96 Sage, Thirty-first Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. [j^ 



Miss Mary Henrietta Renshaw, New Orleans, La. 



Ward Jennings Rice, Roachdale, Ind. 



Mrs. C. G. Richards, Lancaster, Pa. 



Walton Ricketson, New Bedford, Mass. 



James O. Roberts, Utica, N. Y. 



William Allen Robinson, Vineyard Haven, Mass. 



Harold Goddard Rugg, Hanover, N. H. 



Arlie William Schorger, Madison, Wise. 



William G. Scott, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 



Louis Agassiz Shaw, Beverly Farms, Mass. 



Arthur L. Souther, Stoneham, Mass. 



Miss Ethel Downing Spears, New York, N. Y. 



Delmar Charles Speenburgh, New York City. 



Miss Mary T. Spooner, Boston, Mass. 



E. Alfred Steck, Philadelphia, Pa. 



George H. Stuart, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Arthur W. Sugden, Hartford, Conn. 



S. S. S. Stansell, Manly, Alberta. 



George Cushman Stearns, Dedham, Mass. 



Herman Foster Stone, Lawrence, N. Y. 



Lionel Edward Taylor, Bankhead Ranche, Kelowna, B. C. 



Albert Joseph Tourtellotte, Westboro, Mass. 



William Henry Triscot, Sonora, Sutton Co., Texas. 



William Y. Wadleigh, Boston, Mass. 



Frederic Collin Walcott, New York City. 



Alexander Walker, Mulino, Oregon. 



Chas. R. Wallace, Delaware, Ohio. 



Willis G. Warner, Canfield, Ohio. 



Francis M. Weston, Jr., Charleston, S. C. 



D. V. Wharrum, Anstinburg, Ohio. 



Dr. James C. White, Boston, Mass. 



Miss Helen Willard, Brookline, Mass. 



Miss Mary Alice Willcox, Ph. D., Maiden, Mass. 



DeWitt C. Wing, Chicago, 111. 



Wallace Park Young, Toronto, Canada. 



Dr. A. K. Fisher, E. W. Nelson and Dr. Chas. W. Richmond were 

 re-appointed 'Committee on Bird Protection.' 



Public Sessions. First Day. The meeting was called to order 

 by the President, Dr. Chapman. An address of welcome was 

 made bj^ Prof. Henry Fairchild Osborn on behalf of the President, 

 Trustees and Scientific Staff of the American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



The papers read during the morning session were as follows : 



