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Philadelphia, Pa.; William P. Wharton, Groton, Mass.; Chas. E. Wisner, 

 Detroit, Mich.; Miss Harriet H. Wright, Saginaw, W. S., Mich.; Howard 

 W. Wright, Pasadena, Cahf.; Luther E. Wynian. Chicago, Ills.; John A. 

 Young, New York City; Mrs. WllHam A. Young, West Newton, Mass. 



Drs. Allen, Dwight, Merriam and Richmond, and Messrs. 

 Brewster, Ridgway and Stone were reappointed 'Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature of North x\merican Birds.' 



Drs. A. K. Fisher, E. A. Mearns and Thos. S. Roberts, and 

 Messrs. Chapman and Nelson were appointed 'Committee on Bird 

 Protection.' 



The amendment to the By-Laws, proposed at the last Stated 

 Meeting of the Union, was adopted, ^s follows : 



Life membership, exempting the holder from all further fees or assess- 

 ments, may be obtained by a PWlow on payment of one hundred dollars, 

 by a Member on payment of seventy-five dollars, or by an Associate on 

 payment of fifty dollars. But any Member or Associate, in event of his 

 election to a higher class of membership, must then pay such additional 

 sum as will make his total payments for life membership equal to the 

 amount required for the class to which he is elected. In default of such 

 payment his life membership lapses; but in that event there shall be 

 credited toward his future annual assessments, any excess there may be 

 in the amount he has already paid for life membership over that which 

 he otherwise would have paid as annual assessments during the time he 

 has held life membership. 



A vote of thanks was unanimously tendered Dr. Jonathan 

 Dwight, Jr., by the Council of the Union, in recognition of the vast 

 amount of time and labor expended by him in compiling and 

 editing the 'Index' (just published) to the 'Bulletin of the Nuttall 

 Ornithological Club' and 'The Auk,' covering the period of 

 twenty-five years, 1876-1900, and for the great care and thorough- 

 ness with which the work was done. 



Public Sessions. First Day. — The meeting was called to 

 order by the President, Mr. Batchelder. An address of welcome 

 was made by Dr. Dixon, on behalf of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. 



The papers read during the morning session were as follows : 

 'Preliminary Report of an Investigation of the Cause of Moult 



