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CORRESPONDENCE. 



Membership in the A. O. U. 



Editor of 'The Auk,' 

 Dear Sir: — 

 As I fail to find in the corrected copy of the A. O. U. by-laws, sent me by 

 Mr. Sage, any changes whereby the working ornithologists in the Associate 

 Class are benefited, I have this day sent in my resignation as an ' Associate ' 

 in the A. O. U. This step also was necessary, by the refusal by 'The Auk,' 

 of further articles dealing with "proposed changes," previous to the last 

 A. O. U. meeting in San Francisco. In my open letter on the subject, 

 I asked for a free discussion in 'The Auk.' This^was denied me, as well 

 as others who cared to take part in it. It is evident, that the Fellows, who 

 like I, desired a changed by-laws, to meet changed conditions, were absent, 

 or were over ruled at the last meeting. By leaving the A. O. U. I am not 

 giving up any work so dear to me, and my friends will still find my collec- 

 tion of birds, mammals and eggs, as well as my home, open at all time to 

 them. 



Very truly yours, 



Harold H. Bailey. 



Newport News, Va. Sunday, the 19th of December, 1915. 



[As Mr. Bailey's statement regarding his discussion in 'The Auk' may 

 be misleading, the editor desires to state that the only commvmication 



