392 Sage, Thirty-second Stated Meeting of the A. 0. U. [jiUy 



C. W. Tate, East Orange, N. J. 



Titus Ulke, Washington, D. C. 



A. W. Upham, Boston, Mass. -s 



Mrs. Kate P. Vietor, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Lem Williams, Shonkin, Montana. 



Drs. Allen, Chapman, Dwight, Jos. Grinnell, Merriam, Palmer, 

 Richmond and Stone, and Messrs. Brewster, Nelson, Oberholser 

 and Ridgway were appointed 'Committee on Classification and 

 Nomenclature of North American Birds.' 



The following amendment to the By-Laws proposed at the last 

 Stated Meeting of the Union was adopted : 



Article I, Section 7, now reads : 



"Associates shall be residents of America, and shall not be 

 limited in number." 



The object of the change was to permit residents of South and 

 Central America to become Associates. 



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

 by the President, Dr. Fisher. 



The papers read during the morning session were as follows : 



'Some Letters from Robert Kennicott,' by Ernest Thompson 

 Seton. Remarks followed by Dr. D. G. Elliot who personally 

 knew Mr. Kennicott. 



'On the Zonary Stomach in the Euphonias,' by Alexander Wet- 

 more. Remarks followed by Messrs. Fuertes and McAtee. 



'Visits of Pine and Evening Grosbeaks,' by Mrs. E. O. Marshall. 

 Remarks followed by John T. Nichols. 



'A Note on the Herring Gull,' by John Treadwell Nichols. Re- 

 marks followed by Mr. Rogers, and the author. 



' Side Light on the Saw-whet Owl,' by Ernest Thompson Seton. 



The following papers, all illustrated by lantern slides, were 

 presented at the afternoon session. 



'Notes on Lower California Birds,' by Dr. Paul Bartsch. 



'Notes on the Distribution of Breeding Egrets in the United 

 States,' by T. Gilbert Pearson. Remarks followed by Dr. Bartsch. 



'Winter Feeding of Birds,' by B. S. Bowdish. 



In the evening the members of the Union and their friends met 

 at dinner at the Wallis Cafe. 



