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references to published portraits of more than 700 ornithologists 

 including about 300 members of the Union. This work is suffi- 

 ciently advanced to warrant publication during the coming year. 

 The Bibliography of Bibliographies comprises references to about 

 200 special bibliographies which contain about 26,000 titles. 

 These include 70 authors' bibliographies with 9,500 titles, 80 

 faunal bibliographies with 12,500 titles and 50 miscellaneous 

 bibliographies with 4,000 titles. 



It was voted to exempt members of the Union actually engaged in 

 military service, from payment of dues during the continuance of 

 the war, and the Secretary was instructed to prepare a list of such 

 members, (see p. 111). 



Public Sessions. First Day. The meeting on Tuesday was 

 called to order by the President, John H. Sage, at 10.20 A. M. 

 After a brief announcement by the Secretary of the result of the 

 election of officers and members the papers on the program were 

 taken up in the following order: 



'Cape May, New Jersey, and its Bird Life', by Dr. Witmer 

 Stone. 



'A Purple Martin Roost in the City of Washington, by Dr. 

 H. C. Oberholser. 



'Demonstration of a Feeding Slab', by William E. Saunders. 

 This slab is devised to prevent sparrows from taking food put out 

 for chickadees, nuthatches and similar birds. The food comprising 

 nuts, sunflower seeds and suet is fastened to the under side of a 

 board by simply heating the fat which sticks to the slab and being 

 on the under side is out of reach of sparrows. 



'Notes on British Guiana Birds, by C. William Beebe. Illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. 



'Notes on the Breeding Warblers of Central New York, by 

 Arthur A. Allen. Illustrated by lantern slides. 



At the afternoon session, called to order by Vice President Stone, 

 four papers were presented: 



'Birds on Turrialba', Costa Rica, by Charles H. Rogers. Illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. 



'The Present Status of our Black-capped Petrel,' with exhibi- 

 tion of skins and lantern slides, by G. Kingsley Noble. 



'A four-months' Collecting Trip in Nicaragua,' by W. DeWitt 

 Miller. 



