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Bird - Lore 



ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE 

 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



The thirty-ninth Annual Congress of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union was held in 

 Philadelphia, November 8 to lo, at the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. 



There was a large attendance and an excel- 

 lent program, while to the factors which 

 have contributed to the growth of the Dela- 

 ware \'alley Ornithological Club may evi- 

 dently also be attributed the success at- 

 tending the scientific meetings and social 

 gatherings of the Congress. The following 

 orticers were reelected: President, Witmer 

 Stone; Vice Presidents, George Bird Grinnell 

 and Jonathan D wight; Secretarj', Theodore 

 S. Palmer; Treasurer, W. L. McAt2e. 



The following jMembers were elected 

 Fellows: Glover M. Allen, Boston, Mass; 

 VV. H. Bergtold, Denver, Colo.; Allan 

 Brooks, Okanagan Landing, B. C; James 

 P. Chapin, New York City. 



Five associates were elevated to the rank 

 of membership, four Honorary, and fourteen 

 Corresponding Fellows, and some 250 Asso- 

 ciates were elected. A list of papers pre- 

 sented and of jihotographs exhibited is 

 apjicnded. 



PROGRAM 



TuF.SDAY Morning, November 8, ioo'C'lock: 

 (i) Observations on Some Water-Birds of the New 

 Jersey Coast. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 

 (15 min.) J. Fletcher Street. Beverly, N. J. (2) 

 In Mcmoriam — Charles Barney Cory. W. H. 

 Osgood, Chicago, 111. (3) Notes on the Habits 

 and Sex Plumage of the Florida Burrowing Owl. 

 (is min.) C. J. Pennock, Kcnnett Square, Pa. 

 (4) Ten Summers' Observations of Birds near 

 Slide Mountain in the Catskills. (15 min.) Miss 

 M. W. Daley, Sleighton Farm, Pa. (5) On Some 

 of the Breeding Birds of the Saskatchewan. Illus- 

 trated by lantern-slides. (20 min.) George H. 

 Stuart ,5rd, Philadelphia, Pa. (6) In Memoriam — 

 William Palmer. Charles \V. Richmond, Wash- 

 ington, I). C. Presenled by Harry C. Oberholser. 



Tuesday Afternoon, 2. ,30 o'Clock: (7) 

 Notes on Edwin Carter, a Prominent Naturalist 

 of Colorado. (10 min.) F. C. Lincoln, Wash- 

 ington. D. C. (8) The Wild Life School at 

 Mcdrcgor, Iowa. Ceorge Bennett, Iowa City, 

 la. (15 min.) Presenled by Harry C. Oberholser. 

 (y) Bird Life of the Chaco. Illustrated by 

 lantern-slides. (20 min.) .Mex. Wetmore, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. (10) Bird-Collecting in Panama. 

 Illustrated by lantern-slides. (45 min.) R. N. 

 Davis, Scranton, Pa. (11) The Andean Condor 

 as a Coastal Bird. Illustrated by lantern-slide>. 

 (10 min.) Robert Cushman Murphy. (12) The 

 Status of Cory's Shearwater. Ilhi-^tralcd l>\- 



lantern-slides. (15 min.) Robert Cushman 

 Murphy. (13) The Distribution of Bird-Life in 

 Ecuador. Illustrated by lantern-slides. (20 

 min.) Frank M. Chapman. 



Wednesday Morning, November q, 10 

 o'clock: (14) Progress in Bird-Banding. (20 

 min.) F. C. Lincoln, Washington, D. C. (15) 

 Bird-Banding Notes of ig2i. (30 min.) S. 

 Prentiss Baldwin, Cleveland, Ohio. (16) In 

 Memoriam — Joel .Asaph ,\llen. Frank M. Chap- 

 man, New York. (17) The Problem of Field 

 Identification. With discussion. (20 min.) 

 Ludlow Griscom, New York. (18) Experience 

 in Bringing up a Family of Bluebirds. Illustrated 

 by lantern-slides. {15 min.) Miss M. W'. Daley. 

 Sieighton Farm, Pa. (19) .\n Appreciation of 

 William A. Werner, a Little-Known Pennsyl- 

 vania Naturalist. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 

 (15 min.) H. Severn Regar, NorristowTi, Pa. 

 (20) Identifying the Ducks of the Eastern United 

 States at Long Range. Illustrated by specimens 

 and charts. (30 min.) Ludlow Griscom, New York. 



Wednesday Afternoon, 2.30 o'Clock: (21) 

 (All papers illustrated by motion pictures.) A 

 New Use for Motion Pictures of Birds. (40 min.) 

 .Vrthur A. Allen, Ithaca, N Y (22) Bird-Life in 

 Holland (40 min.) Adolph Burdet. Over\'een, 

 Holland. (23) Studies of Some Familiar Birds in 

 Motion Pictures. (40 min.) Thomas S. Roberts, 

 Minneapolis, Minn (24) Views of Western Bird- 

 Life, by Wm. L. Finley. (20 min.) T. Gilbert 

 Pearson, New York. 



Thursday Morning. November 10, 10 

 o'Clock: (This session was devoted entirely to 

 technical papers and discussions.) (25) Dis- 

 continuous Distribution as Illustrated by the 

 Species of the Genus Dislnssa. Illustrated by 

 map-slides. (20 min ) Frank M. Chapman. New 

 York. (26) The Classification of the Wood- 

 peckers and Their .Allies. (30 min.) W. DeW. 

 Miller, New York. (27) The Distribution of the 

 House Wrens of the Genus Troglodytes. (20 

 min.) Frank M. Chapman and budlow (kiscom. 

 New York. Presented by Mr. (Iriscom. (28) (a) A 

 New Family of Neotroi)ical Birds, the Ram- 

 phocaenidae: (10 min.) (b) \ Suggestion as to 

 the Origin of Diastataxy. (10 min.) W. DeW. 

 Miller. New York. (20) Yellow-leg Skeletons. 

 Illustrated by Chart. (15 min.) J. T. Nichols, 

 New A'ork. (30) Suggestions in Regard to Ver- 

 nacular Names. (20 min.) Charles H. Rogers, 

 Princeton, N. J. (31) Our English Nomencla- 

 ture. (15 min.) .\ D. DuBois, Springticld. 111. 

 (a2) Check Lists .\broad. (15 min.) Harry C. 

 t)berholser, Washington, D. C. 



Thursday .Afternoon, 2.30 o'Clock: (a) 

 Some Remarks on the .\vifauna of Matto Grosso, 

 Brazil. (20 min.) Mrs I'Llsie M. B. Reichenbcrger. 

 New A'ork (34) Some Observations on the Coast 

 of Brazil. (20 min.) George W. Field, Wash- 

 ington. I). C. (35) Notes on Nesting Habits of 

 Some Massachusetts Duck Hawks. Illustrated 

 by lantern-slides. (10 min.) S. Waldo Bailey. 

 Pittslield, Mass. (36) Distributional Notes on 

 American Water-Birds. Motion pictures and 

 other illustrations. (40 min.) Robert Cushman 

 Murphy. (37) Bird-Life in .American Zoological 

 Gardens. Illustrated by motion pictures. (45 

 min.) .\rthiir H. I'isher. Washington. D. C. 



