants, Sheldrakes, and Geese, all of which are

suitable for paddocks. Swans and Flamingoes are good if you have a large

sheet of water. F. Finn.



COLOURED PLATES FOR VOL. III.- (N. SER).


The Editor would be glad to receive suggestions from members as to

the subjects for coloured plates for next year. It is desirable to illustrate

only such birds as have not before been well figured, or of which good

figures are inaccessible to most people. All suggestions received will be

laid before the Executive Committee.



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL


AMENDMENT OF RULES.


The Annual Meeting of the Council was held on June 23rd, Mr.

August F. Wiener, Vice-President, in the chair.


The election of Mr. T. H. Newman to fill the post of Hon. Business

Secretary was confirmed. The Bus. Secretary then produced a statement

of the receipts and expenditure during the first six months of the current

year, showing a balance in hand of ^94 ns. gd.


The following amendments to the Rules were proposed and carried

unanimously:


Rule 3, line 6. Delete “ and .... Committee.”


Follow Rule 7 by Rule 9 (which now becomes Rule 8).


Rule 9 (which will now be Rule 8). Delete all but first paragraph

and substitute as follows: —


The members of the Council shall retire by rotation, two

at the end of each year of the .Society (unless a vacancy or

vacancies shall occur otherwise), and two other members of the

Society shall be recommended by the Council to take the place of



