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become a single broader band, while it appears to me that 
the total breadth of the two and the red space between them 
corresponds to the size of the single band in the adult. I 
believe, moreover, that this is the last-assumed mark of full 
development, and that it is generally found after the streaked 
appearance on the neck and head is lost ; there are, however, 
exceptions to this rule {of. the male specimen from Mai di 
Ventre in my Collection). According to what I could 
observe, and with the material that I had at my disposal, I 
certainly consider that the two bands and the black blendings 
scattered here and there over the bill are marks of immaturity. 
XXIX. — Proceedings at the Anniversary Meeting of the 
British Ornithologists^ Union^ 1902. 
The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 
Union was held in the rooms of the Zoological Society of 
London, 3 Hanover Square (by permission of the Council 
of that Society), on Wednesday, the ]4th of May, at 6 p.m. 
In the regretted absence of the President, owing to illness. 
Dr. P. L. ScLATER, F.E.S., took the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read 
and confirmed, the Report of the Committee was read. They 
were glad to be able to state that the prosperity of the Union 
had continued undiminished duiiug the past year. 
The anrual volume of 'The Ibis ^ for 1901 had been 
published in regular course. It was the first of the Eighth 
Series, under the joint Editorship of Dr. P. L. Sclater, 
F.H.S., and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A., and consisted of 
782 pages, illustrated by 15 plates. 
The Committee regretted to report the loss by death of 
seven Ordinary Members of the Union since the last Anni- 
versary, namely: the Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. E. H. Cooper, 
Mr. H. M. Courage, the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, Lord 
Malcolm of Poltalloch, Capt. Eric Streatfeild, Mr. Lionel 
W. Wiglesworth, and Mr. John Young. The resignation of 
Mr. Arthur H. Holland had been accepted; but it had not 
been found necessary to remove any Member under Rule 6. 
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