68 Seventh Congress of tin: American Ornithologists' Union. [January 



The single vacancy in the Active list was later filled by the 

 unanimous election of Dr. Arthur P. Chadbourne, of Cambridge, 

 Mass. Four Corresponding Members were elected, as follows : 

 Edward Bartlett, of Maidstone, Kent, England; W. Eagle Clark, 

 of Leeds, England ; Thomas Lyttleton, Lord Lilford, of Lon- 

 don, England; and F. H. Waterhouse, Librarian to the Zoologi- 

 cal Society of London, England. Eighty new members were 

 added to the list of Associates.* 



The Treasurer's report showed the finances of the Union to be 

 in good condition, there being no outstanding bills and a small 

 balance in the treasury. 



The election for officers resulted in the unanimous re-election of 

 the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer. The 

 Secretary, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, however, declined, greatly to 

 the regret of the Union, to accept a re-election. Mr. William 

 Brewster was then unanimously chosen as his successor, but also 

 declined to serve. The third ballot resulted in the choice of Mr. 

 John H. Sage. A single change was made in the list of Coun- 

 cillors, Dr. C. Hart Merriam being elected in place of .Mi'. Mc- 

 Ilwraith. 



Under the call for reports of Standing Committees, Dr. Mer- 

 riam, Chairman of the Committee on the Geographical Distribu- 

 tion and Migration of North American Birds, rendered a verbal 

 report of progress. The work of collating and mapping the 

 data hitherto collected respecting the geographical distribution of 

 North American birds, is being carried on as a part of the work 

 of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, as rapidly as the limited 

 force of the Division will permit ; the Migration Schedules are 

 sent out as usual, but the returns have not as yet been to any 

 great extent elaborated, owing to lack of proper clerical assist- 

 ance. 



The report of the Committee on Avian Anatomy (Dr. Elliott 

 Coues, Chairman) , was made by the Secretary of the Committee, 

 Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. This consisted of a brief but comprehen- 

 sive review of the work done during the last year in this impor- 

 tant field, throughout the world. 



*The names of the new Associate Members, so far as they have qualified to date 

 will be found in the Membership lists issued with the present number of 'The Auk.' 



