RULES 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



Agreed to at the General Meeting held loth May, 187 r, 

 with amendments up to loth May, 191 1; inclusive. 



1. This Society shall be called "The British Ornitho- 

 logists' Uiiiou/' and shall have for its object the advancement 

 of the Science of Ornithology. 



2. The British Ornithologists' Union shall consist of 

 Ordinary Members, Honorary Merabersj Honorary Lady 

 Members, Extraordinary Members, Colonial Members, and 

 Foreign Members. 



Ordinary Members shall be Ornithologists of any country, 

 elected in a manner hereafter mentioned. 



Honorarv Members shall be eminent Ornithologists 

 residing abroad, and shall not exceed ten in number. 



Honorary Lady Members shall be ladies qualified by 

 special ornithological knoAvledge and shall not exceed 

 ten in number. 



An Honorary Member coming to reside in this country 

 shall become an Extraordinary Member, unless he 

 prefers to be placed upon the list of Ordinary 

 Members. 



Colonial Members shall be eminent Ornithologists residina" 

 in the British Colonies and India, and shall not exceed 

 ten in number. 



Foreign Members shall be eminent Foreign Ornitho- 

 logists, and shall not exceed twenty in number. 



3. Ordinary Members shall be elected by Ballot at the 

 Annual General Meeting. No person shall be declared duly 



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