BRITISH OENITHOLOGIST S' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 

 F. Du Cane Gouman, Esq., D.C.L., F.ll.S. 



EDITOR. 

 W. L. ScLATER, Esq., M.A. 



SECRETARY. 

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



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. ^ 



The Editor oe 'The Ibis.^ > Ex officio. 

 The Secketary. ) 



Edward Bidwell, Esq. (Elected 1910.) 

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

 Dr. Ernst J. O. Hartert, F.Z.S. (Elected 1912.) 

 Tlie 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 lius,^ a Quarterly 

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

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



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 

 (limited to ten), Honorai'y Lady Members (limited to ten), Extra- 

 ordinary INIembers, Colonial jNIembers (limited to ten), and 

 Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 



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

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

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary, Extraordinary, and Honorary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of ' The Iris ' gratis. 



Authors are entitled to 25 extra copied of their papers published 

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



The l*]lection of Members takes place at the General Meeting 

 held in April or J\Iay. Persons wishing to become Members are 

 requested to apply to the Secretary for information. 



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 ' The Ibis,' as well as books and papers for review, should be 

 adilressed to the ]*]ditor, 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 Secretauy only, care of the Zoological Society of London, 



Regent's Park, London, N.W. 



Communications regarding the purchase of the Publications ol 

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

 7 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W. 



J. LEWIS BONHOTE, 



Offices of the Zoological Society of Loudon, Secretary. 



Kegent's Park, London, N.W. 

 April, 1913. 



