64 Inauguration of the 



Harvie-Brown, Larbert, Scotland; Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, 

 Ireland; M. Emile Oustalet^ Paris; Prof. J. A. Palmen ; 

 Mr. Harry Pryer, Yokohama, Japan ; Mr. Howard Saunders, 

 London ; Mr. Henry Seeboliin, Loudon ; Mr. Leonhard 

 Stejneger, Alaska; Mr. Henry T. Wharton, London. 



" Eighty-seven ornithologists of the United States and 

 Canada were elected Associate Members. 



" During the Session of the Convention, aside from the 

 work of organization and elections. Committees were appointed 

 by the Chair to take in hand the consideration of various 

 important subjects, and to present reports upon them at the 

 next Annual Meeting. 



" The most important of these — ' A Revision of the Classi- 

 fication and Nomenclature of North-American Birds ' — was 

 referred to a Committee of five, consisting of Messrs. Coues, 

 Allen, Ridgway, Brewster, and Henshaw. A Committee 

 was also appointed on the * Migration of Birds,^ to cooperate 

 with Mr. W. W. Cooke in connexion with his work on this 

 subject in the Mississippi valley, and consists of the following 

 gentlemen, with power to add to their number : — Merriam, 

 Brown, Purdie, Wheaton, Chamberlain, Grinnell, Henshaw, 

 Cory, Merrill, Fisher, Bicknell, Mearns, and Mcllwraith. 

 A Committee on ' Avian Anatomy ' consists of Shufeldt, 

 Coues, Jeff'ries, and Merriam ; another, on ' Oology,' of 

 Bendire, Bailey, Brewster, Ridgway, and Merrill. A Com- 

 mittee was also appointed ^to investigate the eligibility or 

 ineligibility of the European House- Sparrow in America,' 

 consisting of Holder, Purdie, Chamberlain, Brown, and 

 Bicknell, with power to increase its membership at its dis- 

 cretion. Finally, a sixth Committee was appointed to con- 

 sider the subject of ' Faunal Areas,' on which were placed 

 Allen, Ridgway, Bicknell, Merriam, Fisher, and Mearns. 



" Resolutions of thanks were tendered to the Trustees of 

 the American Museum of Natural History, for use of rooms 

 during the Session of the Union and for other favours so 

 courteously rendered; to Prof. A. S. Bickmore and Dr. J. B. 

 Holder, for many kind attentions personally rendered to the 

 Members ; and to Mr. E. P. Bicknell, for his ser\T.ces on the 



