THE
ESSEX NATURALIST:
BEING THE
Journal of the Essex Field Club
FOR 1890.
BIRD MIGRATION:
BEING THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
DELIVERED AT THE TENTH
ANNUAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 1st, 1890,
BY EDWARD A. FITCH, F.L.S., F.E.S.
Ladies and Gentlemen,—The Address I delivered at the last
Annual Meeting, referring to the work done, and to be accomplished,
by our Club, has been so lately printed and distributed to our
members (E. N., iii. 95 — 110), that I have thought it well not to
recur to the subject on the present occasion. If, as I trust may be
the case, the remarks made this time last year lead to our good
work being continued and largely extended, I shall hope to have
an opportunity of reviewing it, and again referring to our shortcomings.
I will not say "if any," as there are sure to be some, and it is an
advantage to have them brought to our notice. This at our next
Annual Meeting, as I understand it is your wish to continue me in
the Presidential chair for another year ; for this honour and for past
support allow me to thank all most fully. I alluded also to the good
fellowship existing between our members; this characteristic of our
Club has not in any way suffered during the past year and it can
only be wished that our Meetings may be as generally pleasant and
even more instructive in this new year as in the one we have just
left behind.
Next to the year's work of the Club the object that claims our
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