1912 J Sage, Twenty-ninth Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. 9o 



Robertson, Howard, Los Angeles, Calif. 

 Roper, Kenyon, Steubenville, Ohio. 

 St. John, Prof. Edward Porter, Hartford, Conn. 

 Sanborn, Colin Campbell, Highland Park, 111. 

 Schroeder, Arthur, Montclair, N. J. 

 Sheldon, Charles, New York City. 

 Shelton, Alfred, Petaluma, Calif. 

 Small, Harold Wesley, Bethel, Me. 

 Smith, Austin Paul, Brownsville, Texas. 

 Spelman, Henry M., Cambridge, Mass. 

 Stockbridge, Chas. A., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Stone, William Dudley, Fayetteville, Ark. 

 Strode, WilHam S., M. D., Lewistown, 111. 

 Taylor, B. F., Columbia, S. C. 

 Taylor, Walter Penn, Berkeley, Cahf. 

 Tylor, J. E., Washington, D. C. 

 Victor, Edward W., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Weed, Benjamin, San Francisco, Calif. 

 Welles, Charles S., Elwyn, Pa. 

 White, Wilson Carlisle, Chester, S. C. 

 Whitney, Byam, Cambridge, Mass. 

 Williston, Mrs. Samuel, Belmont, Mass. 

 Young, Miss Harriet Tible, Hinsdale, 111. 

 Young, John Paul, Youngstown, Ohio. 



Drs. Allen, Dwight, Merriam and Richmond and Messrs. 

 Brewster, Ridgway and Stone were re-appointed 'Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds.' 



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

 were appointed 'Committee on Bird Protection.' 



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

 order by the President, Mr. Chapman. An address of welcome 

 was made by Dr. S. G. Dixon, on behalf of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. 



The papers read during the morning session were as follows : 



'In Memoriam — Henry A. Purdie,' by William Brewster. 



'The Validity of the Red-legged subspecies of Black Duck,' 

 by Dr. Chas. W. Townsend. 



' Description of a New Ptarmigan from the Aleutian Islands,* 

 by Arthur C. Bent. 



'The Status of the Blue-eared Jay {Aphelocoma cyanotis) in 

 Texas,' by Harry C. Oberholser. 



