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George D. Tilley, Darien, Conn. 



Miss Mary I. Tufts, Lynn, Mass. 



Curtis Howe Walker, Chicago, 111. 



Ernest Pillsbury Walker, Paradox, Montrose, Co., Colo. 



Edward Pearson Warner, Concord, Mass. 



Oscar T. Willard, Jr., Chicago, 111. 



Miss Helen D. Wise, Washington, D. C. 



Mrs. George Wood, Philadelphia, Pa 



Miss Harriet Wyman, Winchendon, Mass. 



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

 Brewster, Ridgway and Stone were re-appointed 'Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds.' 



Drs. A. K. Fisher, Edgar A. Mearns, and Messrs. Frank M. 

 Chapman and Ruthven Deane were re-appointed 'Committee 

 on Bird Protection.' 



The amendments to the By-Laws proposed at the last Stated 

 Meeting of the Union were adopted. A new Class, known as 

 Retired Fellows, was thus created, to consist of persons who, by 

 their own desire and by vote of the Council, may be transferred 

 to this Class from the Class of Fellows. They are not entitled 

 to vote nor to hold office, but receive "The Auk" gratis. 



Public Sessions. First Day. — The meeting was called to 

 order by Vice-President Chapman. An address of welcome was 

 made by Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, on behalf of the United States National Museum. 



The papers read during the morning session were as follows: 



'Courtship of the American Golden-eye, or Whistler,' by Wil- 

 liam Brewster. 



' Bird Strays in a Great City (New York),' by John Treadwell 

 Nichols. Remarks followed by the Chair and Mr. Osgood. 



'Nest Life of the Screech Owl,' by Miss Althea R. Sherman. 

 Remarks followed by Mr. Coale. 



Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes explained certain habits of Franklin's 

 Gull as observed by him at Heron Lake, Minn. 



An out-of-doors demonstration on 'Concealing Coloration' 

 was given by Mr. Abbott H. Thayer. 



The papers of the afternoon, all illustrated by lantern slides, 

 were: 



'Two Hawk Families,' by B. S. Bowdish. In the absence of 

 the author it was read by Prof. T. G. Pearson. 



