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4. That any member found guilty of collecting without a per- 

 mit or in a sanctuary, or of any other breach of the Statutes 

 relating to Bird Protection, shall be dealt with under the Articles. 



5. That the State authorities be asked to consult the Union 

 before granting any permit to collect birds or eggs. 



6. That foreign collectors be required to describe any new 

 species in an Australian scientific publication, and that the type 

 specimen shall be (lei)osited in a museum of the Stale in wliich 

 it is taken. 



7. That the Customs Department be urged to prohibit the ex- 

 portation of the plumage and eggs of any Australasian bird. 



R.A,O.U.— DISTINCTIONS FOR MEMBERS. 



(Proposed by Mr. A. H. Chisholm, R.A.O.U., State Secretary, 



Queensland, per Mr. W. B. Alexander, M.A.) 



Assuming that nothing definite has been done in the matter of 

 a scheme of distinctions for members of the Union, concerning 

 which there was some discussion at last year's congress, I beg 

 to submit the following proposal, which will be recognised as a 

 variant and amplification of one tendered by me last year : — 



(1) That in the Articles of Association, Clause 6 be amended 

 to read as follows: — The Union shall consist of (a) ordinary 

 members unlimited in number, (b) honorary members unlimited 

 in number, who shall be persons resident in Australasia and have 

 rendered valuable service to the cause of ornithology or the pro- 

 tection of Australian birds; (c) fellows limited to 25, who shall 

 be members of the Union, and, in the opinion of a sub-commit- 

 tee of the Council (appointed for the purpose) endorsed by a 

 majority of the whole Council, shall have carried out sufficient 

 original research in ornithology to entitle them to the honor; 

 (d) corresponding fellows, not exceeding at any time ten in num- 

 ber, who shall be foreign scientists or British scientists not 

 resident in Australasia, and (e) life members, w^ho shall be per- 

 sons having made donations or rendered services to the Union 

 of the amount or value or £25 or upwards. 



(2) That the following words be added at the end of the 

 Clause : — Fellows shall be presented with a badge denoting their 

 rank in the Union, and corresponding fellows, life members, 

 and honorary members shall be presented with a certificate to a 

 similar effect. 



Those who recollect the proceedings of last year in this matter 

 will notice that provision has now been included for the retention 

 of honorary members, though on a different basis to that which 

 obtains at present. It is this dift'erence, together with the pro- 



