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absent from the meeting, the first he had missed since the organi- 

 zation of the Union. A motion was also unanimously passed 

 extending the thanks of the Union to Mr. Eiche for the splendid 

 table decorations of cut flowers which had been furnished by him. 



The election of ofiicers for 1911-12 was then taken up, the 

 ballot resulting as follows : 



President, H. B. Lowry, Lincoln. 



Vice-President, Mrs. Lowrie Childs, South Omaha. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Myron H. Swenk, Lincoln. 



The President then appointed a committee to escort the newly- 

 elected President to the chair. This was done amid applause and 

 the President-elect responded gracefully with a speech. The 

 arrangements for the Ninth Annual Field Day were then dis- 

 cussed and a detailed plan agreed upon. R. H. Wolcott for the 

 Auditing Committee stated that it had gone over the financial 

 statement of the Secretary-Treasurer and found it to be correct 

 and moved the acceptance of the report. The motion was carried. 



The remainder of the evening was given over to informal 

 talks and discussions, R. H. Wolcott acting as toastmaster. Mr. 

 Duncanson described some interesting observations he had made 

 upon the feeding habits of the White Pelican. Mr. Zimmer 

 explained the status of our Nebraska Juncos and illustrated his 

 remarks with specimens. Mr. Sessions spoke entertainingly on 

 the changes in the bird life about Norfolk during the past forty 

 years. Other remarks and discussions were made upon various 

 ornithological topics by Messrs. Eiche, Tout, Swenk, Towne and 

 Wolcott and Misses VanSant and Wood. At 10:45 p. m. the 

 meeting adjourned. 



Myron H. Swenk, Secretary-Treasurer. 



Ninth Annual Field Day. — The field party of the N. O. U. 

 left the Government Square, Tenth and O Streets at 7 :00 a. m. 

 Saturday, May 6, 1911, and proceeded in a body to the 

 north shore of the lake west of Lincoln (Capital Beach), investi- 

 gating the outlying salt flats on the way. The northern and 

 eastern shores of the lake were then followed. Return was 

 made to Lincoln at noon. At 12:30 p. m. the train was taken to 

 Roca, twelve miles south of Lincoln, and the afternoon given 



