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MINUTES OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



An informal report was given stating that an official member- 

 sliip list is being constructed for the Secretary's office. This was 

 published in as good condition as possible in the June number of 

 the Wilson Bulletin, with requests for corrections to be sent to 

 the Secretary. Many of these were received, and they have been 

 used to produce a much better and more accurate list, which will 

 be printed in one of the 1917 numbers of the Bulletin. 



The programme of the present meeting was arranged by the 

 Secretary with some help from the President, Mr. T. C. Stephens. 



The minutes of the 1915 meeting at Columbus, Ohio, were writ- 

 ten up and sent in for publication in the Wilson Bulletin. They 

 appeared in the March, 1916, number. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



The report of the treasurer was read by Mr. P. B. Coffin, and by 

 a motion, it was turned over to the auditing committee, appointed 

 by the Chairman, Rev. W. F. Henninger. 



This committee is composed of two members, Mr. O. M. Shantz 

 and Mr. E. R. Ford. 



It will report to the Secretary a short time after the Annual 

 Meeting, as soon as the accounts and reports can be examined and 

 audited. 



Name of Our Organization. 

 The motion to change the name from Wilson Ornithological Club 

 to Wilson Ornithological Society was voted down, and the old 

 name is to be retained. 



Printed Programmes. 

 The Club expressed a desire, by motion, that printed programmes 

 be prepared for future meetings and that these be placed in the 

 hands of members as long as possible before the meeting. 



Summer Field Meeting. 

 A motion was made that the' Club thankfully accept Mr. 

 Stephens' invitation to have a summer field meeting at the Iowa 

 Lakeside Laboratory in the summer of 1917. It was carried. 



Ornithological Research. 

 At the suggestion of Mr. J. S. Huxley of Houston, Texas, in a 

 letter to the Secretary, a committee was appointed to collect im- 

 portant notes on birds, obtained by Club members and others in 

 their field work, and organize and arrange these for publication. 



