BRITISH 0MITH0L06IS1B’ UNION. 
PRESIDENT. 
The Right Hon. Lord Lileord. 
SECRETARY. 
F. DuCane GodmaNj Esq, 
COMMITTEE. 
J. Edmund Harting^ Esq. 
Edward R. Alston, Esq, 
H. Seebohm, Esq. 
The President. ^ 
The Editors of ^ The Ibis.^ > Ex officio. 
The Secretary. j 
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 OuarteHy 
Journal of Ornithology, of which twenty volumes have now been 
completed. 
The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 
(limited to ten), and Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 
Ordinary Members pay an admission fee of J02, and an annual 
contribution of j01 on election, and £L on the 1st of January of 
each subsequent year. 
Ordinary Members and Honorary Members are entitled to 
receive a copy of ^ The Ibis ^ gratis. 
Authors are entitled to 25 extra copies of their papers pub¬ 
lished in ^ The Ibis,^ on applying for them to the Secretary. 
The Election of Members takes place at the Annual General 
Meeting, held in April or May of each year. Persons wishing to 
become Members are requested to apply to the Secretary for infor¬ 
mation respecting Election. 
F. DuCANE GODMAN, 
Secretary. 
6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, W. 
Now ready, price Is. 
RULES FOR ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE, 
Drawn up by the late 
H. E. STRICKLAND, M.A., F.R.S. 
(Assisted by many Zoologists, British and Foreign), at the instance of the 
British Association. 
London : John Murray, Albemarle Street; and at the Office, British 
Association, 22 Albemarle Street, W. 
