4 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



On motion of R. H. Wolcott new^ business was introduced and desir- 

 able changes, corrections, and amendments to the Constitution were 

 read and exiilaiued at length by hiin. Whereupou, by motion of J. S. 

 Hunter, the amendments as read were adopted, the changes to appear 

 in the revised draft of the Constitution as published in the Proceed- 

 ings of the present meeting*. A list of names sugg"ested for honorary 

 membership was read by the Secretary, and on motion of Chas. Fordyce 

 the following, all of whom had rendered important aid to the cause of 

 bird protection in the state, w^ere declared unanimously elected. Ex- 

 Gov. E. W. Furnas, Brownville; Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska City; 

 Hon. J. C. Crawford, West Point; and Dr. Geo. L. Miller, Omaha. 



As an expression of recognition by the society of the work of Mr. 

 G. O. Shields, Editor of Recreation', the Committee on Resolutions was 

 instructed to draft suitable resolutions, to be transmitted to him by 

 the Recording Secretary before publishing in the Proceedings. In the 

 absence of J. H. Ager, State Warden of the League of American Sports- 

 men and a member of the society, Lawrence Bruner reported upon an 

 important measure for the protection of fish, game, and birds to be 

 presented for legislative action at the present session and proj)osed the 

 following resolution: 



Whereas, The National League of American Sportsmen and the Ne- 

 braska State Fish and Game Protective Association, — organizations 

 formed for the purpose of securing better protection against illeg-al 

 and wanton slaughter of the fish, game, song and insectivorous birds 

 of the state, — have prepared, with a view of presenting to the legisla- 

 tnre, a bill designed to effect this purpose: 



Therefore, we, the members of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, 

 in annual meeting assembled, do unanimously approve of and endorse 

 said bill, and request the meml)ers of the legislature to enact its pro- 

 Aisions into law. 



R. H. Wolcott suggested the names of several libraries and institu- 

 tions i]i the state which should receive regularly the Proceedings of 

 the society, and the matter was referred to the Executive Committee. 

 After the reading of a careful presentation by Mr. Wolcott of the desira- 

 bility of making a complete reference collection of Nebraska birds, and 

 of storing rare and solitary specimens, notes, records, exchanges, etc., 

 in fire-proof apartments, it was moved by Chas. Fordyce that the ac- 

 cumulating projierty of the society be stored at the University of Ne- 

 braska, in fire-proof quarters to be selected bj^ the Recording Secretary. 

 The following- resolutions governing future iiermanent records proposed 

 by R. H. Wolcott were adopted by the society: 



1. That this Union recognize three kinds of records — jjositive, proba- 

 ble, and doubtful. 



2. That a record be considered as j)ositive if (a) based upon an actiial 

 specimen preserved, or (b) in the absence of an actual specimen, be 

 based upon an observation made by an experienced observer, and con- 

 cern a common species. 



