^"■897^^] Foil, -ice Hi// Congress of the A. O. U. 83 



Honorary Member; and Thomas Lyttleton,i Lord Lilford, late 

 President of the British Ornithologists' Union, a Corresponding 

 Member, who died at Lilford Hall, Oundle, Northamptonshire, 

 England, June 17, 1896, aged 63 years. Also the following 

 Associates : Dr. Willard L. Maris,^ who died in Philadelphia, Dec. 

 II, 1895 ; Clarence A. Smith,^ who died in New York City, May 

 6, 1896, aged 22; Howard Gardiner Nichols,* who died in Atlanta, 

 Ga,, June 23, 1896, aged 25 ; and Eugene C. Thurber,^ who died 

 at Alhambra, Calif., September 6, 1896, aged 31. 



The report of the Treasurer showed the finances of the Union 

 to be in good condition. 



The Amendments to the By-Laws proposed at the Thirteenth 

 Congress were considered : part were adopted and part rejected.' 



An election of officers was then held under the provisions of the 

 change in the By-Laws making the Ex-Presidents of the Union 

 Councillors. This required the election of three new members to 

 the Council. The officers of the previous year were all re-elected 

 with Mr. Chas. B. Cory, and Drs. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and L. 

 Stejneger as new members of the Council. Dr. Walter Faxon, of 

 Cambridge, Mass., was elected an Active Member, and seventy- 

 eight new members were added to the list of Associates. The 

 usual reports of Standing Committees were received. 



Public Session. First Day. — ^The meeting was called to order 

 by the President, Mr. Brewster. An address of welcome was 

 made by Dr. Geo. L. Goodale, on behalf of Harvard University. 



Mr. William Dutcher, Chairman of the ' Committee on Protection 

 of North American Birds,' then read the report of his committee 

 for the past year. The report is published in full in this number 

 of 'The Auk' (pp. 21-32), and will be reprinted as a separate 

 pamphlet. 



' For an obituary notice, see Auk, XIII, p. 348. 



- For an obituary notice, see Ibid., p. 193. 



■' For an obituary notice, see Ibid., pp. 267-268. 



■•For an oljituary notice, see Ibid., XIV, Jan. 1S97, under 'Notes and 

 News.' 



* For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XIII, p. 349. 



*See under tlie department of ' Notes and News' in the present number of 

 * The Auk.' 



