BRUTSH QIM THOLOGIST S' UNION. 



PKESIDEKT. 



The Right Hon. Loud LiLii'oRD. 



SECESTARY. 



tl. E. Drksser, Esq. 



COMMITTEE. 



The PilESlOENT. ^ 



The Editors oi- 'The lais.' > Ex officio. 

 The Secretary. j 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. (Elected 1885.) 

 Edward Cavendish Taylor, Esq. (Elected 1886.) 

 E. Bidwell, Esq. (Elected 1887.) 

 The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 tlie advancement of the science of Ornithology. Its funds ai'e 

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

 Journal of Ornithology, of which twenty-nine volumes have now 

 been completed. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honoraiy Members 

 (limited to ten), and Foreii;;n Members (limited to twenty). 



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

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

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary ]\Iembers and Honorary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of 'The Iijis^ gratis. 



Authors are entitled to 25 extra copies of their pajjere pub- 

 Fished 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. Persons wishing to become 

 Members are requested to apply to the Secretary for information. 



H. E. DllESSEB, 

 G Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, W. Secretary. 



NOTIGB.— The xiNI^UAL GENERAL MEETING of the B. 0. U. 

 will be held at 6 Tenterden Street on Wednesday, May 16th, 1888, 

 at 6 P.M. Members should send in the names of Candidates before 

 April 30th, in order that the list of the latter may be sent out 

 along with the formal summons to the Meeting^. Proposal forms on 

 application to the Secretary. 



In two Volumes, Rmjal 8i'o. Suhscription Price for the 

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ARGENTINE ORNITHOLOGY: 



A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



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WITH NOTES ON THEIR HABITS 



BY 



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LATE OP rAIEXOS AYRIOS. 



London : R. IL PonTER, G Tenterden Street, W, 

 The First Volume, with 10 Coloured Pktes by Keidenians, is now ready for 

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