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The Hon. Walter Rothschild said that it was with 

 great regret he had to intimate to the Members of the Club 

 that their Chairman, Dr. P. L. Sclater, had met with 

 an accident and would be unable to join them on that 

 occasion. This was the more to be regretted, as the occasion 

 was a very special one, being the 21st anniversary of the 

 Club. During all those years Dr. Sclater had been an 

 unfailing supporter of the Club and had seldom missed a 

 meeting, and the Members had determined to mark the 

 present occasion by presenting him with a testimonial and 

 a piece of plate in commemoration of his long and faithful 

 services. 



Mr. Rothschild said that the honour and pleasure of 

 presenting these souvenirs had fallen on him, and that the 

 absence of Dr. Sclater would be as great a disappointment to 

 all the Members as it was to himself. In the absence of his 

 father, Mr. W. L. Sclater had kindly consented to receive 

 the gifts. 



The testimonial, which took the form of a beautifully 

 bound book, contained the following short address engrossed 

 in coloured letters on vellum, and signed by nearly all the 

 Members of the Club : — 



" IN COMMEMORATION 



OF THE 



TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. 



FOUNDED IN OCTOBEK, 1892. 



" We, the undersigned Members of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club, in presenting this testimonial to 

 Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., desire to 

 record our high appreciation of his valuable services as 

 Chairman during the past twenty-one years. 



