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the Thayer Fund.' These reports are pubhshed in this number 

 of ' The Auk,' and will be issued as a pamphlet to be sold at a 

 low price for general distribution. 



The third title was ' The Enforcement of the Lacey Act,' by Dr. 

 T. S. Palmer. 



Resolutions were adopted thanking the authorities of Harvard 

 University for the use of the Nash Lecture-room as a place for 

 meeting, and for other courtesies tendered to the Union, and to 

 the Nuttall Ornithological Club for the very cordial welcome and 

 most generous hospitality extended to the visiting members. 



Owing to want of time for their presentation in full the follow- 

 ing papers were read by title : 



' The Pterylosis of Fodargus ; with Further Notes on the Pter}'- 

 lography of the Caprimulgidae,' by Hubert Lyman Clark. 



' Impressions of Some Hawaiian Birds,' by H. W. Henshaw. 



' A Visit to the Birthplace of Audubon,' by O. Widmann. 



' Aptosochromatism. A reply to Drs, Dwight and Allen,' by 

 Francis J. Birtwell. 



'On the breeding habits of Leconte's Sparrow,' by P. B. Peabody. 



' Breeding of the Cerulean Warbler near Baltimore,' by Frank 

 C. Kirkwood. 



The Union then adjourned to meet at the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York City, November 11, 1901. 



Jno. H. Sage, 



Secretary, 



