98 Sage, Twenty-ninth Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. [jan. 



'A Last Word on the Passenger Pigeon,' by Prof. C. F. Hodge. 



'Possible Cause of the Extinction of the Labrador Duck,' by 

 E. H. Forbush. 



'Db Birds change their Routes of Migration?', by E. H. Forbush. 



'Notes on the Laysan Finch,' by Prof. Hubert Lyman Clark. 



'Last Days of the Wild Pigeon in Sullivan County, Pa.,' l)y 

 Herman Behr. 



'The Golden Plover {Charadrius dominicus dominicus) on the 

 Coast of South Carolina,' by Arthur T. ^Yayne. 



'Vagaries in Nesting of the House Wren,' by Wilbur F. Smith. 



Resolutions were adopted thanking the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences for the use of a hall for a place of meeting for the Union, 

 and for other courtesies extended; to the Local Committee and 

 other Philadelphia ornithologists for the cordial welcome and most 

 generous hospitality shown visiting members and friends of the 

 Union; to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Baily for their kindness in enter- 

 taining the members of the Union at their home in Ardmore, Pa., 

 and to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia for its kind invitation 

 to visit the Gardens of the Society. 



The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the 

 Council, November 13, lOlL 



Resolved: That in regretfully accepting the resignation of 

 Dr. J. A. Allen as Editor of 'The Auk,' on account of impaired 

 health, the Council of the American Ornithologists' Union desires 

 to express its high appreciation of the long and faithful service 

 rendered by him. Taken in connection with his prior editorship 

 of the ' Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, ' the predecessor 

 and virtually the first series of 'The Auk,' Dr. Allen has served for 

 a period of thirty-six years, a term of continuous editorial service 

 rarely equalled in ornithological annals. It is not too much to say 

 that the high position 'The Auk' has attained among the leading 

 ornithological journals of the world is very largely due to the wise, 

 able, and conscientious manner in which his editorial duties have 

 been performed. 



Resolved: That the Council of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union desires to place on record its great regret that illness should 

 prevent the attendance at this meeting of Mr. William Dutcher, 

 long a member of the Council. He is very much missed and 



