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rado and northwestern Texas, and east to central Nebraska. 

 Winters south to Louisiana, southern Texas, and New Mexico 

 (Aztec, Dec. 5, 1893, J. A. Loring). Occurs in migration east 

 to eastern Nebraska and Arkansas. 



THIRTY-FIFTH STATED MEETING OF THE 

 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



BY T. S. PALMER. 



The Thirty-fifth Stated Meeting of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union convened in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, November 

 12, 1917. The business sessions were held at the Colonial Club 

 and the public sessions, beginning November 13 and lasting three 

 days, in the Nash lecture room of the University Museum. The 

 attendance included 21 Fellows, 20 Members, more than 100 

 Associates, and a number of visitors. Among those present 

 were three of the 23 Founders of the Union, seven other members 

 who were elected at the first meeting in 1883, and five members 

 from Canada. Twenty-six papers were presented at the public 

 sessions and three others were read by title. 



Business Session. At the meeting of the Fellows called to 

 order at 3.40 P. M. by the President, Dr. Albert K. Fisher, 16 

 Fellows were present. Percy A. Taverner, of Ottawa, Canada, 

 was elected to fill the single vacancy in the list of Fellows and the 

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

 providing that in joint meetings of Fellows and Members, 15 

 shall constitute a quorum, was formally adopted. 



At the evening meeting of the Fellows and Members, called to 

 order by the President at 8.30 P. M., 18 Fellows and 16 Members 

 were present. The present status of membership in the Union as 

 reported by the retiring Secretary is as follows : — " Fellows, 49 ; 

 Retired Fellows, 3; Honorary Fellows, 14; Corresponding Fellows, 

 59; Members, 77; Associates, 689; Total, 891. 



