BRITISH 0RN1TH0L08ISTS’ UNION. 
PRESIDENT. 
F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.R.S. 
SECRETARY. 
Eugene W. Oates, Esq., F.Z.S. 
COMMITTEE. 
The President. 
The Editors of ‘The Ibis/ >Ex officio. 
The Secretary. J 
Frank Penrose, Esq., M.D. (Elected 1898.) 
W. E. de Winton, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1899.) 
R. Bowdler Sharpe, Esq,, LL.D. (Elected 1900.) 
' 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 six series, of six volumes each, 
have 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 a contri¬ 
bution of J01 on election, and 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 General Meetings, 
held in April or May and (if required) in October or November. 
Persons wishing to become Members are requested to apply to the 
Secretary for information. 
EUGENE W. OATES, 
3 Hanover Square, Secretary, 
London, W. 
