76 Saaz, Thirty-fourth Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. ey 
THIRTY-FOURTH STATED MEETING OF THE 
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 
BY JOHN HALL SAGE. 
Tue Thirty-fourth Stated Meeting of the American Ornitholo- 
gists’ Union convened in Philadelphia, Pa., Monday evening, 
November 13, 1916. The business meetings were held in the 
Council Room and Library, and the public sessions, commencing 
Tuesday, November 14, and lasting three days, in the lecture hall 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 
Business Session. The meeting was called to order by the 
President, Dr. Albert K. Fisher. Twenty-three Fellows and 
fourteen Members were present. The Secretary’s report gave the 
membership of the Union at the opening of the present Stated 
Meeting as 830, constituted as follows: Fellows, 46; Retired 
Fellows, 3; Honorary Fellows, 11; Corresponding Fellows, 55; 
Members, 77; Associates, 638. 
Since the last meeting (May 1915) the Union suffered great loss 
by the death of several prominent members. The list includes, 
four Fellows, two Honorary Fellows, one Corresponding Fellow, 
two Members, and fifteen Associates, as follows: 
Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot,! a Founder and the second President 
of the Union, who died in New York City, December 22, 1915, in 
his 8lst year; Prof. Wells Woodbridge Cooke,? a Fellow, who died 
in Washington, D. C., March 30, 1916, aged 58 years; Prof. Foster 
E. L. Beal,? a Fellow, who died in Branchville, Md., October 1, 
1916, in the 77th year of his age; Lieut. Col. Edgar Alexander 
Mearns,‘ a Founder, who died in Washington, D. C., November 1, 
1916, in his 61st year; Henry Eeles Dresser,’® an Honorary Fellow, 
who died in Cannes, France, November 28, 1915, in his 78th year; 
1 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XX XIII, pp. 230-231; also Memorial Address in the 
present number. 
2 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XX XIII, pp. 354-355. 
3 For an obituary notice see the present number. 
4For an obituary notice see the present number. 
5 For an obituary notice see Auk, XXXIII, p. 232. 
