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urer these amendments to the constitution were unanimously car- 

 ried on motions by II. B. Lowry and August Eiche 



No furtlier new business being proposed, the program was 

 taken up. Retiring President Bruner gave a very instructive ad- 

 dress on "A Comparison of the Bird Faunas of the Pampas of 

 Argentina and the Plains of Nebraska," a subject with which he 

 was especially competent to deal because of his extensive travels 

 in Argentina in 1897 and his long expereince with the birds of 

 our plains. 



Following the President's address, the Secretary read a highly 

 entertaining letter from Mr. J. T. Zimmer, a member of the Soci- 

 ety now engaged in scientific work near Manila, P 1., giving his 

 impressions of Philippine birds. R. H. VVolcott then exhibited 

 a remarkable specimen, obviously the abdominal fat layer of a 

 diick turned to soap, which had recently been found floating on a 

 Cherry county lake by a ranchman. This specimen, though show- 

 ing plainly the feather tracts, etc., of the bird is simply two- 

 thirds calcium soap, and its formation is attributed by Dr. Wol- 

 cott to the bird dying or falling into the lake during a warm pe- 

 riod when the fat rapidly united with the alkali of the water to 

 form the soap. M. H. Swenk then exhibited a series of Nebraska 

 nighthawks. and explained the distribution of the various sub- 

 species in this state, so far as it is at present understood. 



Plans for the Twelfth Annual Field Day were then taken up 

 and discussed, and it was decided to visit the beach west of Lin- 

 coln in the morning, leaving the city on the electric cars in two 

 parties, at 5:00 a. m. and 6:40 a. m., respectively, and to spend 

 the afternoon on the Salt Creek bltift's near Havelock. leaving the 

 city at 1 :20 P. M. 



At 10 :30 the meeting adjourned. 



Myron H. Swenk, Acting Secretary-Treasurer. 



TwEFTii Annual Fteld Day. — On Saturday. May 16, the 

 field party of the N. O. U. visited Capital Beach from early morn- 

 ing until noon, and in the afternoon, from 2:00 to 6:00 p. m.. the 

 birds seen on the trip to the "Havelock Bluff" northeast of Lin- 

 coln were listed. The composite list for the day was rather small, 



