V "i<.u:; XX ] Sage, Thirtieth Stated Meeting of tht A. <). U. 101 



Franklin Tomlinson, Shelton, Conn. 



Mrs. Helen M. Tower, Cambridge, .Mass. 



Harry Trippet, Montclair, N. J. 



John G. Tyler, Fresno, Calif. 



Windsor M. Tyler, M. D., Lexington, Mass. 



Prof. J. William Votey, Burlington, Vt. 



Henderson Wallace, Washington, Iowa. 



Annie L. Warner, Salem, Mass. 



Mrs. Elizabeth W. Waite, Cambridge, Mass. 



Mrs. Mary Clark Waite, Mcdford, Mass. 



Mrs. W. G. Webber, Bedford, Mass. 



Harvey Wheeler, Concord, Mass. 



Myron L. Whitcomb, Haverhill, Mass. 



Dr. David Day Whitney, Middletovvn, Conn. 



H. V. Williams, Agricultural College, No. Dak. 



George Willett, Los Angeles, Calif. 



Arthur Melvin Window, Worcester, 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.' 



Dr. A. K. Fisher, E. W. Nelson and Dr. Chas. W. Richmond 

 were re-appointed ' Committee on Bird Protection.' 



It was voted to publish an additional Index to 'The Auk' cover- 

 ing the years 1901 to 1910, inclusive 



The following amendments to the By-Laws, proposed at the last 

 Stated Meeting of the Union, were adopted. Article IV, Section 5, 

 now reads: 



"Elections to the classes of Fellows and Members shall be held in the 

 following manner: The number to be elected shall be first decided by a 

 majority vote of the Fellows present at the Stated Meeting at which the 

 election is to be held, but not more than five Fellows nor more than five 

 Members shall be elected in any one year. 



At each ballot each Fellow present may vote for nominees not exceeding 

 the full number of vacancies to be filled, and the person receiving the 

 highest number of votes shall be declared elected, provided that he receive 

 the votes of at least three-fourths of the Fellows present, and so on until 

 the vacancies are filled. Any candidate who, in each of ten successive 

 ballots, fails to receive the votes of half of the Fellows present, shall cease 

 to be a candidate during the remainder of the Stated Meeting. 



The election of either Fellows or Members may be suspended at any 

 time by a majority vote of the Fellows present. 



During election a discussion of the merits of nominees will be in order" 



