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The Auditing Committee then reported that the accounts of the 

 Treasurer had been found to be correct, and upon motion this re- 

 port was accepted by the society. The report of the Nominating 

 Committee was then presented, and the following officers were 

 elected for 1918: 



President — Mr. A. M. Brooking, Inland. 



Vice-President — Miss Jeanette McDonald, Omaha. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Professor M. H. Swenk, Lincoln. 



Fifteen members were present at this session of the N. 0. U., 

 as follows: Mesdames W. F. Baxter, L. R. Button, Mary Ellsworth, 

 Alice E. Hitte, G. A. Loveland, C. W. McCaskill, Jeannette McDon- 

 ald, E. Ruth Pyrtle, Elizabeth Rooney and Elizabeth VanSant, and 

 Messrs. R. W. Dawson, W. G. Landers, C. E. Mickel, M. H. Swenk, 

 and Wilson Tout. 



On motion the Secretary-Treasurer was authorized by the so- 

 ciety to invest two hundred dollars of its funds in Liberty Bonds, 

 and to apply any balance remaining toward the support of the Wil- 

 son Bulletin during 1918. 



The business meeting then adjourned, the members returning to 

 the Assembly Room, where the public lecture of the evening was 

 given at 8:15 by the retiring President, Professor C. E. Mickel, on 

 the subject, " The Warblers of Nebraska." This lecture was illus- 

 trated by a series of over forty beautifully colored slides, especially 

 prepared for this occasion, including every species of the family 

 Mniotiltidae which has an established place on the Nebraska list. 

 The speaker described the identification marks and general habits 

 of the various species, and was assisted by Mrs. L. R. Button of 

 Fremont, who gave descriptions and illustrations of the songs of 

 the species known to her. The Assembly Room was filled at this lec- 

 ture, which was intended to be a preparation for the warbler search 

 of the following day. Professor M. H. Swenk introduced the speaker 

 and presided over the discussion which followed. 



The plans for the field day on Saturday were announced, and 

 the meeting adjourned at 9:45 p. m. 



On Saturday, May 11, the sixteenth annual field day of the Union 

 was held. This day was this year made a " Warbler Day," since 

 the date about coincided with the height of the warbler migration 

 at Omaha and the region covered in this field trip was one of the 

 very best in the state for finding these handsome and interesting 

 birds. There were two principal parties, one leaving South Omaha 

 at 7:00 and the other at 8:00 a. m., both entering Fontenelle Forest 

 at Childs' Crossing after subdividing into smaller parties of ten 

 to fifteen each. Over one hundred persons participated in the field 

 day, the various parties meeting at noon for a picnic dinner at 



