BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 

 W. Eagle Clarke, Esq., LL.D., F.L.S. 



EDITOR. 

 AY. L. ScLATEK, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



SECRETARY. 

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



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. j 



The Editor ok 'The Ibis.' v //> officio. 

 The Secretary. ) 



H. E. Howard, Esq., F.Z.S. (l*]lected 1917.) 

 G. M. Mathews, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1918.) 

 J. II. Elwes, i;sq., F.R.S. (Elected 1919.) 



The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advancement of the science of Ornithology. Its funds are 

 devoted primarily to tiie [)u])lioation of 'The I his/ a Quarterly 

 Journal of Ornithology, of vvhicli ten series, of six volumes each, 

 have heen completed, and the eleventh series is now being issued. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 

 (limited to ten), Honorary Lady Members (limited to ten), Extra- 

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

 Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



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

 bution of £\ 5.S-. on election ; and £\ 5,9. on the 1st of January of 

 each subsecjuent yeai'. 



Ordinary, Fxtraordinary, and Honoiary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy ot" ' The Ibis ' gratis. 



Colonial and Foreign Members if they wish may subscribe to 

 ' The Ibis ' by payment of £1 55. each year on the 1st of January. 



x\uthors are entitled to 25 separate copies of their papers published 

 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 retpicsted to ap[)ly 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 Autiiors' copies of Papers, and other matters of a like nature, 

 should l)e addressed to the Secretary, Chief Police Office, 

 West India Dock, E. 14. All communications regarding 

 tli(! purchase of the publications of the Union should be 

 addressed to Messrs. Wm. Wesley and Son, 2^ Essex Street, 

 Strand, London, W.C. 2. 



E. C. STUART BAKER, 



Hon. Secretary. 



