533 
Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. 
“ If, in the opinion of the Committee, any Member shall 
have acted in a manner injurious to the interests or good 
name of the Union, or shall have personally assisted in or 
connived at the capture or destruction of any bird, nest, or 
eggs in the British Isles, by purchase or otherwise, likely, in 
the opinion of the Committee, to lead to the extermination 
or serious diminution of that species as a British bird, the 
Secretary shall be directed to send a registered letter to that 
Member, stating the facts brought before the Committee 
and asking for an explanation of the same, but without 
mentioning the source from which such information was 
obtained. After allowing a reasonable time (not less than a 
clear fortnight after the receipt of the Secretary's letter) 
for reply or for appearing in person before the Committee if 
he so desire, the Committee, providing not less than four 
are agreed, shall have power to remove that gentleman's 
name from the List of Members without assigning any 
reason. Such Member may, if he so desire, stand for re- 
election by ballot at the next Annual General Meeting, and 
in the event of his re-election no fee for re-admission shall 
be required.'' 
The Report of the Committee, which was then read, 
announced the continued prosperity of the Union during 
the past year, both as regards its membership and its finances. 
The Annual Volume of ‘The Ibis' for 1908 (the fiftieth 
of the whole and the second of the Ninth Series) had been 
edited by Ur. P. L. Sclater, D.Sc., F.R.S., and Mr. A. 
H. Evans, M.A. It contained 660 pages and was illustrated 
with 10 coloured plates, 3 maps, and 7 text-figures. 
With much regret the Committee reported the deaths of 
the following Members since the last Annual Meeting :—- 
Prof. Barboza du Bocage, Col. Hanbury Barclay, Col. 
C. T. Bingham, S. G. Buxton, E. N. E. Fenwick, W. H. 
Hudleston, and William Mitchell. 
The following gentlemen had resigned, viz., J. H. Allchin, 
F. R. S. Baltour, R. J. Colman, Rev. A. G. G. Cowie, A. K. 
Haagner, W. H. Hudson, Rev. W. K. Martin, A. I. Simev, 
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