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APPENDIX. 



I. — Ruk's of the British Ornithologists'' Union. 



Agreed to at the Oeneral Meefiiif/ held loth May, 1871, 

 tcitlt amendments up to i/^th May, 1902, inclusive. 



1. This Society shall be called '*The British Ornithologists' 

 Union," and shall have for its object the advancement o£ the 

 Science of Ornithology. 



2. The British Ornithologists' Union shall consist of 

 Ordinary Members, Honorary Members, Extra-Ordinary 

 Members, Colonial Members, and Foreign Members. 



Ordinary Members shall be Ornithologists of any 

 country, elected in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 



Honorary Members shall be eminent Ornithologists 

 residing abroad, and shall not exceed ten in number. 



An Honorary Member coming to reside in this country 

 shall become an Extra-Ordinary Member, unless he 

 prefers to be placed upon the list of Ordinary Members. 



Colonial Members shall be eminent Ornithologists 

 residing in the British Colonies and India, and shall 

 not exceed ten in number. 



Foreign INIembers shall be eminent Foreign Ornitho- 

 logists, and shall not exceed twenty in number. 



3. Ordinary Members shall be elected by Ballot at the 

 Annual General Meeting. No person shall be declared 

 duly elected unless two-thirds of the number of Members 

 balloting shall vote in his favour. Ordinary Members or.ly 

 are entitled to vote. Honorary, Colonial, and Foreign 



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