6a. Sage, Nineteenth Congress of the A. O. U. Ljan' 



Protection CoiMMIttee for 1902. 



William Butcher, Chainnan, 525 Manhattan Ave., New York, 

 N. Y. 



Abbott H. Thayer, Monadnock, New Hampshire. 



John M. Swain, Portland, Maine. 



Ralph Hoffmann, Belmont, Mass. 



James H. Hill, New London, Conn. 



William L. Baily, Ardmore, Pa. 



Frank C. Kirkwood, Baltimore, Md. 



Robert W. Williams, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida. 



Prof. Geo. E. Beyer, New Orleans, La. 



Frank Bond, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 



Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey, Washington, D. C. 



Edward B. Clark, Chicago, 111. 



Mrs. Louise McGown Stephenson, Helena, Ark. 



A. VV. Anthony, Portland, Oregon. 



Sub-Committee on Laws. 

 T. S. Palmer, M. D., Washington, D. C. 



NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Nineteenth Congress of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union convened in New York City Monday evening, November 

 II, 1901. The meetings were held at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, the public sessions commencing Tuesday, Novem- 

 ber 12, and lasting three days. 



Business Session. — The meeting was called to order by the 

 President, Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Sixteen Active Members were 

 present. The Secretary's report gave the membership of the 

 Union at the opening of the present Congress as 738, constituted 

 as follows : Active, 44 ; Honorary, 16; Corresponding, 62 ; Asso- 

 ciate, 616. 



