BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 
PRESIDENT. 
The Right Hon. Lord Lilford. 
SECRETARY. 
F. DuCane Godman, Esq. 
COMMITTEE. 
The Marquis of Tweeddale. 
J. Edmund Harting, Esq. 
Edward R. Alston, Esq. 
The President. ^ 
The Editors of e The Ibis/ > Ex officio. 
The Secretary. ) 
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 eighteen 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 £2, and an annual 
contribution of £1 on election, and £1 on the 1st of January of 
each subsequent year. 
Ordinary Members and Honorary Members are entitled to 
receive a copy of ' The Ibis 9 gratis. 
Authors are entitled to 25 extra copies of their papers pub¬ 
lished in f The Ibis/ on applying for them to the Secretary. 
Persons wishing to become Members must be proposed by an 
Ordinary Member, and their names sent to the Secretary at least 
a fortnight before the Annual General Meeting, which takes place 
in April or May of each year. 
F. DuCANE GODMAN, 
Secretary. 
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