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The third paper was ' The Moults and Plumages of the North 

 American Ducks (Anatidte),' by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. Re- 

 marks followed by Mr. Stone and the author. 



The concluding paper of the morning, ' Remarks on Seven Birds 

 from the Southern United States,' was by Dr. E. A. Mearns. 



The afternoon session, held in the large Lecture Hall of the 

 Museum, was devoted to the following papers, all being illus- 

 rated by lantern slides, viz.: ' A Naturalist in Yucatan,' by E. W. 

 Nelson; ' Photography in North Dakota Bird Colonies,' by the 

 Rev. H. K. Job; and ' A Reconnaissance in Manitoba and the 

 Northwest,' by Frank M. Chapman. 



Third Day. — The meeting was called to order by the President, 

 Dr. Merriam. The first and second papers of the morning, ' Are 

 Hummingbirds Cypseloid or Caprimulgoid ? ' by Hubert Lyman 

 Clark, and a 'List of Birds of Wequetonsing, Mich.,' by Otto 

 Widmann, were read by title. The third paper, ' Notes on the 

 Ornithological Observations of Peter Kalm,' by Dr. Spencer Trot- 

 ter, was read, in the absence of the author, by Dr. Allen. 



Resolutions were adopted thanking the Trustees of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History for a place of meeting and for 

 other courtesies tendered to the Union ; to the Linnaean Society 

 of New York for generous hospitalities extended to the Union 

 during its Nineteenth Congress ; and to the Zoological Society of 

 New York for its kind invitation to visit the Society's Zoological 

 Gardens. 



The afternoon session, held in the large Lecture Hall of the 

 Museum, was a joint meeting of the Union and the Audubon So- 

 cieties of the LTnited States. 



Mr. Ruthven Deane called attention to certain paintings by 

 Audubon which were on exhibition in the Hall. 



Mr. Witmer Stone, Chairman of the Committee on Protection of 

 North American Birds, read the report of his Committee for the 

 previous year. Mr. William Dutcher followed, giving ' Results of 

 Special Protection to Gulls and Terns obtained through the 

 Thayer Fund,' and Dr. T. S. Palmer gave an address on ' National 

 Bird Protection — Its Opportunities and Limitations.' 



The Concluding papers were illustrated by lantern slides, viz : 

 ' Gulls of the Maine Coast, and Miscellaneous Notes,' by Wil- 



