VOl 'l^n VI11 ] Sage, Twenty-eighth Stated Meeting of the A. O. U. 101 



TWENTY-EIGHTH STATED MEETING OF THE AMERI- 

 CAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Twenty-eighth Stated Meeting of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union convened in Washington, D. C, Monday evening, 

 November 14, 1910. The business meeting was held at 'The 

 Cochran,' 14th and K Sts., N. W., and the public sessions in the 

 auditorium of the new building of the U. S. National Museum, 

 beginning Tuesday, November 15, and continuing three days. 



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

 President, Mr. Edward W. Nelson. Twenty-one Fellows were 

 present. The Secretary's report gave the membership of the 

 Union at the opening of the present Stated Meeting as 897, con- 

 stituted as follows: Fellows, 49; Honorary Fellows, 12; Corre- 

 sponding Fellows, 62; Members, 76; Associates, 698. 



During the year the Union lost seventy-three members, six by 

 death, twenty-two by resignation, and forty-five for non-payment 

 of dues. The deceased members include two Honorary Fellows, 

 and four Associates, as follows: 



Henry Hillyer Giglioli, 1 of Florence, Italy, who died December 

 16, 1909, in the 64th year of his age, and Richard Bowdler Sharpe, 2 

 of London, England, who died December 25, 1909, at the age of 

 62 years, Honorary Fellows; also the following Associates: John 

 Farwell Ferry, 3 who died in Chicago, 111., February 11, 1910, 

 at the age of 32 years; Alexander O'Driscoll Taylor, 4 who died 

 in Newport, R. I., April 10, 1910, in the 79th year of his age; 

 Daniel C. McEwen, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died November 1, 

 1909, and Julian Montgomery Dodge, of Wenham, Mass., who 

 died November 23, 1909. 



The report of the Treasurer showed the finances of the Union 

 to be in a satisfactory condition. 



All of the officers were re-elected, as follows: Edward W. Nel- 

 son, President; Frank M. Chapman and A. K. Fisher, Vice-Presi- 



1 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXVII, pp. 124-129. 



2 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXVII, pp. 484, 485. 



3 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXVII, pp. 240, 241. 

 * For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXVTI, p. 363 



