BY-LAWS AND RULES OF THE AMERICAN 
ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 
By-Laws. 
Article I. Of Members. 
Section 1. The membership of the Union shall consist of the 
following Classes: (1) Fellows, (2) Retired Fellows, (3) Hono- 
rary Fellows, (4) Corresponding Fellows, ,(5) Members, 
(6) Associates, and (7) Patrons. 
Section 2. Fellows shall be residents of the United States or 
Canada, and shall be limited to fifty in number. 
' Section 3. Retired Fellows shall be persons who, by their 
own desire and by vote of the Council, have been transferred 
to this Class from the Class of Fellows. 
_ Section 4. Honorary Fellows shall be limited to twenty- 
five in number. They shall be chosen for their eminence in 
Ornithology, and may be residents of any country. 
Section 5. Corresponding Fellows shall be limited to one 
hundred in number, and may be residents of any country. 
Section 6. Members shall be residents of the United States 
or Canada, and shall be limited to one hundred in number. 
Section 7. Associates shall be residents of America, and 
shall not be limited in number. 
Article IT. Of Officers. 
Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be a President, 
two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and seven 
Councilors. These officers, together with the Ex-Presidents, 
shall constitute the Board of Management or Council of the 
Union, for the transaction of such business as may be assigned 
to it by the By-Laws or by the Union. 
Section 2. The President or, in case of his absence or ina- 
