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meeting, President Brooking appointed Dr. Hapeman, chairman, 

 M. H. Swenk and R. W. Dawson. 



The business meeting then adjourned and the program of the 

 evening was taken up. The retiring President, A. M. Brooking, 

 addressed the society and its guests on the subject, " Bird Collect- 

 ing West of Lincoln." Following the President's address Mrs. G. 

 A. Loveland presented a paper on " Recent Cat Legislation," and 

 Prof. R. W. Dawson discussed " Bird Migration Records." There 

 was a general discussion, of these papers by various members of the 

 society. A call by President Brooking for some remarks from 

 Mr. J. M. Bates and Mr. Wilson Tout was very interestingly re- 

 sponded to. 



The plans for the field day on Saturday were then arranged, 

 and the meeting adjourned at 10:35 p. m. 



On Saturday, May 10, the seventeenth annual field day of the 

 Union was held. The locality chosen for the field trip was along 

 the .Little Blue river, about eight miles south of Hastings, and cars 

 were provided to take the field party to the woods. The party sub- 

 divided into four sections, each section covering a different por- 

 tion of the territory. The field day started at 8:00 a. m., the mem- 

 bers reconvening at the cars at 11:30 to return to Hastings for 

 luncheon. In the afternoon the men of the party donned their 

 boots and waders and motored to the lagoon near Inland, Nebraska,, 

 ten miles east of Hastings, where study was made of the water 

 birds. The total list of the day included seventy-eight birds, as 

 follows: 



Bluebird, Robin, Olive-backed Thrush, Wood Thrush, Long- 

 tailed Chickadee, Western House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, 

 Mockingbird, Redstart, Yellow-breasted Chat, Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, Ovenbird, Blackpoll Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Yellow Warb- 

 ler, Bell's Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Migrant Shrike, 

 Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Dickcissel, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cardinal, Arctic 

 Towhee, Lincoln's Sparrow, Western Field Sparrow, Clay-colored 

 Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, 

 Goldfinch, Bronzed Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Western Meadowlark, 

 Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Cowbird, Crow, 

 Blue Jay, Desert Horned Lark, Traill's Flycatcher, Phceebe, Crested 

 Flycatcher, Arkansas Kingbird, Kingbird, Yellow-shafted Flicker, 

 Red-headed Woodpecker, Northern Downy Woodpecker, Belted 

 Kingfisher, Burrowing Owl, Sparrow Hawk, Ferruginous Rough- 

 legged Hawk, Swainson's Hawk, Marsh Hawk, Western Mourning 

 Dove, Bobwhite, Killdeer. Spotted Sandpiper, Yellowlegs, Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper, Lt^ast Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Coot, 



