1920 I Palmer, Thirty-seventh Stated Meeting of the A. 0. U . Ill 



J. H. Fleming, W. E. Saunders, P. A. Taverner and Hoyes Lloyd; 

 and several Members and Associates who had recently returned 

 from service in France. 



Business Meetings. The first day was devoted to meetings of the 

 Council, which lasted from 10.30 A. M. to nearly 4 P. M., and two 

 evening meetings, one of the Fellows at 7.40 P. M. and the other 

 of the Fellows and Members at 8.30 P. M. At the brief meeting 

 at 7.40 P. M. the two vacancies in the list of Fellows were filled 

 by the election of Joseph Harvey Riley of the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum and Alexander Wetmore of the Biological Survey, and two 

 amendments to the By-Laws were adopted. One of these amend- 

 ments in Art. V, Sec. 4, provides for the restoration of delinquent 

 members upon payment of dues without the delay and formality 

 of reelection, and one in Art. VII, Sec. 3, provides more specifically 

 for the acceptance and administration of trust funds. 



At the meeting of the Fellows and Members called to order by 

 the President, 25 Fellows and 13 Members were present. Follow- 

 ing the roll call and the reading of the minutes of the previous 

 meeting, the report of the Secretary was presented. This report 

 showed a net gain of 71 members during the year. In November, 

 1918, the total number of members was 953 while the present 

 membership was approximately 1024, distributed as follows: 

 Fellows, 48; Retired Fellows, 3; Honorary Fellows, 19; Corre- 

 sponding Fellows, 63 ; Members, 84 ; and Associates, 807. During 

 the year the Union lost 16 members by death, 14 by resignation 

 and 39 by delinquency. The deaths (counting six which occurred 

 in the previous year, news of which was delayed) included those of 

 one Fellow, one Honorary Fellow, two Corresponding Fellows, 

 one Member and eleven Associates (seep. 125). Two of these 

 members, Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller and Dr. Henry K. O iver were 

 the oldest members and the latter was the only American ever con- 

 nected with the Union who had practically reached the age of 90. 



The Secretary reported that notices of the last annual meeting 

 had been published in ' Bird Lore,' ' The Condor,' and ' Science' 

 and brief summaries had been sent to several foreign journals 

 including 'The Emu,' 'The Ibis,' and 'Nature.' A report of 

 the meeting had also been sent to all the Corresponding Fellows, 

 who could be reached under existing restrictions on foreign mails. 



