BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB, 



No. C. 



The ninety-ninth Meeting of the Cluh was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 21th of October, 1903. 



Chairman: P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present : — Lieut. Boyd Alexander, E. Bidwell, 

 J. L. Bonhote, W. Buskin Butterfield, F. Curtis, W. E. de 

 Winton {Treasurer'), H. E. Dresser, F. D. Drewitt, M.D., 

 A. H. Evans, F. W. Frohawk, J. Gerrard, H. Goodchild, 

 Ernst Hartert, A. P. Loyd, A. McL. Marshall, J. G. 

 Millais, H. Munt, M. J. Nicoll, T. Parkin, E. Lort 

 Phillips, W. P. Pycraft, F. R. Ratcliff, B. B. Riviere, 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., A. D. Sapsworth, Howard 

 Saunders, D. Seth-Smith, R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. 

 (Editor), Col. C. Swinhoe, W. B, Tegetmeier, A. Thor- 



BURN, C. B. TlCEHURST, J. I. S. WhITAKER, S. J. WHITE, 



Chas. J. Wilson, Harry F. Witherby. 



Guests : W. G. Cheesman, H. H. Lynes, R.N., Oscar 

 Neumann (Guest of the Club), J. S. Parkin, L. M. Seth- 

 Smith, Dr. Traquair. 



The Chairman offered a cordial welcome to Mr. Oscar 

 Neumann, who was present as the Guest of the Club, and 

 then gave the following Address : — 



On opening the Twelfth Session of this Club, I propose 

 to offer to the assembled Ornithologists a few remarks 

 on recent events relating to the Science to which we are 

 devoted. 



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