For President— v.. M. Strong, 12 ; W. A. Oldfield, 3. 



For Vice-President— Hed Hollister, 8 ; Walton Mitchel, 6. 



For Secretary — J. E. Dickinson, 8; David L. Savage, 5; Paul Bartsch, 2. 



For Treasurer — Lynds Jones, 11 ; J. W. Jacobs, 3, 



For Executive Council — John H. Sage, 11 ; O. W. Knight, 9 ; H. E. 

 Miller, 7 ; A. H. W. Norton, 6 ; Chas. A. Ely, 6 ; H. C. Oberholser, 3. 



F. L. Burns, Judge of Electioii. 



I find this statement correct, and the following officers to be elected 

 for 1896 : 



President — R. M. Strong, Oberlin, O. 



Vice-President — Ned Hollister, Delavan, Wis. 



Secretary — J. E. Dickinson, Rockford, 111. 



Ti-eastirer — Lynds Jones, Oberlin, O. 



Executive Coinicil—]o\\n H. Sage, O. W. Knight, H. E. Miller. 



R. M. Strong, President. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEES. 



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GENERAL CHAIRMAN ON SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. 



The work which was begun a year ago under the new system of divid- 

 ing the investigations of the group under consideration among several 

 committees, has been going steadily on. Statements of the heads of 

 these committees appear later in this Bulletin. 



It is evident that it will not be possible to publish the life histories of all 

 of the Warblers in one Bulletin, even if it should seem best to combine all 

 reports in one. Therefore, each committee will occupy an entire Bulle- 

 tin with its report, taking ample space to go deeply into the subject con- 

 sidered, even to the minutest details. Thus the Migration Committee 

 will be able not only to give the approximate time of arrival and depart- 

 ure of each species at any given locality, and the exact time of arrival 

 and departure in specified years, but also to give the relative time of the 

 arrival of the adults and young, and of the males and females ; the state of 

 plumage, numbers of individuals during the migrations, condition of 

 weather, effect of weather, and many other little known phenomena. 

 Contributions of such a nature should be given in your reports to the 

 chairman of this committee whenever possible. 



The committee on yiesting will also have ample room in which to 

 elaborate its report. In addition to determining more definitely the 



