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President, H. B. Duncanson, Peru, 

 Vice-President, Joy Higgins, Omaha, 

 Secretary, Myron H. Swenk, Lincoln, 

 Treasurer, G. M. Pinneo, Lincoln. 



At this point the new President was installed, and on request 

 gave a short talk on his hopes for the Union during the coming 

 year. The program was then taken up and the following papers 

 presented by various local members : 



President's Address, "The Ducks of the State" (read by title) 



August Eiche, Lincoln 

 "Some Results of Four Years' Collecting in the Vicinity of 



Lincoln" - - - - - J. T. Zimmer, Lincoln 

 "A Few Things We Can Do" - R. H. Wolcott, Lincoln 

 "The Past and Present of the N. O. U." 



Lawrence Bruner, Lincoln 

 "My Diary of Bird Observations Made at Lincoln" (read by 



title) - - - - - - H. B. Lowry. Lincoln 



"Ideas on the Intergrading Ranges of Certain Subspecies in 



Nebraska" (read by title) - Myron H. Swenk, Lincoln 



Follov/ing the program and the discussion of the papers given, 

 the Union adjourned at 10:30 p.m. 



Myron H. Swenk, Secretary. 



Seventh Annual Field Day. — Saturday morning, May 15, 

 1909, the field party of the N. O. U. left the viaduct west of Lin- 

 coln at 7:00 A.M. and proceeded to the saline flats and lake in the 

 vicinity, but owing to the very heavy rainfall of the preceding 

 day and night these were p:reatlv flooded and the waterfowl and 

 shore birds much scattered. The mill uroods on the north shore 

 of the lake were thoraughly explored. Returning, the party left 

 on the Union Pacific for Hanlon, 12 miles south of Lincoln, at 

 11:05 ^•^^- Immediately after arrival lunch was eaten in the 

 woods and the remainder of the day spent in the vicinity, the 

 party arriving in Lincoln again at 5:45 p.m. The composite list 

 of the day reached ninety-four species, the largest made since the 

 first annual field day seven years previously. 



