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Victoria, B. C; Walter Kenrick Fisher, 

 Stanford University, Cal.; James H. Flem- 

 ing, Toronto, Can. ; Louis Agassiz Fiiertes, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; Manly Hardy, Brewer, 

 Maine; Ralph Hoffmann, Belmont, Mass.; 

 William Augustus Jeffries, Boston, Mass.; 

 Rev. Herbert K. Job, Kent, Connecticut; 

 Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio; Prof. David 

 Starr Jordan, Stanford University, Cal.; 

 Sylvester D. Judd, Washington, D. C; 

 George H. Mackay, Nantucket, Mass.; 

 John W. Mailliard, San Francisco, Cal.; 

 Joseph Mailliard, San Geronimo, Cal.; 

 Richard C. McGregor, Palo Alto, Cal.; 

 Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr., Washington, 

 D. C; Mrs. Olive Thome Miller, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y.; John Murdoch, Roxbury, 

 Mass. ; Harry C. Oberhoiser, Washington, 

 D. C; Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; Charles J. Pennock, Ken- 

 nett Square, Pa.; Edward A. Preble, 

 Washington, D. C; William W. Price, 

 Alta, Cal. ; Dr. William L. Ralph, 

 Washington, D. C; Samuel N. Rhoads, 

 Audubon, N. J.; Dr. William C. Rives, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Capt. Wirt Robin- 

 son, U. S. A., West Point, N. Y. ; Jewell 

 D. Sornborger, Cambridge, Mass. ; Frank 

 Stephens, San Diego, Cal.; Abbott H. 

 Thayer, Scarborough, N. Y.; Ernest 

 Thompson Seton, New York city; W. E. 

 Clyde Todd, Beaver, Pa. ; Bradford Tor- 

 rey, Wellesley Hills, Mass.; Charles H. 

 Townsend, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Spen- 

 cer Trotter, Swarthmore, Pa. ; Mrs. Mabel 

 Osgood Wright, Fairfield, Conn. Eighty- 

 theee Associates were elected. 



Program oi the Nineteenth Congress of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union 



A list of the papers presented before the 

 Nineteenth Congress of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union is appended. The reports 

 of the committee on bird protection and of 

 the expenditure of the Thayer Fund, tin- 

 number and excellence of the lantern slides 

 exhibited, particularly those shown i)y 

 Mr. Job, were among the fi'.iturt-s ot fiie 

 program. 



The Present (Jutlook for Stability in Nomen- 

 clature. J. A. Allen. (15 min.) 



The Plumages of the American Goldfinch 



[Spitius tristis). Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



(20 min.) 

 Routes of Bird Migration across the Gulf 



of Mexico. W. W. Cooke. 

 On Methods in Museum Bird Exhibits. 



Frank M. Chapman. (15 min.) 

 Ornithological Notes from Northern New 



Hampshire. John N. Clark. (20 min.) 

 Some Impressions of Texas Birds. Louis 



Agassiz Fuertes and H. C. Oberhoiser. 



(50 min.) 

 The White-winged Crossbill in Captivity. 



James H. Hill. (10 min.) 

 The American and European Herring 



Gulls. J. A. Allen. (10 min.) 

 Auduboniana. Ruthven Deane. (15 min.) 

 The Molts and Plumages of the North 



American Ducks (Anatidie) . Jonathan 



Dwight, Jr. (30 min.) 

 Seven New Birds from the United States. 



E. A. Mearns. (20 min.) 

 A Naturalist in Yucatan. Illustrated by 



lantern slides. E. W. Nelson. (45 min.) 

 Photography in North Dakota Bird Colo- 

 nies, et cetera. Illustrated by lantern 



slides. Herbert K. Job. (45 min.) 

 A Reconnaissance in Manitoba and the 



Northwest. Illustrated by lantern slides. 



Frank M. Chapman. (45 min.) 

 Are Hummingbirds Cypseloid orCapriniui- 



goid ? Hubert Lyman Clark. (5 min.) 

 List of Birds of Wequetonsing, Mich. Otto 



Widmann. (10 min.) 

 Notes on the Ornithological Observations of 



Peter Kalm. Spencer Trotter. (15 min.) 

 Report of the Committee of the Protection 



of North American Birds. Witmer Stone. 



(15 nun.) 

 Results Obtained Under tlie Thayer Fun<l. 



William Dutcher. (20 min.) 

 National Bird Protection — Its Opportuni- 

 ties and Limitations. T. S. Palmer. 



(25 min.) 

 Gulls of the Maine Coast, and Miscella- 

 neous Notes. Illustrated by lantern slides. 



Wm. Dutclier and Wm. L. Baily. 



(6g min.) 

 Some Results ol Bird Protection. Illustrated 



liy lantern slides. Fr.iiik M. C'hapman. 



( 15 min.) 



