82 Sacn, Thirty-fourth Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. Sule 
Miss Julia A. Thorns, Asheboro, N. C. 
Robie Wilfrid Tufts, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 
Mrs. David C. Twichell, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
Henry Lorenz Viereck, Washington, D. C. 
Mrs. William R. Walton, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
Dr. Geo. A. Webster, Boston, Mass. 
T. Walter Weiseman, Emsworth, Pa. 
Charles Spangler Weiser, York, Pa. 
Dr. Otto Westerfeldt, San Francisco, Calif. 
Mrs. India Taylor Whaler, Princeton, N. J. 
Mrs. James W. Wheeler, Tucson, Ariz. 
Charles Livy Whittle, Cambridge, Mass. 
William Henry Wiegmann, M.D., New York City. 
Nelson E. Wilmot, West Haven, Conn. 
Miss Elizabeth M. Winch, Canton, Mass. 
Mrs. Henry Martyn Witter, Worcester, Mass. 
George B. Wood, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa. 
A committee of five from the membership of the Union will soon 
be appointed to obtain contributions to a permanent endowment 
fund for research and publication in ornithology. 
Pusuic Sessions. First Day. The meeting was called to order 
by the President, Dr. Fisher. An address of welcome was made 
by Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, on behalf of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences. 
The papers of the morning session were as follows: 
‘In Memoriam — Daniel Giraud Elliot,’ by Dr. Frank M. 
Chapman. 
‘In Memoriam — Wells Woodbridge Cooke,’ by Dr. T. S. 
Palmer. 
‘A New Name for an Old Friend,’ by Harry C. Oberholser. 
Read by Dr. Palmer in the absence of the author. 
‘The Life and Writings of Professor F. E. L. Beal,’ by W. L. 
MeAtee. 
‘Bird Migration in Central Africa,’ by James P. Chapin, Illus- 
trated by lantern slides. 
‘Bird Casualties,’ by Mrs. E. O. Marshall. 
A letter was read by Prof. Paul Bartsch in relation to a memorial 
fountain to Prof. Wells W. Cooke which it is proposed to erect 
in the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 
The first paper of the afternoon was: 
