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partment, or bureau, for the collection and elaboration of 

 data respecting the Migration and Geographica! Distribution 

 of our birds, and the investigation of all questions of an 

 economic character relating to North American Ornithology. 

 In the event of the immediate establishment of such 

 a bureau by your Honorable body, your memoriahsts 

 pledge the same their hearty support and Cooperation. 



Signers of the Memorial of the 



American Ornithologists' Union 



To 



The Forty-Eighth Congress of the United States. 



J. A. Allen. President A. O. U. 



E Uiott Cou es. 



Robert Ridgway. 

 C. Hart Merr iam. 

 Spencer J. Bair d. 

 William Brewster 

 M. Ch amb erlain, 

 Geo. H. Lawrence. 

 H. W. Henshaw. 



Vice-Presidents. 

 Secretarv & Treasurer. 



Council. 



Braunschweig und Wien 



am lo. April i885, dem ersten Jahrestage der Einsetzung 



des permanenten internationalen ornithologischen Comite's. 



Der Präsident Der Secretär 



Dr. R. Blasius. Dr. G. von Hayek. 



