COUNCIL FOR 1894. 
XV. 
A mature example of White’s Thrush (Ttirdus varius) 
presented by Mr, W. Stathers (shot at Rimswell in November, 
1881) was a most important gift, and will shortly be placed in 
the new British Bird collection. 
A small series of Birds’ Skins, from Lulea in Sweden, is a 
welcome gift from Mrs. Waddington Mann. Among them are 
some excellent examples of the European Hawk Owl. 
The Museum has also acquired, partly by special subscription, 
the large and varied collection of European Birds’ Skins formed 
by the late Hr. Bree. Among the specimens, which number 
some 400 in all, are to be found a grand series of Wax wings 
and of the Crossbill, both large and small-billed forms (L. 
curvirostris and L. pityopsittaceus ). 
There are also a few specimens which were figured by the 
Doctor for his work on “ European Birds not found in the 
British Isles,”including Acrocephalus melanopogon and Muscicapa 
collaris. 
Photographic Section. —The number of members and 
general attendance at meetings of this section have been fairly 
well maintained during the past year, 1894. At the expressed 
desire of the majority of those present at the meeting of last 
June, the monthly gatherings were continued during the 
summer, and with fairly promising success. The present 
nominal number of members is 88 as against 30 at the ending 
of the previous session. The new rule admitting members 
and associates of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society to the 
Section on paying a reduced annual subscription of 2s. 6d., 
and admitting non-members of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society for an annual subscription of os., was passed at the 
Annual General Meeting of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Sooiety in February, 1894, and since that date several new 
members have availed themselves of these new privileges, and 
doubtless many more will join as a knowledge of the new rule 
gets spread abroad among those practically interested in the 
art science of photography, but who are not subscribers to the 
parent society. 
The chief function of the section still remains the quiet and 
unobtrusive one of enabling those interested in photography 
to meet sociably together and compare notes. 
