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declined to 11. Up to the present time 45 Honorary Fellows have been 

 elected of whom 16 are stiU living. Of these Dr Otto Fmsch, Mr. RD. 

 Godman and Count Salvador! were elected at the first meeting in 1883. 

 The others have been transferred at various times from the Correspond- 

 ing list since it is now the custom to elect a foreign member first as a Cor- 

 responding Fellow. The Honorary list of the A. O. U. includes some of 

 the most eminent ornithologists of modern times Among those now 

 deceased will be found the names of Berlepsch, Cabanis Huxley Milne- 

 Edwards, Alfred Newton, W. K. Parker, Schlegel, P. L. Sclater, Sharpe 

 and Wallace, while among those still living are several names equally well 

 known. The only American ever elected to the Honorary class was the 

 late George N. Lawrence. 



Unlike the Honorary list the class of Corresponding Fellows has never 

 been filled although the total number of individuals elected has been 127. 

 At the first meeting 20 were elected and at the second meeting the number 

 was increased to 77 but apparently several failed to qualify as the secretary 

 reported only 65 at the opening of the third meeting, although no deaths 

 had then occurred. Seven years later, in 1892, the fort reached its maxi- 

 mum of 74, in 1895 it fell below 70, and since 1911 has been less than 60 

 through losses both by death and by transfer. _ 



Of the total 127 thus far elected 17 have been promoted to the Honorary 

 list and 2 to the list of Active Members. Seventy-one are still living; 57 

 are now Corresponding Fellows, 13 are on the Honorary hst and one is a 

 Retired Fellow. One third of the present number have been on the hst 

 more than 30 years- eight elected in 1883, 10 in 1884 and 3 in 1886 At 

 various times 11 Americans have been elected as Corresponding Fellows. 

 Of these, Dr. Abbott, Carriker, Chamberlain, ex-Governor Dole and Prof. 

 Worcester are still on the list, Dr. Stejneger is a Retired FeUo^and I the 

 other 5, Bryant, Cooper, Prehtiss, Scott (an Active Member 1886-1895), 

 and Woodhouse are now deceased. 



Since its organization 143 foreign ornithologists have been associated 

 with the Union either as Honorary or Corresponding Fellows. In 1885, 

 when the Honorary hst was filled and there were more Corresponding 

 Members than Associates, the foreign members formed nearly 44 per cent 

 of the total number. Now the membership of the Union has increased 

 nearly five fold and the foreign members constitute only about 7 per cent 

 of the total number.— T. S. P. 



Called to the Colors.- Since the first list of A. O. U members in 

 military service appeared in the January number of 'The Auk, a number 

 of additions as well as changes in rank and station have come to our notice. 

 It seems desirable therefore to reprint the preliminary hst with the neces- 

 sary corrections and additions. 



Adams Dr. Z. B, Brookline, Mass., Amer. Exped. Forces. In France. 

 Anthony, H. E., New York City. 1st Lieut., 309th Field Artillery, Camp 

 Dix, Wrightstown, N. J. 



