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XXIV.— Proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the 
British Ornithologists' Union , 1910. 
The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists* 
Union for 1910 was held at the house of the Zoological 
Society of London, 3 Hanover Square (by permission), on 
May 25th. The Chair was taken by the President, Dr. F. 
DuCane Godman, F.R.S. 
The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 
read and confirmed. 
The Report of the Committee, which was then read, 
announced the continued prosperity of the Union during 
the past year. The Annual Volume of f The Ibis ’ for 1909 
(the fifty-first of the whole and the third of the Ninth 
Series) had been edited by Dr. P. L. Sclater, D.Sc., F.R.S., 
and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A. It contained 7 44 pages and 
was illustrated with 8 coloured plates, 2 maps, and 11 text- 
figures. 
The Jubilee Supplement Volume had also been published 
early in the year. It contains 268 pages and is illustrated 
with 43 photographic plates and one facsimile plate. 
With much regret the Committee reported the deaths of 
the following Members since the last Annual Meeting :— 
A. Y. Lethbridge, F. D. W. Newcome, Dr. R. Bowdler 
Sharpe, Thomas Southwell, Dr. E. P. Wright, and Dr. H. H. 
Giglioli. 
The following gentlemen had resigned :—Hon. Ian M. 
Campbell, Col. W. H. M. Duthie, E. W. H. Holdsworth, 
R. S. Keep, H. H. J. Nicholls, Robert Service, and Colin 
West; and the names of Major Charles Donovan and K. C. 
Macdonald had been removed from the List of Members 
under Rule 6. 
At the date of the Meeting the Union consisted of 424 
Ordinary Members, 3 Extra-Ordinary, 9 Honorary, 9 Colonial, 
and 20 Foreign Members. 
The Statement of Accounts for the year ending December 
31st, 1909, was then submitted and approved, and a vote of 
thanks was accorded to Mr. H. E. Dresser, the Auditor. 
