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some blustery weather early in July, and Swallows were flying 
aimlessly about over the Serpentine on the 4th, 5th, nth, 12th, 
and 13th ; Sand-Martins on the nth, 12th and 13th ; and Swifts 
on the 4th, nth, 12th and 13th. The sunless summer seemed 
to upset birds, dates, and arrangements altogether. I was, for 
instance, surprised on July 14, at Taplow, to hear a Cuckoo 
calling in a voice as clear as in early May. 
On July 18, I was sitting on my balcony in Cleveland Square, 
after dinner, when a Heron flew overhead in an easterly direc- 
tion at a height of about 200 feet. 
On August 2 I saw a Sparrow-hawk dash across the 
Serpentine over the Island ; possibly the Starlings, which had 
just assembled to roost there, were the attraction. On August 
5 I heard a Stock Dove in Hyde Park ; and on the evening of 
the loth a Heron, possibly the same bird which I had seen on 
July 18, flew over Cleveland Square. I noticed a solitary 
Willow Wren in Kensington Gardens on the 21st of this month, 
and the following day saw some Sand-Martins flying over the 
Serpentine. On August 23 I saw a Cuckoo in Hyde Park, and 
believe it to have been a young bird, but could not get a good 
view of its colouring. 
During the first week of October I saw a few Swallows and 
Sand-Martins over the Serpentine; and on October 15, and 
November 15 and 22, observed the Grey Wagtail there. On 
the morning of Sunday, November 24, while I was watching a 
Pied Wagtail on a rock in the Sea Lions’ Pond at the Zoological 
Gardens, a Grey Wagtail which was flying over the Gardens 
at a considerable height dived down and settled on the same 
rock. The pair made a delightful picture. 
54, Cleveland Square, A. Holte Macpherson. 
Hyde Park, IV. 
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 
HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was held at 
20, Hanover Square, on June 26. The Chairman, 
Dr. Dudley Buxton, made some brief remarks with 
regard to the Report in moving its adoption, and then 
proceeded to give an interesting address, which is printed below. 
Lord Avebury was unanimously re-elected President, and the 
vacancies on the Council were filled by the following : Dr. 
Appleton, Mrs. Almeric Fitzroy, Mr. Hugh Boyd Watt, M.B.O.U., 
Mr. George H. Watts. The Vice-Presidents were re-elected 
with the addition of Mr. Peter Lawson, F.R.M.S. Mr. Miihlberg, 
Mr. Rudler, and Mr. Peter Lawson kindly acted as scrutineers. 
It was announced that the six Vice-Presidents who served on 
