74 Sage, Twenhj-fifth Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. [j^^^ 



Olive-backed Thrush. Hylocichla usiulatus swainsonii. Abundant 

 along Great Slave River to near Fort Resolution, but not beyond. 



Hermit Thrush. Hylocichla aonalaschkce pallasii. Common in dry 

 woods along Great Slave River north to Kahdinouay Island in Great 

 Slave Lake, not beyond. 



Robin. Merula migraloria. Abundant and nesting throughout the 

 wooded region traversed, as far as the edge of the woods. In the first 

 week of September the species appeared in flocks on the edge of the Barrens. 



TWENTY-FIFTH STATED MEETING OF THE AMER- 

 ICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Twenty-fifth Stated Meeting of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union convened in Philadelphia, Pa., Monday evening, 

 December 9, 1907. The business meeting was held in the Council 

 Room, and the public sessions, commencing Tuesday, December 

 10, and lasting three days, were held in the lecture hall of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. 



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

 President, Mr. Charles F. Batchelder. Twenty Fellows were 

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

 Union at the opening of the present Stated Meeting as 850, con- 

 stituted as follows: Fellows, 48; Honorary Fellows, 14; Corre- 

 sponding Fellows, 61 ; Members, 72; Associates, 655. 



During the year the Union lost eighty-one members, eleven by 

 death, thirty-two by resignation, and thirty-eight for non-payment 

 of dues. The deceased members include two Honorary Fellows, 

 one Corresponding Fellow, one Member, and seven Associates, 

 as follows : Prof. Alfred Newton,^ an Honorary Fellow, who died 

 in Cambridge, England, June 7, 1907, at the age of 78 years; 

 Howard Saunders,^ an Honorary Fellow, who died in London, Oct. 

 20, 1907, aged 72 years; Dr. Rudolph Blasius, a Corresponding 

 Fellow, who died in Braunschw^eig, Germany, Sept. 21, 1907; Dr. 

 William L. Ralph,^ a Member, who died in Washington, D. C, 



1 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXIV, pp. 365, 366. 



2 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXV, pp. 103-104. 



3 For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XXIV, pp. 461, 462. 



