(4) 



On motion of Dr. Wolcott it was decided that all who should become 

 qualified as active members by the pa^'iiient of dues previous to the next an- 

 nual meeting be considered charter members. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the list of those who had previously 

 signified their intention of becoming members. 



A communication from Mr. A. C. Tryon of Avoca, la., containing prop- 

 ositions by which the "Western Ornitholog-ist", the first number of which 

 is to appear in January, 1900, should become the official organ of the Un- 

 ion, was read, and on motion of Mr. Trostler the communication was re- 

 ceived and laid on the table. 



The question of publishing the proceedings of the Union was discussed 

 and favorably considered, and a motion prevailed, made by Mr. Trostler 

 and amended by Dean Fordyce, by which the matter was left to the Exec- 

 utive Committee with power to act. 



Attention being called to the fact that the officers for the ensuing year 

 could not be chosen in accordance with the provisions of the constitution 

 it was moved by Dr. Wolcott that in compliance with the section providing 

 for the filling of vacancies the Executive Committee prepare a list of offi- 

 cers for the ensuing year, and present a report to the Union previous to 

 the final adjournment. Carried. 



On motion the meeting- was adjourned at 12:30 to meet again in the af- 

 ternoon. 



The meeting was then called to order at 2:15 p. m., in the same room 

 and by President Bruner, who presented his annual address on "Ornithol- 

 ogy in Nebraska". 



Forty-nine persons were present. 



Dr. Wolcott read the following report from the committee on resolu- 

 tions: 



Whereas, There already exists in this state a Nebraska Academy of Sci- 

 ences the field of which embraces Ornithology, in order to better define the 

 relationship of the new society to the older organization and to announce 

 more definitely the objects for which the Union is established; and 



Since the Nebraska Academy of Sciences concerns itself with the dif- 

 ferent sciences from a more strictU' technical point of view, and aims es- 

 pecially to encourage original investigations concerning the various branch- 

 es of science; therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union announces its de- 

 sire to assist the Academy of Sciences so far as may be possible in the 

 prosecution of the work of the latter, but at the same time claims as its own 

 field the extending and the intensifying of the interest in Ornithology 

 throughout the state, and especially in the schools, the fostering of all 

 measures tending to the protection of the bird life of the state, and the col- 

 lecting- of data of all kinds which may be of aid in arriving at a complete 

 knowledge of the Nebraska bird-fauna. 



Dr. Wolcott then read a paper on "A Twenty-three Years' Record kept 

 by Dr. A. L. Child, Plattsmouth, Nebr." 



Rev. J. M. Bates read a paper on "Further Notes and Observations on 

 the Birds of Nebraska." 



