492 Sage, Thirty-third Stated Meeting of the A. 0. U. [oct k 



In the evening the members of the Cooper Ornithological Club 

 and the A. O. U., with their friends, met at dinner at the Clift Hotel 

 — fifty persons being present. 



Second Day. The meeting was called to order by Vice-President 

 Stone. 



The papers of the morning session were : 



' Some Breeding Birds of the Grand Canyon,' by Dr. T. S. Palmer. 



' Immature Plumages,' by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. Remarks 

 followed by Mr. Loomis, the author, and the Chair. 



' The Shore Birds of California,' by William Leon Dawson. Illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. 



The noon-day luncheon was served at the Chop Suey Restaurant 

 in the Food Products Building, within the Exposition Grounds. 



At the afternoon session Joseph Mailliard, President of the 

 Cooper Ornithological Club, occupied the Chair. The following 

 papers were presented: 



'Exhibition of the Salisbury Wild Life Motion Pictures,' by Dr. 

 Harold C. Bryant. 



' Farallon Island Bird Life, in Motion Picture,' by P. J. Fair. 



' Niche of the California Thrasher,' by Dr. Joseph Grinnell. Re- 

 marks followed by Dr. Palmer, Mrs. Myers, Mr. Dawson, and the 

 author. 



Third Day. The meeting was called to order by President Fisher. 



The papers of the session were : 



'The Genus Problem in Present Day Nomenclature,' by Dr. 

 Witmer Stone. 



'The Work of the National Association of Audubon Societies,' 

 by T. Gilbert Pearson. 



'Two Characteristic California Waders: The Black-necked Stilt 

 and the Snowy Plover,' by Tracy I. Storer. Illustrated by lantern 

 slides. Remarks followed by Messrs. Murphy, Dawson, and Joseph 

 Mailliard. 



'Food Habits of the Road-runner, Geococcyx calif ornicus,' by Dr. 

 Harold C. Bryant. Illustrated by lantern slides. 



In the absence of the authors the following papers were read by 

 title: 



'The Pacific Coast Races of Thryomanes bewicki,' by Harry ('. 

 Swarth. 



