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Moore, of Gardiner, Me. The Secretary was authorized to cast 



the ballot for the Society, and she was declared elected. 



The Auditing Committee reported all accounts correct. 



The Committee on Resolutions reported as follows : 



Resolved^ That the Maine Ornithological Society extend its 



thanks to the Portland Society of Natural History for the use of its 



rooms for our annual meeting. 



D. W. Sweet, 



Sara Eastman. 



The Committee on Nominations reported, and officers for 191 1 

 were elected as follows : 



President: — J. Merton Swain. 



Vice-President: — Dr. W. C. Kendall. 



Secretary and Treasurer: — D. W. Sweet. 



Councillors: — J. F. Fanning, Dr. A. L,. Chase. 



Voted, that the council be empowered to fill any vacancies in 

 the offices. 



The future policy of the Journal was taken from the table and 

 further discussed. 



Mr. J. H. Emerton, Secretary of the New England Federation 

 of Natural History Societies, gave a talk on "Robins' and Phcebes' 

 Nests." 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



Dana W. Sweet, Secretary. 



Henry A. Purdie. 



Henry A. Purdie, one of the founders of the American Orni- 

 thologist's Union, a man prominently identified with the history of 

 New England ornithology, died in Boston, March 29, 191 1, in the 

 seventy-first year of his age. 



Though for a number of years Mr. Purdie has done no literary 

 work in ornithology, he has always kept abreast of the times in this 



