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It is probable that one thousand Crows died of this disease 

 during the last winter in Ontario County, but when the roost was 

 visited just before the disbanding in the spring very httle difference 

 was noticeable in the immense numbers of birds which gathered 

 at dusk to pass the night in that little grove. 



The accompanying photographs (PI. II) may give a little help 

 in understanding the conditions as they actually existed. 



TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Twentieth Congress of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union convened in Washington, D. C, Monday evening, Novem- 

 ber 17, 1902. The business meeting was held at the residence 

 of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, and the public sessions at the U. S. 

 National Museum, beginning Tuesday, November 18, and con- 

 tinuing for three days. 



Business Session. — The meeting was called to order by the 

 President, Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Twenty-one Fellows were 

 present. The Secretary stated that at the opening of the present 

 Congress the membership of the Union numbered 753, constituted' 

 as follows: Fellows, 48; Honorary Fellows, 16; Corresponding 

 Fellows, 61 ; Members, 53; Associates, 575. 



During the year the Union lost sixty-five members, nine by 

 death, fourteen by resignation, and forty-two for non-payment of 

 dues. The deceased members include one Fellow, two Cor- 

 responding Fellows, one Member and five Associates, as follows : 

 Maj. James C. Merrill, U. S. A.,^ a Fellow, who died at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, Oct. 27, 1902, in his 50th year; Dr. James G. Cooper,^ 

 a Corresponding Fellow, who died at Hay wards, Calif., July 19, 

 1902, aged 72 ; Emil Holub,^ a Corresponding Fellow, who died at 



' For an obituary notice, see Auk, XX, p. 90. 



^ For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XIX, pp. 421-422. 



' For an obituary notice, see Ibid., XX, p. 92. 



