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1, Honorary 8, Honorary Lady (the only lady members) 8, Colonial 9, 

 and Foreign 19. The Honorary and Foreign (equivalent to the Corre- 

 sponding Class of the A. O. U.) it will be noticed are much more 

 restricted than in the A. O. U. The American ornithologists represented 

 in these classes are as follows: 



Honorary, Dr. J. A. Allen, Dr. Frank M. Chapman, Dr. Harry C. Ober- 

 holser, Dr. Chas. W. Richmond and Mr. Robert Ridgway. 



Foreign, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger and Dr. Witmer Stone. 



The Associates of the A. O. U. — The By-Laws of the Union provide 

 that Associates shall be unlimited in number but shall be residents of 

 America. So long as a person maintains residence in America he may keep 

 his status as an Associate even though he may reside temporarily in a 

 distant part of the world. Thus at the present time one Associate is 

 living in British Papua, another in Ceylon, and a third in Samoa. 



At the first meeting 87 Associates were elected but apparently several 

 failed to qualify, for at the next meeting in spite of the fact that only two 

 deaths had occurred during the year the number was reported as only 63. 

 In April 1918, the total number as shown by the list published in 'The 

 Auk' was 745 including 5 Life Associates. Of these, 142, or nearly 20 per 

 cent were women. Practically all of the 120 persons that have been 

 elected Members and about one half of the present Fellows were originally 

 elected as Associates. In addition to losses by resignation or otherwise 

 the losses by death since the organization of the Union have been 165. 



The class of Associates includes several distinct groups. It comprises 

 not only the younger bird students and those who on account of a general 

 interest in birds wish to keep in touch with the progress of bird study, but 

 also those who have a temporary interest in ornithology. The more active 

 ornithologists and especially those who are engaged in bird study in a 

 professional capacity are usually promoted to the classes of Members and 

 Fellows. Unfortunately many of those whose interest is only temporary 

 drop out after a few years so that changes are frequent and extensive. 

 But in spite of these changes the class of Associates forms a very important 

 part of the membership. It includes much of the enthusiasm, vigor and 

 strength of the Union and every effort should be made to stabilize it and 

 increase it to several times its present size. — T. S. P. 



Called to the Colors. — Since the publication of the July number of 

 'The Auk' of the third list of A. O. U. members in military service, a few 

 additional names and changes have been reported. The additions are as 

 follows : 

 Bergtold, Dr. William Harry, Denver, Colo. Major Medical Corps, 



U. S. Gen. Hospital No. 21, Denver, Col. 

 Britten, Dr. George Sidney, Syracuse, N. Y. Captain Medical Corps, 



American Expeditionary Forces, in France. 

 Dice, Lee Raymond, Washington, D. C. Private 5th Co., 2d Training 



Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. 



