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Bird -Lore 



The public sessions of the Unionwerc held 

 in the new building of the United States 

 National Museum, and were attended 

 by 109 members of the Union. Luncheon 

 was given each daj- by the Washington 

 members of the Union. There was a 

 largely attended dinner at the Riggs 

 House on the evening of the i6th, and, 

 on the evening of the 17th, Dr. and Mrs. 

 C. Hart Merriam received the members 

 at their home. Aside from the scientific 

 interests attached to an excellent program 

 the meeting of the Union afforded an 

 opportunity for that social intercourse 

 which is so important a part of gatherings 

 of this kind, 



The Twenty-ninth Congress of the 

 Union will be held in Philadelphia. 



ington, D. C. 'Bird-Life on Mt. Orizaba, 

 Me.xico,' illustrated by lantern slides, by 

 Frank M. Chapman, New York City. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1 6 



'Overcoming Fear in Birds,' by Ned 

 Dearbon, Washington, D. C. 'Bird 

 Strays in a Great City (New York),' by 

 John Treadwell Nichols, New York City. 

 'The Color of the Gular Sac of the Water 

 Turkey (Anhinga anhiiiga),' by Arthur T. 

 Wayne, Mt. Pleasant, S. C. 'Device for 

 the Convenient Examination of Arboreal 

 Birds' Nests,' by William Brewster, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 'Mimesis and Rhythm in 

 Bird Songs,' by P. B. Peabody, Blue 

 Rapids, Kans. 'Antiphony in Bird Songs,' 

 by Henry Oldys, Washington. 



PROGRAM 



TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1 5 



'Courtship of the American Golden-Eye 

 or Whistler,' by William Brewster, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 'Notes on the Great Auk, 

 the Passenger Pigeon, and Eskimo Curlew,' 

 by Edward H. Forbush, Boston, Mass. 

 The Passenger Pigeon Investigation for 

 1910,' by Clifton F. Hodge, Worcester, 

 Mass. 'Concealing Coloration,' by Abbott 

 H. Thayer, Monadnock, N. H. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON 



'Two Hawk Families,' illustrated by 

 lantern slides, B. S. Bowdish, New York 

 City. 'Some Rare and Interesting Birds 

 of the Sunken Lands in Arkansas and 

 Missouri,' illustrated by lantern slides, by 

 Arthur H. Howell, Washington, D. C. 

 'Some Experiences and Impressions of the 

 Cowbird,' illustrated by lantern slides, by 

 Wilbur F. Smith, South Norwalk, Conn. 

 'Some Ornithological Results of Biological 

 Survey Field Work in 1910,' illustrated by 

 lantern slides, by Vernon Bailey, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 'A Junco Experience,' illus- 

 trated by lantern slides, by Wilbur F. 

 Smith, South Norwalk, Conn, 'isochronal 

 Lines of Bird Migration,' illustrated by 

 lantern slides,' by Wells W. Cooke, Wash- 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 



'Photographing Wild Birds by the 

 Lumiere Direct Color Process,' illustrated 

 by Autochromes, by Frank Overton, M.D., 

 Patchogue, N. Y. 'Flashhght and other 

 Bird Photographs,' illustrated by lantern 

 slides, by George Shiras, 3d, Washington, 

 D. C. 'Bird-Life on the Tamiahua Lagoon, 

 Vera Cruz,' illustrated by lantern slides and 

 motion pictures, by Frank M. Chapman, 

 New York City. 'Studies of Winter Wild- 

 fowl in Lower Louisiana,' illustrated by 

 lantern slides, by Herbert K. Job, West 

 Haven, Conn. 



THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1 7 



'Collation of Brisson's Genera of Birds 

 with those of Linnaeus,' by J. A. Allen, 

 New York Citj'. 'Nest Life of the Screech 

 Owl,' by Althea R. Sherman, MacGregor, 

 Iowa. 'On Some Overlooked Nuptial 

 Plumes of Certain American and Old 

 World Bitterns,' by William Brewster, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 'The American Pas- 

 senger Pigeon,' Translated from the Orig- 

 inal of Peter Kalm, by L. M. Gronberger, 

 Washington, D. C. 'The Extermination 

 of the Wild Turkey in the State of Vir- 

 ginia,' by R. W. Shufeldt, Washington, 

 D. C. 'List of Birds Observed in Estes 

 Park, Colo., from June lo to July i8, 

 iQio," h\- O. Widmann, St. Louis, I\Io. 



