BRITISH ORNITHOLOeiST S' UNION. 



PRESIDEITT. 



Col. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay, F.Z.S. 



EDITOR. 



W. L. ScLATER, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



SECRETARY. 

 E. C. Stuart Bakeii, Esq., F.Z.S. 



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. "^ 



The Editor of 'The Ibis.' >• Ex officio. 

 The Secretary. ) 



W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1914.) 

 David Seth-Smith, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1915.) 

 The Lord Rothschild, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.Z.S. (Elected 1916.) 



The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advancement o£ the science of Ornithology. Its funds are 

 devoted primarily to the publication of 'The Ibis,' a Quarterly 

 Journal of Ornithology, of which nine series, of six volumes each, 

 have been completed, and the tenth series is now being issued. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 

 (limited to ten), Honorary Lady Members (limited to ten), Extra- 

 ordinary Members, Colonial Members (limited to ten), and 

 Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



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

 bution of £\ 5s. on election; and £1 5s. on the 1st of January of 

 each subsequent year. 



Ordinary, Extraordinary, and Honorary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of ' The Ibis ' gratis. 



Colonial and Foreign Members if they wish may subscribe to 

 ' The Ibis ' by payment of £1 5^. each year on the 1st of January. 



Authors are entitled to 25 separate copies of their papers published 

 in ' The Ibis,' on applying for them to the Secretary. 



The Election of Members takes place at the General Meeting 

 held in March. Ladies or gentlemen wishing to become Members 

 are requested to apply to the Secretary for information. 



N.B. — All Papers, Notes, and Letters intended for publication in 

 * The Ibis,' as well as books and papers for review, should be 

 addressed to the Editor, and all communications regarding Sub- 

 scriptions, changes of Address, non-receipt of the Journal or delay 

 in receiving it, applications for Authors' copies of Papers, and 

 other matters of a like nature, should be addressed to the 

 Secretary. All communications regarding the purchase of the 

 publications of the Union should be addressed to Messrs. Wm. 

 Wesley and Son, 28 Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C. 



E. C. STUART BAKER, 



Offices of the Zoological Society of London, Hoji. Stcretary. 



Regent's Piirk, London, N.W. 

 October, 191G. 



