Vol. XXXIl 



1914 



] Sage, Thirty-first Stated Meeting of the A. 0. U. 97 



'A Study of the Feeding of Nestlings,' by Prof. Lynds Jones. 

 Remarks followed by Dr. Merriam and Mr. Batchelder. 



'The Work of a Village Bird Club,' by Ernest Harold Baynes. 

 Illustrated by lantern slides. Remarks followed by Messrs. 

 Bowdish, Saunders, Bond, Fuertes, Seton, Lord and Smith, Miss 

 Moore, and Drs. Bishop, Fisher and Merriam. 



' Experiments in Feeding Hummingbirds during Seven Summers/ 

 by Miss Althea R. Sherman. 



'A Plea for the Conservation of the Eider,' by Dr. Chas. W. 

 Townsend. Remarks followed by Messrs. Arnold, Cleaves, and 

 Bent. 



It was voted to send copies of Dr. Townsend's paper to the Gov- 

 ernor General of Newfoundland, and the Lieutenant Governor 

 of the Province of Quebec, with the recommendation that proper 

 measures be taken for the protection of the Eider on the Labrador 

 Coast, thus preventing its extinction. 



'In Memoriam — Philip Lutley Sclater,' by Dr. Daniel Giraud 

 Elliot. 



The following papers, all illustrated by lantern slides, were pre- 

 sented at the afternoon session. 



'The Problem of Gliding Gulls,' by William Palmer. Remarks 

 followed by Messrs. Bond, Saunders, Forbush, and the author. 



'Some Observations on the Nesting of the Pied-billed Grebe,' 

 by Dr. Arthur A. Allen. Remarks followed by Messrs. Seton and 

 Job. 



'Birds of the Bogota Region of Colombia,' by Dr. Frank M. 

 Chapman. 



In the evening an informal reception was held in the ornithologi- 

 cal laboratories of the American Museum of Natural History, ten- 

 dered to members of the A. O. U., by the Board of Trustees and 

 Officers of the Museum. 



Second Day. The meeting was called to order by President 

 Chapman. 



The papers of the morning session were: 



' Some Migration Phenomena,' by Prof. Lynds Jones. Remarks 

 followed by Messrs. Forbush, Saunders and Baily, and Dr. Arthur 

 A. Allen. 



' Bird Groups at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 



