BRITISH O RNITHOLOGIST S' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 



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

 EDITOR. 



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



SECRETARY. 

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



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. ^ 



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

 The Secretary. ) 



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

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

 H. E. Howard, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1917.) 



The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advaucenient o£ the science of Ornithology. Its I'linds are 

 devoted primarily to the publication of 'The I ius,' a Quarterly 

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

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



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Membeis 

 (limited to ten), Honorary Lady Members (limited to ten), Exti-a- 

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

 Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



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

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



Authors are entitled to 25 separate copies of their papers pui)lished 

 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, 10 Sloane Court, S.W, 1, and all 

 communications regarding Subscriptions, 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, c/o The Zoological 

 Society, Regent's Park, N.W. 8. 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'. 2. 



E. C. STUART BAKER, 



Offices of the Zoological Society of London, Hon. Secretary. 



Regent's Park, London. X.W. 8. 

 January, 191.^. 



