BlIITISH ORNITHOLOGIST S' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 

 The Right Hon. Lord Lilford. 

 SECRETARY. 

 H. E. Dresser, Esq. 

 committee. 

 The President. ^ 



The Editors op ^The Ibis.' > Ex officio. 

 The Secretary. J 



W. T. BlanforDj Esq. 

 F. DuCane Godman, Esq. 

 Edward Cavendish Taylor, Esq. 

 The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advancement of the science of Ornithology. Its funds are 

 devoted primarily to the publication of "^The Ibis/ a Quarterly 

 Journal of Ornithology, of which twenty-eight volumes have now 

 been completed. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honoraiy Members 

 (limited to ten), and Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



Ordinary Members pay an admission fee of £2, and a contri- 

 bution of i61 on election, and jgl on the 1st of January of each 

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary Members and Honorary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of 'The Ibis' gratis. 



Authors are entitled to 25 extra copies of their papers pub- 

 lished in 'The Ibis,' on applying for them to the Secretary. 



The Election of Members takes place at the Annual General 

 Meeting, held in April or May of each year. Persons wishing to 

 become Members are requested to apply to the Secretary for infor- 

 mation respecting Election. 



H. E. DRESSER, 



Secretary. 

 Q Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, "W. 



NOTICE The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the B.O.U. will 



be held at 6 Tenterden St., on Wednesday, May 4th, 1887, at 6 p.m. 

 Members should send in the names of Candidates before April 20th, 

 in order that the list of the latter may be sent out with the formal 

 summons to the Meeting. Proposal-forms on application to the 

 Secretary. 



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ON THE WINGS OF BIKDS. 



By C. J. SUNDEVALL. 



69 pp. with two Plntes. (Translated from the original Swedish hj 

 W. S. Dallas, F.L.S.) Reprinted from ' The Ibis ' for 188(3. 



London : Gubney & Jackson (Successors to J. Van Voobst), 

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