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villf, Idaho, April jS. 1887; Taicines, Calif., March 7, j8(,g, March 15, 1901. 

 In the fall the la>t hirds were seen at Beiilah, ("olo., September 5, 1905, and 

 in the ("atalina Mciuntains, Ariz., October <;, 1884. 



The Twenty-fifth Annual Congress of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union 



THANKS to the efforts of the local Committee, the Twenty-fifth Annual 

 Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union (Philadelphia, December 

 10-12) will be remembered by those wlio were fortunate enough to 

 attend it as one of the most successful and enjoyable in the history of the Union. 



The plan of having but one hotel as headquarters, the annual dinner, the 

 'Smoker' and the daily luncheons at the Academy all offered those opportunities 

 for social intercourse which are so important a part of gatherings of this kind, 

 while the program contained papers of much interest. 



Charles F. Batchelder, President; E. W. Nelson and Frank M. Chapman, 

 Vice-Presidents; John H. Sage, Secretary; J. Dwight, Jr., Treasurer were 

 all re-elected. Richard C. McGregor, Manila, Philippine islands was elected 

 a Fellow; Dr. Carl H. Hennicke of Germany and Dr. Sergius A. Buturlin, of 

 Russia were elected Corresponding Fellows; Ned Dearborn, Chicago, E. Howard 

 Eaton, Rochester, N. Y., W. L. Finley, Portland, Oregon and O. W. Knight, 

 Bangor, ]Me., were elected Members. One hundred and twenty-three Associates 

 were elected, some forty more than were elected last \-ear, an indication of the 

 growing interest in bird studw 



The next Congress of the Union will beheld in Cambridge, Mass., November 

 17-19, 1908. 



CL.\RKES NUTCR.ACKER 

 Photographed by Evan Lewis, at Idaho Springs, Cole 



