BRITISH OKNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 

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



EDITOR. 

 W. L. ScLATicH, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



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E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., F.Z.S/ "' '"'»"- 



COMMITTEE. ( '''UV O 1920 



The President. ^ \ju 



The Editor of 'The Ibis.' C Ej: officio. ^^«tf.. , ..,..^^^-^ 



The Secretary. ) 



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

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

 P. R. Lowe, Esq., B.A., M.B. (Elected 1920.) 



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 ten series, of six volumes each, 

 have been 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 Members, Colonial Members (limited to ten), and 

 Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



Ordinary Members pay an admission fee of .€4, and a contri- 

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

 each subsequent year. 



Ordinary, Extraordinary, and Honorary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of ' The Ibis ' gratis. 



Colonial and Foreign jNlembers if they wish may subscribe to 

 ' The Ibis ' by payment of £1 5^. each year on the 1st of January. 



Authors are entitled to 25 separate copies of their papers pul)lished 

 in ' The Ibis/ on applying for them to the Secretary. 



The ]<]lection of Members takes place at the General Meeting 

 held in March. Ladies or gentlemen wishing to become Members 

 are requested to apply 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, siiould 

 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 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 Messrs. Wm. Wesley and Son, 28 Essex Street, 

 Strand, London, W.(*. 2. 



E. c. STUART Baker, 



Ho)i. Secretary. 



