BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 
PRESIDENT. 
F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. 
EDITORS. 
P. L. Sclatek, Esq., D.Sc., F.R.S. 
A. H. Evans, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 
SECRETARY. 
J. Lewis Bonhote, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
COMMITTEE. 
The President. 5 
The Editors of 'The Ibis/ >■ Ex officio . 
The Secretary. j 
W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1908.) 
David Seth-Smith, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1909.) 
Edward Bidwell, Esq. (Elected 1910.) 
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 eight series, of six volumes each, 
have been completed, and the ninth series is being issued. 
The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 
(limited to ten), Honorary Lady Members (limited to ten), Extra¬ 
ordinary Members, Colonial Members (limited to ten), and 
Foreign Members (limited to twenty). 
Ordinary Members pay an admission fee of £2, and a contri¬ 
bution 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 6 The Ibis ’ gratis. 
Authors are entitled to 25 extra copies of their papers published 
in ' The Ibis/ on applying for them to the Secretary. 
The Election of Members takes place at the General Meeting 
held in April or May. Persons wishing to become Members are 
requested to apply to the Secretary for information. 
N.B.—All Papers, Notes, and Letters intended for publication in 
'The Ibis/ as well as books and papers for review, should be 
addressed to the Editors, and all communications regarding pay¬ 
ment of Subscriptions, changes of Address, non-receipt of the 
Journal or delay in receiving it, applications for Authors’ copies of 
Papers, and other matters of a like nature, should be addressed 
to the Secretary only, care of the Zoological Society of London, 
Regent’s Park, N.W. 
Communications regarding the purchase of the Publications of 
the Union should be addressed to the Publisher, R. FI. Porter, 
7 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W. 
J. LEWIS BONHOTE, 
Offices of the Zoological Society of Loudon, Secretary. 
Regent’s Park, London, N. W. 
October, 1910. 
