Vol. XX"| Sage, Tvjenlteth Cofis^ress of the A. O. U. 6 1 



1903 J O J 



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

 Brewster, Ridgway and Stone were reelected ' Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds.' 



Public Session. First Day. The meeting was called to order* 

 by Vice-President Cory. 



The first paper of the morning was ' Notes on the life of Edward 

 Harris, with extracts from his Journals,' by Geo. Spencer Morris. 



Next came 'Summer Bird Life of Eastern North Carolina,' by 

 Prof. J. Gilbert Pearson. This paper provoked much discussion 

 and many inquiries were made regarding the protection of birds 

 in North Carolina. Dr. Bishop spoke of the slaughter by market- 

 men and milliners' agents of the species found along the coast, 

 and Mr. Dutcher on proposed legislative bills for the preservation 

 of such birds. Dr. Palmer told of the immense number of ducks 

 annually taken to the northern markets from the North Carolina 

 coast. He thought the upland as well as the shore birds needed 

 protection. Prof. Pearson referred to the destruction of the Bob- 

 white and of the illegal methods used in shipping them north. 



The third paper was ' The Development of the Pterylosis,' by 

 Hubert Lyman Clark. Remarks followed by Dr. Allen, Messrs. 

 Chapman, and Lucas, and the author. 



The afternoon session was devoted to the following papers, all 

 being illustrated by lantern slides, viz.: ' Comparison of the Bird 

 Life of Gardiner's Island and Cobb's Island,' by Frank M. Chap- 

 man ; and 'A Contribution to the Life History of the Herring 

 Gull,' by Wm. Dutcher. 



Second Day. The meeting was called to order by the President. 

 The first paper, by Dr. J. A. Allen was entitled ' The A. O. U. 

 Check-List — its History and its P\iture.' Remarks followed by 

 the Chair. 



The second, ' A glance at the Historical side of the Check-List 

 of North American Birds,' was by Witmer Stone, and dealt mainly 

 with the period preceding the founding of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union. 



' Evolution of Species and Subspecies as illustrated by certain 

 Mexican Quails and Squirrels', by E. W. Nelson, was the subject 

 of the third paper. Remarks followed by Dr. Merriam, Messrs. 

 Stone, Chapman, Maynard, and the author. 



