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'Present Status of the Passenger Pigeon Problem,' by Prof. C. F. 

 Hodge. Remarks followed by INIessrs. Forbush, Dutcher, and the 

 author. 



'Courtship and Wedlaw of Certain Wild Fowl,' by Ernest Thomp- 

 son Seton. Remarks followed by Prof. Hodge, Mr. Beebe, and the 

 Chair. 



jNIr. A. R. Dugmore showed lantern slides of a few of the re- 

 markable pictures he had taken during his recent trip to East Africa. 



In the evening the members of the Union and their friends 

 met at dinner at the Hotel Endicott. 



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

 Nelson. 



The Chair read a letter from C. William Beebe having special 

 reference to locating, if possible, living specimens of the Passenger 

 Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius. 



The papers of the session were: 



'Notes concerning the Status of Franklin's Grouse, with Exliibi- 

 tion of Specimens,' by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 



'The Method of Migration Study at Cornell,' by Dr. A. H. 

 Wright and A. A. Allen, presented by Mr. Allen. Illustrated by 

 lantern slides. Remarks followed by Mr. Stone. 



'The W^illow Grouse of Scandinavia, with Exliibition of Speci- 

 mens,' by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



'The Status of some North American Species of Birds,' by Drs. 

 L. B. Bishop and Jonathan Dwight, Jr. Presented by Dr. Bishop. 

 Remarks followed by Mr. Fuertes. 



The following papers, in the absence of their authors, were read 

 by title: 



'Statistical Distribution of the Common Birds of Illinois,' by 

 Alfred O. Gross. 



'Common Birds in Northeastern Illinois,' by Frank C. Gates. 



'On the Extinction of Birds in this Country,' by Dr. R. W. 

 Shufeldt. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop explained a proposed method of Tagging Wild 

 Birds, and called attention to an Association in Connecticut re- 

 cently organized to study this subject. 



Dr. Dwight exhibited specimens of the Motmot and referred to 

 the peculiar formation of the tail-feathers. Remarks followed by 

 Messrs. Chapman and Dutcher. 



