106 Sage, Twentp-eighth Stated Meeting of the A. 0. U. [f^ 



several of the Bird Groups in the Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago. 



In the evening an informal reception was given the members 

 of the Union, and their wives, by Dr. and Mrs. C. Hart Merriam, 

 at their home, 1919 Sixteenth St., N. W. 



Third Day. — The meeting was called to order by Vice-President 

 Chapman. 



The papers of the session were: 



'Overcoming Fear in Birds,' by Dr. Ned Dearborn. Illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. Remarks followed by Prof. Hodge. 



'Antiphony in Bird Songs,' by Henry Oldys. 



'On some Overlooked Nuptial Plumes of Certain American 

 and Old World Bitterns,' by William Brewster. Remarks fol- 

 lowed by the Chair and Mr. Fuertes. 



The American Passenger Pigeon. Translated from the Origi- 

 nal of Peter Kalm,' by L. M. Gronberger. 



The following papers, in the absence of their authors, were read 

 by title: 



'The Color of the Gular Sac of the Water Turkey (Anhinga 

 anhinga),' by Arthur T. Wayne. 



'Mimesis and Rhythm in Bird Songs,' by Rev. P. B. Peabody. 



'Collation of Brisson's Genera of Birds with those of Linnseus,' 

 by Dr. J. A. Allen. 



'The Extermination of the Wild Turkey in the State of Vir- 

 ginia,' by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. 



' List of Birds Observed in Estes Park, Colo., from June 10 to 

 July 18, 1910,' by Otto Widmann. 



Resolutions were adopted thanking the Board of Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution for the use of the auditorium in the 

 new building of the United States National Museum for a place 

 of meeting, and for other courtesies extended; to the Local Com- 

 mittee and other Washington members of the Union for the cordial 

 welcome and generous hospitality shown visiting members; and 

 to Dr. Frank Baker, Director of the National Zoological Park, 

 for his polite invitation to the members of the Union to visit the 

 Zoological Park. 



A resolution was passed by the Union regretting the absence 

 from the public sessions of President Nelson, at the present time 

 confined to his home by temporary illness. 



