ir 
St'Crrtd >i/ft' lit'pnrt 
Secretary's Report. 
♦ 
An onlinai'V report is not posf-ililc hcriuisc of tlic cxtru- 
(iriliiiary limes, ainl. in view tliei-eo!' a nuist pleasint; duty falls to 
niy lot in heinji ai)le to I'cjiort fiiat a hset'iil yeai-"s woi-k has l)een 
aceoni 1)1 isiieij and our nntnliei-s remain ai>ou( normal. 
With the December issve of "Bird NOTES another 
volnme of oui' .Journal has been completed. The high standard 
which the ^^auazine had attained in has been (I think all 
will agree) fully maintained. 
Our best thanks ai'e due to our lion. Editor foi' his splendid 
work throughout the year. Few know the amount of work 
re(iuired in iioriiial times to jirodnce a .loui-nal like ours, but tin's 
year, owing to the war, the oHice of Mditor has been doubly 
difficult, and Mr. Page is therefore to be heartily congratulated 
on the result he has achieved. 
When our Roll of Membei'S appeals in .January. T am 
pleased to say it will contain many new names, but alas I others 
will be missing. Some of our members liave given their lives 
for their country on the battlefields of France and elsewhere, and 
when the war is over we hope to make out a Roll of Hon-)ur t(j 
our dead. Among these are some whose articles ]>i'oved vei'y 
interesting to our members : may I ask others to do their best to 
help our Editor by sending either i)hotos or manusci-ipt. or 1)oth ? 
By doing so you will not only greatly assist him, but also help t(j 
keep " Bird- Notes " in the front rank of avicultural literature. 
SIDNEY WILLIAMS. 
December, 1915, 
