i89>i.] Seventh Congress of tin' American Ornithologists' Union. : f>C) 



Mr. George B. Sennett, Chairman of the Committee on the 

 Protection of North American Birds, made a verbal report of 

 progress. The Committee is continuing its efforts to educate the 

 public and influence legislation in behalf of better protection of 

 birds. Tlie law on this subject recently enacted by the State of 

 Pennsylvania, in a measure through the influence of the Commit- 

 tee, was commended as the best thus far adopted by any of the 

 States. 



In behalf of the Audubon Monument Committee (Dr. George 

 B. Grinnell, Chairman) Mr. Sennett, in the absence of the 

 Chairman, recapitulated the work of the Committee during the 

 past year. The contributions received had been small, and 

 the interest in the project disappointingly weak. It was hoped 

 that plans now under consideration by the Committee of the 

 New York Academy of Sciences would stimulate new interest in 

 the movement. 



The first day of the Congress was wdiolly devoted to routine 

 business, including action on various amendments to the By-Laws 

 proposed at the preceding Congress, and the proposal of others 

 for final consideration next year. The second, third, and fourth 

 days were occupied with the reading and discussion of scientific 

 papers, a number of which proved of special importance and in- 

 terest. Following is a list of the papers, those marked with an 

 asterisk being read by title, or presented only in abstract : 



Remarks on San Francisco Mountain and vicinity (Arizona) 

 from the Faunal standpoint. Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



Observations on the Avifauna of Arizona. Dr. Edgar A. 

 Mearns. 



The Winter Distribution of the Bobolink (Dolicho)iyx oryzivo- 

 rus), with Remarks on its Routes of Migration. Frank M. 

 Chapman. 



On the Changes of Plumage in the Bobolink. Frank M. Chap- 

 man. 



To what extent is it profitable to recognize Geographical Varia- 

 tion among North American Birds? J. A. Allen. 



Birds that have struck the Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's Island, 

 New York Harbor. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



On the Forms of the Thryothorus ludovicianus group of 

 Wrens. J. A. Allen. 



