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were all seconded and carried and the unanimous ballot of the 

 Society was cast for these ofhcers. 



Plans for the field day on Saturday, May 10, were next taken 

 up. It was decided to have one party assemble at Ninth and O 

 Sts. at 7:00 a. m. to start for Capital Beach, a second party to as- 

 semble and leave for the same place at 8:00 a. m., later plans to 

 be formulated there for the afternoon trip 



Messrs. H. B. Lowry and R. H. Wolcott were appointed a com- 

 mittee to escort the President-elect to the chair, where after the 

 applause had subsided he gave a few words of acceptance. 



The Secretary-Treasurer read the minutes of the last meeting, 

 which were then approved, on motion to that effect. 



Retiring President Hilton gave a very interesting paper con- 

 sisting of some "Notes on the Birds of the Gulf Strip of Texas," 

 in which the treated very clearly of a large number of species 

 which he had observed in the region mentioned on several trips 

 to Texas. 



After the conclusion of Dr. Hilton's pai)er. new business was 

 taken up. The matter of the Feather Proviso in "Schedule N" 

 of the Tariff Act, then before Congress, was discussed. On 

 motion to that eft'ect, a committee composed of M. H Swenk 

 and the Secretary was empowered to draft resolutions expressing 

 approval of the portion in question of the Tariff' Act, copies of 

 the resolution to be forwarded to the Nebraska Senators and 

 Representatives at Washington. On second motion, Miss Hig- 

 gins was added to the per.sonnel of the committee. 



The matter of a biological survey of Nebraska was brought u}: 

 and discussed. It was moved, seconded and carried that th(. 

 Secretary be empowered to express to the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey at Washington, the willingness of the Nebraska Orni- 

 thologists' Union to co-operate with the Bureau in getting out 

 such a survey. 



The committee on resolutions concerning the Tariff' Act proviso 

 reported the following resolution : 



"Resolved, that the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, assembled at the 

 Fourteenth Annual Meeting at Lincoln. May 0. 191:5, express their un- 

 qualified approval of the Feather Proviso in "Schedule N." of tlie Tariff 



