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died in Santa Cruz, Calif., March 20, 1903, in his 45th year; 

 and Prof. Wilber C. Knight,^ who died at Laramie, Wyoming, July 

 28, 1903, in the 45th year of his age. 



The report of the Treasurer showed the finances of the Union 

 to be in a satisfactory condition, much better than ever before. 



Charles B. Cory was elected President ; Charles F. Batchelder 

 and E. W. Nelson. Vice-Presidents ; John H. Sage, Secretary ; 

 Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Treasurer ; Frank M. Chapman, Ruthven 

 Deane, Witmer Stone, A. K. Fisher, Thos. S. Roberts, William 

 Dutcher, and C. W. Richmond, members of the Council. 



Dr. Samuel W. Woodhouse, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Prof. Dean C. 

 Worcester, of Manila, P. I.; Dr. E. C. Hellmayr, of Munich; Dr. 

 Emil A. Goeldi, of Para, Brazil ; Dr. Peter Sucshkin, of Moscow, 

 and Dr. Herluf Winge, of Copenhagen, were elected Correspond- 

 ing Fellows. One hundred and four Associates were elected, and 

 the following eight persons were elected to the class of Members, 

 namely: Prof. Erwin H. Barbour, of Lincoln, Nebraska; C. 

 William Beebe, of New York City; Edward H. Forbush, of 

 Wareham, Mass.; Benjamin T. Gault, of Glen Ellyn, 111.; Geo. 

 Spencer Morris, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; Robert E. Snodgrass, of 

 Stanford University, Calif. ; Dr. Reuben M. Strong, of Chicago, 

 111. ; and Dr. Robert H. Wolcott, of Lincoln, Nebraska. 



Drs. Allen, Dwight, Merriam and Richmond, and Messrs. 

 Brewster, Ridgway and Stone, were reelected ' Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds.' 



Public Session. Fi7-st Day. — The meeting was called to 

 order by Vice-President Batchelder. The papers read during the 

 morning session were as follows : 



A Memorial Address on Thomas Mcllwraith, a Fellow, by 

 Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



' Notes on the Bird Colonies of the California and Oregon 

 Coasts,' by Dr. T. S. Palmer. 



' New Bird Studies in Old Delaware,' by Samuel N. Rhoads and 

 C. J. Pennock. 



' Notes on the Protected Birds on the Maine Coast, with Rela- 

 tion to Certain Economic Questions,' by Arthur H. Norton. Read, 

 in the absence of the author, by Mr. Dutcher. 



' For an obituary notice, see Auk., XX, pp. 457, 45S. 



