Nebraska Ornithologists' Union 7 



THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the Nebraska Ornithologists' 

 Union was held at Lincoln, Nebraska, Friday evening. May 10, 

 1912. At 7:00 p. m. the members sat down to a banquet in the 

 Lindell Hotel. Following the banquet President H. B. Lowry 

 called the meeting to order. Thirteen members were present, 

 Messrs. Bruner, Dawson, Eiche, French, Hilton, Lowry, Shoe- 

 maker, Stephens, Swenk, Wolcott and Zimmer and Misses Bar- 

 bour and Higgins. Three guests of members of the Union were 

 also present. 



The minutes of the twelfth annual meeting were read, and, on 

 motion, approved. The President reported briefly for himself 

 and called for the report of the Secretary-Treasurer. This 

 officer presented the usual financial statement and gave an 

 account of the membership and general status of the affairs of 

 the Society. President Lowry appointed R. H. Wolcott and Miss 

 Joy Higgins an Auditing Committee to examine the financial 

 report of the Secretary-Treasurer, and Messrs. Swenk, Shoe- 

 maker and Eiche as a Nominating Committee. 



R. H. Wolcott reported for the Record Committee. The name 

 of Mr. Chas. S. Ludlow^ of Red Cloud was proposed for member- 

 ship and on motion of the Secretary-Treasurer was duly elected. 



In order to give the committees an opportunity to work, the 

 order of business was changed somewhat and the first paper of 

 the program was taken up. Mr. J. T. Zimmer gave a very clear 

 account of the relationship, variation and distribution of the 

 White-crowned and Intermediate Sparrows in Nebraska. At the 

 close of Mr Zimmcr's paper the Nominating Committee reported 

 the following nominations for officers during the next year, 1912 : 



President, Dr. D. C. Hilton, Lincoln. 



Vice-President, Miss Edith Tobitt, Omaha. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. J. T. Zimmer, Lincoln. 



Upon motion of R. H. Wolcott the Secretary was instructed to 

 cast the unanimous ballot of the Society for these officers. The 

 Auditing Committee through R. H. Wolcott reported the financial 

 statement of the Secretary-Treasurer to be correct and moved its 

 acceptance. Carried. 



