ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



CO-PATROnS : 



Their Majesties the King ai)d Queen. 



OPPICe-BBARBRS : 



President: Mr. ROBERT HALL, C.M.Z.S. 



Vice-Presidents- '^^«- ^- "• ^- MATTINGLEY, C.M.Z.S. 

 Vice-presidents. ^^^^^ S. A. WHITE, M.B.O.U. 



Hon. Secretary: Mr. F. ERASMUS WILSON. 



(c/o Zoological Gardens, Melbourne.) 



Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Z. GRAY 



(Address— 190 Bridport Street, South Melbourne.) 



Hon. Librarian: Mr. W. H. D. Le SOUEF, C.M.Z.S. 



Hon. Editors of The JKiauP*^- ^- ^- CAMPBELL. Co... Mem. B.O.U. 

 J.UC ^luu^^^ CHARLES BARRETT. 



Hon. Press Correspondent: Dr. E. BROOKE NICHOLLS. 



Local State Secretaries: 



Mr. A. S. LE SOUEF, C.M.Z.S., Director Zoological Gardens, Sydney 



Dr. HAMLYN HARRIS, F.Z.S., &c., Director Museum, Brisbane 



Mr. J. W. MELLOR, Fulham, Adelaide 



Mr. T. CARTER, M.B.O.U., " Wensleydale," Broome Hill, Western Australia 



Mr. F. M. LITTLER, F.E.S., Box 114, P.O., Launceston 



Mr. a. HAMILTON, Director Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand 



Mr. G. F. hill, Darwin, Northern Territory. 



Members of Council : Victoria— Dr. C. S. RYAN, Dr. J. A. LEACH, 

 Dr. GEO. HORNE; New South Wales— Dr. WM. MACGILLIVRAY, 

 Mr. A. F. BASSET HULL; Queensland — Mr. C. A. BARNARD; 

 South Australia — Dr. A. M. MORGAN ; Western Australia — Mr. A. W. 

 MILLIGAN. 



OBJEGTS, &c,- - - - 



|HE objects of the Society are the advancement and popularization 

 of the Science of Ornithology, the protection of useful and 

 ornamental avifauna, and the publication of a magazine called 

 The Emu. 



The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Council, con- 

 sisting of a President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, 

 Press Correspondent, Editors of The Emu^ and fourteen members ; each 

 office-bearer and member of the Council shall retire at the end of each 

 financial year, but shall be eligible for re-election. 



The Annual Meeting shall be held in one or other of the principal 

 towns of the different States, such State to be decided at the previous 

 Annual Meeting. 



Every member shall be required to pay an annual subscription of 

 fifteen shillings, payable in advance in July each year. (Cheques, &c., 

 subject to exchange, should include the amount of the exchange.) 



The offices of the Society shall be at the office of the Hon. Secretary 

 of the Society for the time being, or at such other place as the Council 

 may appoint. 



