500 Anniversary Meeting of the B. 0. U. 
The Union on May 14th consisted of 347 Ordinary 
MemberSj 2 Extraordinary Members^ 9 Honorary Members, 
and 17 Foreign Members, making a total of 375. Twenty- 
eight Candidates for the Ordinary Membership were seeking 
admission to the Union. 
The finances were adequate, although the expenditure 
on the illustrations had been somewhat heavier than usual. 
The E-eport having been ^adopted, the Accounts for the 
year, audited by Mr. H. E. Dresser, were presented by the 
Secretary and approved by the Meeting. 
Dr. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.S., was re-elected President, 
and Mr. Howard Saunders Secretary for the ensuing year. 
Dr. F. G. D. Drewitt was elected a Member of the Com- 
mittee, in the place of Mr. W. E. de Winton, who retired by 
rotation. 
The following alterations in the Rules of the Union were 
recommended by the Committee : — 
Rule 2, par. 1. To insert the words '^Colonial 
Members '^ after " Extraordinary Members,^' and for 
par. 3 to insert ^' Colonial Members to be eminent 
Ornithologists residing in the British Colonies and 
India, and not to exceed ten in number.'^ 
Rule 3, last par. To insert the word ^' Colonial " 
. after the word " Honorary." 
The effect of these alterations would be to form a new 
class of Colonial Members, not to exceed ten in number. 
These alterations were discussed and adopted by the 
Meeting. 
The following twenty-eight Candidates were then balloted 
for and declared to be duly elected Ordinary Members of 
the British Ornithologists^ Union : — Harry Becher, C.E., 
4 Walpole Street, Chelsea, S.W. ; The Hon. Richard O. B. 
Bridgeman, Lieut. R.N., H.M.S. 'Partridge,'' Cape of Good 
Hope Station ; Bertram A. Bristowe, The Cottage, Stoke 
D'Abernon, Surrey; Robert M. Cowie, M.R.C.S., 2nd Life 
Guards, Windsor ; Charles Henry Dent, Raincliffe Villa, 
The Valley, Scaiboro' ; The Rev. Allan Ellison, jM.A., 
Ardoyne House, Watton, Hertford j Capt. Stanley S. 
