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projects an ornithological survey of the region about Chicago. Persons 

 who may be interested in becoming members of the society are invited 

 to send their names to the chairman of the membership committee, Mr. 

 J. L. DeVine, 5338 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago. Meetings are held at 

 8:15 p. M. on the second Tuesday in each month in Room 24, Zoology 

 Building, The University of Chicago. 



At the annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union in Novem- 

 ber last it was decided to increase the membership of the Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature from seven to eleven with the object 

 of having it organize as two subcommittees, one of four members to con- 

 sider matters of nomenclature, the other of seven members, to cover syste- 

 matic and geographic questions, especially the acceptance or rejection of 

 proposed new forms. 



The president Dr. Frank M. Chapman has reappointed the old committee 

 consisting of J. A. Allen, William Brewster, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., C. Hart 

 Merriam, Charles W. Richmond, Robert Ridgway and Witmer Stone; and 

 as the four additional members he has named, Joseph Grinnell, E. W. 

 Nelson, Harry C. Oberholser and T. S. Palmer. 



At the recent meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union in New York 

 City, the advisability of changing the time of meetings from fall to spring 

 was considered. This innovation was favored for two principal reasons: 

 First, to make it possible for those members to attend who, for business 

 or other reasons, were unable to leave home in the autumn. Second, mem- 

 bers residing on the Pacific Coast are very anxious that the stated meeting, 

 in 1915 be held in San Francisco while the Worlds Panama-Pacific Exposi- 

 tion is in progress. It was the consensus of opinion that spring was the 

 most favorable time to hold this meeting and to successfully carry out the 

 plan, it was thought advisable to allow at least a year to intervene between 

 the Washington and San Francisco meetings. This would give members 

 throughout the country ample time to plan in advance for the journey 

 across the continent. In this connection it is to be remembered that the 

 expense of the transcontinental trip will be greatly reduced if a considerable 

 number of members and their friends attend. 



With the above plan in mind, the Committee of Arrangements has de- 

 cided to name Easter week, beginning with April 6, 1914, as the best time 

 for the Washington meeting. 



The local Committee recognizes the fact that the interval between the 

 meeting held in New York in November and the meeting to be held in 

 Washington in April is short, but, notwithstanding this, believes that the 

 novelty of a spring meeting and the manifold attractions of Washington 

 in April, when the city is at its best, will secure a full attendance. 



