BY-LAWS AND RULES OF THE AMERICAN 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



By-Laws. 

 Article I. Of Mc7nbers. 



Section i . The Union shall consist of Active, Associate, 

 Honorary, and Corresponding Members, and Patrons. 



Section 2. Active Members shall be residents of the United 

 States or Canada, and shall be limited to fifty in number. 



Section J. Associate Members shall be residents of the 

 United States or Canada, and shall not be limited in number. 



Section 4. Honorary Members shall be limited to twenty- 

 five in number. They shall be chosen for their eminence in 

 Ornithology, and may be residents of any country. 



Section 5. Corresponding Members shall be limited to one 

 hundred in number, and may be residents of any counti'y. 



Article II. Of Officers. 



Section i. The Officers of the Union shall be a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and seven Coun- 

 cillors. These officers shall constitute the Board of Manage- 

 ment or Council of the Union, for the transaction of such 

 business as may be assigned to it by the By-Laws or by the 

 Union. 



Section 2. The President or, in case of his absence or ina- 

 bility to act, one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside at the 

 meetings of the Union and of the Council, and shall appoint all 

 Committees except such as are otherwise provided for. 



Section 3. The Secretary shall keep a record of the meet- 

 ings of the Union and Council ; shall give at least three weeks' 

 notice to Active and Associate Members of the time and place 

 of meetings, shall report to the Council all nominations received 

 by him for membership, and shall send to each Active Member 

 a list of the nominees to Active Membership ; shall notify Mem- 

 bers elect of their election, and Committees of their appoint- 

 ment ; shall acknowledge all donations to the Union, and report 



