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birthday by a public meeting, to which all interested in the 

 study of birds will be invited. The officers for the ensuing 

 year are: President, Mrs. Edward Robins; Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, Miss Mary Parker Nicholson; Corresponding Secretary, 

 Mrs. William Channing Russel. 



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The Pennsylvania Audubon Society has reached a general 

 membership of over 7,000 representing all but six of the sixty- 

 eight counties of the state. 



At the meeting of the National Committees of the Audubon 

 Societies held in Washington, D. C, November 19, 1902, fifteen 

 societies were represented. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman addressed the annual meeting of the 

 Pennsylvania Audubon Society at the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, January 10, 1903, on "The Life of the Nest." 



The old officers were re-elected for the ensuing year. 



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At the A. 0. U. Congress held in Washington, D. C, Nov., 

 1902, the D. V. 0. C. was represented by Messrs. Pennock, 

 Morris, Baily, Evans, Wright, Rehn and Stone, and four papers 

 were presented by club members. 



"Notes on the life of Edward Harris with extracts from his 

 Journals, ' ' George Spencer Morris. 



"A Contribution to the Life History of the Herring Gull," 

 Wm. L. Baily and Wm. Dutcher. 



"A Glance at the Historical Side of the Check-List of North 

 American Birds," Witmer Stone. 



"The Significance of Trinomials in Nomenclature," Witmer 

 Stone. 



Bartram W. Griffiths, Thomas D. Keim and Chreswell J. 

 Hunt, of the D. V. 0. C. , were elected Associates of the Union. 



The twenty-first congress of the A. 0. U. will be held at the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 1903, and 

 a committee of arrangements has been appointed, consisting of 

 Witmer Stone, William L. Baily and Charles J. Pennock. 



