BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 



The Right Hon. Lord Lilford. 



SECRETARY. 



r. DuCane Godman, Esq. 



committee. 



The President. ^ 



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



The Secretary. J 



Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



W. B. TegetmeieRj Esq. 



H. Seebohm^ Esq. 



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-two 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 £1 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. 



E. DuCANE GODMAN, 



Secretary. 

 6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, W. 



Now ready, Price 30s. 

 A GENERAL INDEX OF THE FIRST THREE SERIES OF 



'THE ibis; 



1859-1876. 

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



J. VAN VOOKST, 1 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



