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The eastern members who formed the regular A. O. U. excursion party 

 comprised Messrs. John H. Sage, J. H. Fleming, and Samuel Wright; 

 Drs. T. S. Palmer and Witmer Stone and Miss May T. Cooke. Mrs. 

 Palmer, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Stone and Miss Haskell were also in the party. 

 At Chicago, Mr. W. H. Osgood entertained the party at dinner. A stop 

 of two days was made at the Grand Canon, Arizona, and a combined list 

 of the birds observed in the forest around the rim of the Canon and during 

 the descent to the bottom, was made by the members which will appear in 

 a subsequent number of 'The Auk.' 



At Los Angeles Dr. A. K. Fisher and Dr. and Mrs. J. Dwight, Jr., who 

 had gone on ahead, joined the party, and a number of other eastern mem- 

 bers and their families went direct to San Francisco by other routes : these 

 included Dr. and Mrs. C. Hart Merriam, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Widmann, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Murphy, John T. Nichols, T. Gilbert Pearson, 

 Dr. W. J. Holland and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Schoffner. 



The members who stopped over at Los Angeles were most cordially 

 entertained by the southern division of the Cooper Ornithological Club. 

 A reception was tendered them at the Museum of Science and Arts, where 

 Messrs. Daggett and Swarth exhibited the collections, while Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. Eugene Law personally conducted the trips to Catalina Island and Mt. 

 Lowe. Messrs. A. B. Howell, W. Lee Chambers, A. E. Colburn, E. J. 

 Brown, and others did all in their power to make the visit enjoyable. 



At San Francisco the business session was held at the California Academy 

 of Sciences and, at various times during the stay of the eastern members, 

 Dr. Evermann and Mr. Loomis acted as hosts to those who desired to 

 consult the valuable collections of the Academy, especially the series of 

 Tubinares. 



The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California was 

 also a center of interest to the visitors, and Drs. Joseph Grinnell and H. C. 

 Bryant, Messrs. Tracy Storer, W. P. Taylor and others devoted much 

 time to explaining and displaying the wonderfully complete west coast 

 collections which have been brought together at the Museum. 



The public sessions of the Union were held in halls within the grounds of 

 the Panama Pacific International Exposition and were well attended. 

 President Fisher, Vice-President Stone and Mr. Joseph Mailliard, Presi- 

 dent of the northern division of the Cooper Ornithological Club, presided 

 at the sessions. 



The motion pictures of Grebes, Gulls, Murres and Golden Eagles exhib- 

 ited by Mr. W. L. Finley were the most notable feature of an interesting 

 program. The annual dinner of the Union and the luncheons, one of 

 which was held at a Chinese restaurant, within the grounds, were enjoyable 

 affairs and thanks to the efficient management of Mr. Joseph Mailliard 

 and his committee of arrangements, the meeting will be remembered by 

 those in attendance as one of the most successful in the history of the 

 Union. 



Rainy weather prevented the trip to Mt. Tamalpais on the last day of 



