BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 



F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.R.S. 



SECRETARY. 

 OsBERT Salvin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. 



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. -j 



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

 The Secretary. ^ 



J. E. Harting, Esq. (Elected 1895.) 

 A. H. Evans, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. (Elected 1897.) 

 R. Bowdler Sharps, Esq., LL.D., F.L.S. (Elected 

 1897.) 



The British Ornithologists^ Union was instituted iu 1858 tor 

 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 six series, of six volumes each, 

 have been completed. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 

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



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

 bution of £1 on election, and £1 on the 1st of January of each 

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary Members and Honorary INIembers 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 General INIeetings, 

 held in April or May and (if required) in October or November. 

 Persons wishing to become Members are requested to apply to the 

 Secretary for information. 



OSBERT SALVIN, 



10 Chandos Street, Secretary. 



Cavendish Square, 

 London, W. 



