BRITISH OR NITHOLOGIS TS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 



F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. 



EDITORS. 



P. L. ScLATER, Esq., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



A. H. EvAxs, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



SECRETARY. 

 J. Lewis Bonhote, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. "^ 



The Editors of 'The Ibis.^ > Ex officio. 

 The Secretary. ) 



David Seth-Smith, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1909.) 

 Edward Bidwell, Esq. (Elected 1910.) 

 Dr.N.F.Ticehurst,M,A., F,R.C.S.,F.Z.S. (Elected 1911.) 

 The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advancement of the science of Ornithology. Its funds are 

 devoted primarily to the publication of 'The Ibis,' a Quarterly 

 Journal of Ornithology, of which eight series, of six volumes each, 

 have been completed, and the ninth series is being issued. 



The Union consists of Ordinary ^Members, Ilonoiary Members 

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

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

 Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



Ordinary Meinl)ers pay an admission fee of .€2, and a contri- 

 bution of £1 on election; and £1 on the 1st of January of each 

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary, Extraordinary, and Honoi'ary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of ' The Iris ' gratis. 



Authors are entitled to 25 extra 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 April or May. Persons wishing to become Members are 

 requested to apply to the Secretary for information. 



N.B. — All Papers, Notes, and Letters intended for publication in 

 'l^HE Ibis,' as well as books and papers for review, should be 

 addressed to the Editors, and all communications regarding pay- 

 ment of 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 only, care of the Zoological Society of London, 



Regent's Park, London, N.W. 



Communications regarding the purchase of the Publications of 

 the Union should be addressed to the Publisher, R. H. Porter, 

 7 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W. 



J. LEWIS BONHOTE, 



Offices of the Zoological Society of Loudon, Secretary, 



Eegent's Park, London, N.W. 

 January. 1912. 



