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INSTITUTED IN 1869 AS THE 



EDINBURGH NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB, 



{REVISED, NOVEMBER 1S94.) 



I. This Society, instituted for the Practical Study of Natural 

 History in all its Branches, shall he called The Edinburgh 

 Field Naturalists' and Microscopical Society. 



II. The Society shall consist of Honorary, Life, Ordinary, 

 and Corresponding Members. 



III. The Office-bearers of the Society shall be a President, 

 three Vice-Presidents, an Honorary Treasurer, an Honorary 

 Secretary, and an Editor of the Transactions. These, with 

 twelve Ordinary Members, shall form the Council, and five 

 shall be a quorum. 



IV. The Office-bearers and the four Senior Ordinary Coun- 

 cillors shall retire annually, and the Senior Vice-President and 

 the four Senior Ordinary Councillors shall not be eligible for 

 re-election for a year. The Office-bearers and new Councillors 

 shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, a majority of 

 votes being sufficient to elect ; but the Council shall have power 



