"74 Sage, Twenty-first Congress oj the A. O. U. Vi^- 



TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Twenty-first Congress of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union convened in Philadelphia, Pa., Monday evening, Novem- 

 ber 1 6, 1903. The business meeting was held in the Council 

 Room, and the public sessions, commencing Tuesday, November 

 17, and lasting three days, were held in the lecture hall of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. 



Business Session. — The meeting was called to order by the 

 President, Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Nineteen Fellows were present. 

 The Secretary stated that at the opening of the present Congress 

 the membership of the Union numbered 775, constituted as fol- 

 lows: Fellows, 47; Honorary Fellows, 18; Corresponding Fel- 

 lows, 61 ; Members, 63 ; Associates, 586. 



During the year the Union lost sixty members, eight by death, 

 seventeen by resignation, and thirty-five for non-payment of dues. 

 The deceased members include one Fellow, one Corresponding 

 Fellow, one Member, and five Associates, as follows :' Thomas 

 Mcllwraith,^ a Fellow, and one of the Founders of the Union, who 

 died in Hamilton, Ontario, January 31, 1903, in his 79th year; 

 Dr. Gustav F. R. von Radde,^ a Corresponding Fellow, who died 

 early in 1903 at Tiflis, Russia, in the 72d year of his age; John 

 N. Clark,3 a Member, who died in Saybrook, Conn., January 13, 

 1903, at the age of 72; and the following Associates: Ludwig 

 Kumlien,* who died in Milton, Wis., Dec. 4, 1902, in his 50th 

 year; Edward S. Waters,^ who died at Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 27, 

 1902, aged 71; Thomas E. Slevin,* who died in San Francisco, 

 Calif., Dec. 23, 1902, in his 32d year; George H. Ready,'' who 



' For an obituary notice, see Auk, XX, p. 242 ; also Memorial Address in 

 the present number. 



^ For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XX, pp. 458, 459. 

 ^ For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XX, pp. 242, 243. 

 *• For an obituary notice, see Ibid..^ XX, pp. 93, 94. 

 ^For an obituary notice, see Ibid.., XX, p. 243. 

 ®For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XX, pp. 326, 327. 

 'For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XX, p. 327. 



