. British birds. Birds. OTES. THE JUBILEE OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. The meeting to celebrate the Jubilee of the foundation of the in 1858 was held at 3, Hanover Square, on December 9th, 1908. Dr. F. Du Cane Godman, the President, was in the chair, and the proceedings commenced by the reading of a number of congratulatory messages from other Ornithologists' Unions. Dr. Godman then gave a short address, which showed how intimate had been the relation between the progress of ornithology and the progress of the Dr. P. L. Sclater gave a history of the Union, its journal, t
. British birds. Birds. OTES. THE JUBILEE OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. The meeting to celebrate the Jubilee of the foundation of the in 1858 was held at 3, Hanover Square, on December 9th, 1908. Dr. F. Du Cane Godman, the President, was in the chair, and the proceedings commenced by the reading of a number of congratulatory messages from other Ornithologists' Unions. Dr. Godman then gave a short address, which showed how intimate had been the relation between the progress of ornithology and the progress of the Dr. P. L. Sclater gave a history of the Union, its journal, the " Ibis," of which he has for so many years been editor, and its founders, chief amongst whom was the much-lamented Alfred Newton. Mr. A. H. Evans spoke very briefly of the life and work of some of the founders. Mr. Henry Upcher, as the earliest (surviving) elected member (1864), then took the chair, and presented on the behalf of the members of the Union, a gold medal to each of the four (surviving) founders, Dr. F. Du Cane Godman, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. Percy Godman, and Mr. W. H. Hudleston. The medal bears on the obverse the well-known figure of the Ibis, on the reverse the name of the recipient. A facsimile of the original list of the twenty founders, written by Newton and corrected by Dr. Sclater in 1859, was handed round. Amongst the names famous in ornithology, besides those already mentioned, may be noted H. M. Drummond (first President), T. C. Eyton, J. H. Gurney (Senr.), Hon. T. Lyttleton Powys (afterwards Lord Lilford), Osbert Salvin, Rev. (afterwards Canon) H. B. Tristram, and John Wolley. In the evening a largely attended commemorative dinner was held. A special volume of the " Ibis " commemorating the Jubilee and containing a history of the Union, with lives of the founders and principal members, together with portraits, will be published shortly. THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION AND RARE BREEDING BIRDS. At the annual meeti
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