BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 

 « The Right Hon. Lord Lilford. 



SECEETARY. 

 H. E. Dresser, Esq. 



committee. 



The President. 



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



The Secretary. 



O. Salvin, Esq. 



Capt. E. Shelley. 



W. B. Tegetmeier, Esq. 



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The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 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 twenty-four volumes have now 

 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 jgl on the 1st of January of each 

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary Members and Honorary Members 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 Annual General 

 Meeting, held in April or May of each year. Persons wishing to 

 become Members are requested to apply to the Secretary for infor- 

 mation respecting Election. 



H. E. DRESSER, 



Secretary. 

 6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, W. 



Now ready, Price 30s. 

 A GENERAL INDEX OF THE FIRST THREE SERIES OP 



'THE ibis; 



1859-1876. 

 Edited by Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S. 



J. VAN VOORST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



