64 Eighteenth Cofigress of the A. O. U. ^^^^ 



Ridgway. Eighteen active members were present. The Secre- 

 tary's report gave the membership of the Union at the opening of 

 the present Congress as 748, constituted as follows: Active, 46; 

 Honorary, 16'; Corresponding, 65 ; Associate, 621. 



During the year the Union lost seventy-eight members — ten 

 by death, twenty-three by resignation, and forty-five were dropped 

 for non-payment of dues. The members lost by death were Dr. 

 Elliott Coues,' an Active Member, and one of the Founders of 

 the Union, who died at Baltimore, Md., December 25, 1899, at 

 the age of 57 ; George B. Sennett," also an Active Member, who 

 died in Youngstown, Ohio, March 18, 1900, aged 59 years; Prof. 

 Alphonse Milne-Edwards,^ an Honorary Member, who died in 

 Paris, April 21, 1900, at the age of 64; Dr. D. Webster Prentiss,* 

 one of the Founders of the Union, and for twelve years an Active 

 Member, who died in Washington, D. C, November 19, 1899, 

 aged 56 years. Owing to failing health he resigned his Active 

 Membership in 1895, and on the acceptance of his resignation he 

 was reelected as a Corresponding Member ; and Edgar Leopold 

 Layard,^ also a Corresponding Member, who died in Devon, 

 England, January i, 1900, in his 76th year. Also the following 

 Associates ; Foster H. Brackett," who died in Dorchester, Mass., 

 January 9, 1900, aged 37 ; Francis C. Browne,'' who died in 

 Framingham, Mass., January 9, 1900, aged 70; John A. Dakin,^ 

 who died February 21, 1900, in Syracuse, N. Y., at the age of 

 48 ; Percy S. Selous,^ who died in Greenville, Mich., April 7, 

 1900; Charles C. Marble,i° who died in Chicago, September 25, 

 1900, aged 52 ; Edwin Carter, of Breckenridge, Colo. 



' For an obituary notice, see Auk, XVII, p. 91, also Memorial Address in 

 the present number. 



^ For an obituary notice, see /hid., -p. 193, also Memorial Address in this 

 number. 



•'For an obituary notice, see Ibid'., pp. 320-321. 



'' For an obituary notice, see Ibid., pp. 91-92. 



* For an obituary notice, see Ibid, pp. 321-322. 



®For an obituary notice, see Ibid., p. 197. 



' For an obituary notice, see Ibid., pp. 194-196. 



'^ For an obituary notice, see Ibid.^ pp. 196-197. 



'^ For an obituary notice, see Ibid., p. 322. 



1'^ For an obituary notice, see Ibid., p. 404. 



