THE AUK 



A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology 



ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



Edited by Dr. "Witmer Stone 



Academy of Natueal Sciences, Logan Square, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



President, John Hall Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Vice-Presidents, Witmer Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences, 



Philadelphia. George Bird Grinnell, 238 E. 15th St., New 



York. 

 Secretary, T. S. Palmer, 1939 Biltmore St., Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer, Jonathan Dwight, 43 W. 70th St., New York. 



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DR. WITMER STONE, 



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