THE WILLFGHBY SOCIETY, 
At a Meeting of Ornithologists, at 6 Tenterden Street Hanover 
Square, on May 7, 1879, Professor Newton in the Chair, it was agreed 
That an Association should be formed for reprinting certain Ornitho- 
logical Works interesting for their utility or rarity." 
The late and present Editoes of ' The Ibis ' and Mr. Tegetmeier 
were requested to form an Organising Committee to promote this 
object, and Mr. F. D. Godman to act as Secretary. 
The Committee thus appointed met at 11 Hanover Square, on 
June 4, 1879, when it was agreed : — 
I. " That this Association be called ' The WiLLraHBT Society 
for the Reprinting of scarce Ornithological Works.' " 
II. "That the Annual Subscription be £1, payable to the 
Secretary." 
III. " That no Copies of Works reprinted by The Willughbt 
Society be sold." 
IV. " That every Member of The Willughby Society shall be 
entitled to one Copy of each Work printed in the year for 
which he shall subscribe." 
In order to carry out effectually the object of this Society, it is 
necessary that the number of Members should be as large as possible : 
those, therefore, who wish to join it are requested to communicate 
with the Secretary, Mr. E. D. Godman, 10 Chandos Street, Cavendish 
Square, W.C. 
The following Works have been already issued by the Society : — 
Eor the Subscribers of the year 1880. 
Tunstall's ' Ornithologia Britannica.' Edited by Alfred Newton, 
E.E.S. 
Desfontaines's " Memoire sur quelques nouvelles especes 
d'oiseaux des cotes de Barbaric," from 'Hist, de I'Acad. des 
Sciences,' 1787. Edited by Alfred Newton, E.E.S. 
Sir Andrew Smith's ' Miscellaneous Ornithological Papers.' 
Edited by Osbert Salvin, E.E.S. 
A. A. 11. Lichtenstein's * Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissi- 
marum.' Hamburg : 1798. Edited by E. Caiie Godman, 
E.E.S. &c. 
