BRITISH ORNITHO LOGISTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 

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



EDITOR. 

 \y. L. ScLATER, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



SECRETARY. 

 E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., F.Z.S./<i^^^^*^^^ 



COMMITTEE. / rrn i n^^^^ 



The President. \ \ FEB 17 1920 



The Editor of 'The Iris.' > Ex officio. 

 The Secretakv. ) 



H. E. Howard, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1917.) 

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

 J. H. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S. (Elected 1919.) 



The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advancement o£ the science of Ornithology. Its funds are 

 devoted primarily to the publication of ' The Ii$is,' a Quarterly 

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

 liave been completed, and tlie eleventh series is now being issued. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary JMembers 

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

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

 Foreign JMembers (limited to twenty). 



Ordinary Members pay an admission fee of ^2, and a contri- 

 bution of £\ OS. on election ; aiul £\ 5s. on the 1st of January of 

 each subsequent year. 



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

 receive a copy of ' The Ibis ' gratis. 



Colonial and Foreign Members if they Awsh may subscribe to 

 ' The Ibts ' by payment of £1 5s. each year on the 1st of January. 



Authors are entitled to 25 separate copies of their [)apers published 

 iu ' Thid Ibis,'' on a[)plying for them to the Secretary. 



The Election of Members takes place at the General Meeting 

 held in March. Ladies or gentlemen wishing to become INIembers 

 are requested to apply to the Secretary for information. 



N.B. — All Papei's, Notes, and Letters intended for publica- 

 tion in ' The Iris,' as well as books and papers for review, 

 hould be addressed to the Editor, 10 Sloane Court, S.W. 1, 

 temporarily until 1 April, 1920, to the Acting - Editor 

 (Mr. A. H. Evans), 9 Harvey Road, Cambridge, and all 

 communications regarding Subscriptions, changes of Address, 

 non-receipt of tlie 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, Chief Police Office, 

 West India Dock, E. 14. All communications regarding 

 the purchase of the publications of the Union should be 

 addressed to IMessrs. "\Vm. Wesley and Son, 28 Essex Street, 

 Strand, London, W.C. 2. 



E. C. STUART BAKER, 



