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The report of the Auditing Committee was then received, in 

 which it was stated that the accounts of the Treasurer had been 

 found to be correct. Upon motion this report was accepted by the 

 society. Prof. M. H. Swenk then reported for the committee ap- 

 pointed at the last meeting to investngate and report on the feasi- 

 bility of the early publication of a new edition of the " Birds of 

 Nebraska." The report of the committee recommended delay. 



Mrs. A. E. Sheldon drew attention to the wording of Article 

 9 of the proposed Amendment 27 to the Constitution of the State 

 of Nebraska, as adopted at the recent Constitutional Convention, 

 pointing out that this amjendment was even more unfavorable to 

 forestation in the state than the existing law, under which foresta- 

 tion was decreasing, as it omitted exemption from taxation for 

 improvements of fruit trees and groves, which were exempted un- 

 der the present law. It was moved by Mrs. Sheldon and seconded 

 by Dr. Wolcott that it be the sentiment of the N. 0. U. that this 

 amendment should not be adopted, and that the Secretary put in 

 words the expressed sentiment of the Society and give publicity 

 thereto. Carried. 



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

 as follows: Mesdames Blanche Garten, H. C. Johnson, L. H. Mc- 

 Killip and A. E. Sheldon, and Messrs. C. A. Black, A. M. Brooking, 

 R. W. Dawson, H. B. Lowry, C. E. Mickel, M. H. Swenk and R. H. 

 Wolcott 



The session adjourned at 5:15 p m. after final arrangements 

 for the field day on Saturday. 



On Saturday, May 15, the eighteenth annual field day of the 

 Union was held. The field party left Lincoln at 6:45 for Ashland. 

 Nebraska, arriving there at 7:30 a. m. Division was then made 

 into two parties, the larger one of which worked southeast along 

 the C. B. & Q. railtoad right of way bordering the Platte river to 

 South Bend, a distance of eight miles, stopping occasionally to 

 work back into the wooded ravines along the route, while the 

 smaller party explored the ravines near Ashland at greater length, 

 returning to Ashland instead of continuing to South Bend. Both 

 parties reached Ashland at 4:30 p. m., from which place the mem- 

 bers dispersed. The total list of the day included eighty birds, as 

 follows: 



Bluebird, Robin, Olive-backed Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, 

 Wood Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Long-tailed Chickadee, Tuft- 

 ed Titmouse, White-bellied Nuthatch, Long-billed Marsh Wren, 

 Western House Wren, Carolina Wren, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, 

 Redstart, Yellow-breasted Chat, Maryland Yellow-throat, Grinnell 

 Water-Thrush, Oven-bird, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-poll Warb- 

 ler, Magnolia Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Tennessee 



