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4 An index to published portraits of other ornithologists. 
5 An index to the published correspondence of Audubon. 
(b) In Bibliography — a bibliography of bibliographies including 
6 A brief list of the more important bibliographies of Ameri- 
can and Foreign birds including those in State lists. 
7 An index to published bibliographies of authors. 
8 An index to information on routes of ornithological col- 
lectors. 
9 Special bibliographies of subjects not included in existing 
bibliographies, for example bird photography, hybridism 
and indexes to papers on the more important collections of 
birds, type specimens, ete. 
(ec) In Manuscripts 
10 Investigation of the present location and condition of some 
of the more important ornithological manuscripts, pub- 
lished and unpublished, including the papers and corre- 
spondence of Bendire, Cooper, Coues, Wilson and others. 
WorRK OF THE YEAR. 
Before reviewing the work accomplished during the past year 
it is proper to refer to the severe loss which the committee has sus- 
tained in the death on March 30, 1916, of Prof. Wells W. Cooke, 
one of the most active members. Specially qualified for research 
of this kind, a tireless worker, and deeply interested in the topics 
assigned him, his loss has been a serious handicap. Naturally 
the work in which he was engaged, the preparation of a list of 
bibliographies in State lists and an index to publications containing 
information on routes of ornithological collectors, has been sus- 
pended since his death. 
Of the ten subjects mentioned in the above outline of work, five 
have received special attention and some progress made in each 
case. 
Biography.— The published records of the Union should contain 
some notice, however brief, of every person who is a member of the 
Union at the time of death. At present these notices appear in 
‘The Auk,’ and it is often difficult for the editor, in addition to his 
