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Bird -Lore 



Thirty-fifth Congress of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union 



The thirty-fifth Congress of the Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union was held in 

 Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 12-14, igiy.^ At 

 a meeting of the Fellows of the Union, 

 which convened at the Colonial Club on 

 the afternoon of the 14th, Mr. P. A. 

 Taverner was elected to fill the one 

 vacancy existing in the class of Fellows. 



On the evening of the same day, at the 

 same place, the Fellows and Members 

 gathered to conduct the affairs of the 

 annual business meeting of the Union. 



At this meeting, Mr. Arthur Humble 

 Evans, of Cambridge, England, and Mr. 

 William Lutler Sclater, of London, were 

 elected Honorary Fellows, and Mr. F. 

 E. Beddard, of London, a Corresponding 

 Fellow. 



The following Associates were raised to 

 the rank of Members: Rollo H. Beck, 

 foremost collector of marine birds, leader 

 of the Brewster-Sanford expedition to the 

 coasts of southern South America; Win- 

 throp S. Brooks, who has conducted im- 

 portant ornithological explorations for 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology; 

 James P. Chapin, who for six years repre- 

 sented the American Museum in the upper 

 Congo region of Africa; Francis H. 

 Harper, now with the Biological Survey, 

 who has investigated the bird-life of the 

 great Slave Lake region for the Canadian 

 Government; and Dr. Winsor M. Tyler, 

 a leading authority on New England 

 bird-life. 



There were also elected 112 Associate 

 Members. 



The public sessions of the Union, for the 

 presentation and discussion of scientific 

 papers, were held at the museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology November 13-15. 



Among the papers read were some of 

 unusual interest, containing additions to 

 our knowledge of birds as well as the 

 country they inhabit. In addition to 

 studies of North American birds, reports 

 were presented on ornithological explora- 

 tions in the West Indies, Nicaragua, 

 Costa Rica, British Guiana, Peru, the 

 coast of southern South America, and 

 China and Africa. 



The Union was entertained daily at 

 luncheon by the Nuttall Club of Cam- 

 bridge, and an evening at the Boston 

 Society of Natural History and the 

 annual subscription dinner gave addi- 

 tional opportunities for the social inter- 

 course which always forms such a delight- 

 ful and also important part of an A. O. U. 

 Congress. 



PROGRAM 



In Memoriam — Edgar Alexander Mearns. Dr. 

 Charles W. Richmond, Washington, D. C. 



Cape May, New Jersey, and its Bird-life. Dr. 

 Witmer Stone, Philadelphia, Pa. 



A Purple Martin-roost in the City of Washington. 

 Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



Demonstration of a Feeding-slab. William E. 

 Saunders, London, Ont. 



Notes on Guiana Birds. C. William Beebe, New 

 York City. Illustrated with slides. 



The LimicoliE of the State of Washington. J. 

 Hooper Bowles, Tacoma, Wash. 



Birds on Turrialba. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 

 Charles H. Rogers, New York City. 



The Present St itus of our Black-capped Petrel. 

 With exhibition of skins and lantern-slides. 

 G. Kingsley Noble, Cambridge, Mass. 



A Four-months' Collecting Trip in Nicaragua. 

 W. DeWitt Miller, New York City. 



In Audubon's Labrador. Illustrated by lantern- 

 slides. Dr. Charles W. Townsend, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Notes on the Breeding Warblers of Central New 

 York. Illustrated by lantern-slides. Prof. 

 Arthur A. Allen, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The Discovery of the Breeding-ground of the 

 Large-billed Sparrow, and its Consequences. 

 Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



'Sight Records' — a Problem of Present-day Orni- 

 thology. Dr. Witmer Stone. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Ornithological Work in 1917. Discussion by the 

 members. 



Ferruginous Stains on Water-fowl. Frederic H. 

 Kennard, Newton Centre, Mass. 



The Span of Life and Period of Activity of 

 Ornithologists. Dr. T. S. Palmer, Washington, 

 D.C. 



Notes on Shore-bird Migration. John Treadwell 

 Nichols, New York City. 



A Review of the Work of the Asiatic Zoological 

 Expedition of the American Museum of Natural 

 History. Illustrated by lantern-slides. Roy 

 C. Andrews, New York City. 



An Ornithological Journey from the Tableland to 

 the Tropics in Peru. Illustrated by lantern- 

 slides. Dr. Frank M. Chapman, New York 

 City. 



The Explorations of Rollo H. Beck in South 

 America and the West Indies for the Brewster- 

 Sandford Collection. Illustrated by lantern- 

 slides. Robert Cushman Murphv, Brooklyn. 

 N. Y. 



Notes on Oceanites oceanicus. Robert Cushman 

 Murphy, Brooklyn. N. Y. 



Vincent Barnard, an Early Pennsylvania Orni- 

 thologist. Dr. Witmer Stone, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Tail-feathers and Their Upper Coverts. Dr. 

 Hubert Lyman Chirk, Cambridge, Mass. 



Two Wounded Birds. Mrs. E. O. Marshall, New 

 Salem, Mass. 



Responsive Notes of Some African Bush-Shrikes. 

 Dr. Glover M. Allen, Boston, Mass. 



The Future of the Federal Bird Reservations 

 Illustrated by lantern-slides. Dr. George W. 

 Field. Washington, D. C. 



.Additional Studies of Some Eastern Birds in 

 Motion Pictures. Howard H. Cleaves, New 

 Brighton, N. Y. 



Exhibition of a Reel of Motion Pictures of a Loon, 

 taken by the Hon. George D. Pratt. Robert 

 Cushman Murphy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



