° 191s ] Palmer, Thirty-fifth Stated Meeting of the A. 0. U. 71 



' In Audubon's Labrador,' by Dr. Charles W. Townsend. Illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. 



Second Day. The meeting on Wednesday was called to order 

 by Vice President Stone. 



The first paper was: 'The Discovery of the Breeding Ground 

 of the Large-billed Sparrow, and its consequences,' by Dr. H. C. 

 Oberholser. 



An hour was then devoted to a discussion of 'Ornithological 

 Work in 1917.' The subject was introduced by the Secretary 

 and the discussion was participated in by Dr. Oberholser, Dr. 

 Chapman, and Messrs. A. A. Allen and T. Gilbert Pearson who 

 mentioned various features of the activities of the year. The 

 three other papers presented at the morning session were: 



'Ferruginous Stains on Water-fowl,' read by A. C. Bent for the 

 author, Frederic H. Kennard. 



'The Span of Life and Period of Activity of Ornithologists,' 

 by Dr. T. S. Palmer. 



'A Review of the W T ork of the Asiatic Zoological Expedition 

 of the American Museum of Natural History, ' by Roy C. Andrews. 

 Illustrated by lantern slides. 



The afternoon program was opened by a paper on ' Sight Records 

 — a Problem of Present-day Ornithology', by Dr. Witmer Stone. 



The remainder of the session was occupied by two interesting 

 accounts of Ornithological field work in South America, illustrated 

 by many lantern slides : 



'An Ornithological Journey from the Tableland to the Tropics 

 in Peru,' by Dr. Frank M. Chapman, and 



'The Explorations of Rollo H. Beck in South America and the 

 West Indies for the Brewster-Sanford Collection,' by Robert 

 Cushman Murphy. 



Third Day. The meeting on Thursday was called to order by 

 Vice President Stone and five papers were presented at the morning 

 session. 



'Notes on Oceanites oceanicus,' by Robert Cushman Murphy. 



'Vincent Barnard, an early Pennsylvania Ornithologist,' by 

 Dr. Witmer Stone. 



' In Memoriam — Edgar Alexander Mearns, ' by Dr. Charles 

 W. Richmond, read by Dr. Oberholser in the absence of the author. 



