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were allowed to leave the nest in safety the rewards to be 

 paid to the watchers would exhaust all the fund already paid 

 up ; but the appeal had been so liberally responded to in the 

 first instance that all the money promised had not been 

 claimed, and he felt sure that when an appeal was again 

 made it would be equally well supported. 



The Club passed an unanimous vote of thanks to Dr. Salter 

 for the trouble he had taken. 



Mr. Bonhote, as Secretary to the B. O. C. Migration 

 Committee, presented the following Report on the work done 

 during the past season : — 



Gentlemen, — 



As this is our last Meeting this Session, we think it 

 advisable to lay before you an Interim Report on the result 

 of our work during the Spring Migration, which is just over. 



We must first acknowledge with grateful thanks the great 

 assistance and support we have received from observers 

 throughout the country, who have willingly responded to the 

 call made on them and have sent their Schedules carefully 

 filled in weekly. 



The Schedules were sent in from March 19th to June 4th, 

 covering a period of just under 3 months, the height of 

 the migration occurring during the weeks ending April 

 16th, 23rd, and 30th. The earliest migrant to arrive was 

 the Wheatear on the 14th March, closely followed by the 

 Chiffchaff on the 18th of the same month; the latest 

 migrant to arrive was the Nightjar., which, although first 

 recorded during the last week of April, did not really arrive 

 in numbers until the third week in May. 



All Schedules as they came in were carefully docketed and 

 filed, their contents extracted, and sketch maps filled in 

 showing the distribution of each species duriug the week. 

 Some of these maps are brought up for your inspection here 

 to-night. 



Short weekly summaries were then made and sent round 

 to each member of the Committee. 



It has been arranged to send copies of these summaries 



