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2. Pica pica hudsonica. American Magpie. — Two specimens taken 

 at Odessa, near Kingston, in March 1898, are recorded by Dr. C. K. Clarke. 1 



Corrections to Part I. 



The footnote on p. 450 refers to No. 101. 



Page 452, No. 4 of Hypothetical List, the reference to the footnote 

 should be 6 instead of 5 . 



Page 452, No. 5 of Hypothetical List, 6 after the word list should be 

 eliminated. 



TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Twenty-fourth Annual Congress of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union convened in Washington, D. C, Monday evening, 

 November 12, 1906. The business meeting was held at 'The 

 Portner,' corner of 15th and U Sts., N. W., and the public sessions 

 at the U. S. National Museum, beginning Tuesday, November 13, 

 and continuing three days. 



Business Session.— The meeting was called to order by the 

 President, Mr. Charles F. Batchelder. Twenty-two Fellows were 

 present. The Secretary stated that at the opening of the present 

 Congress the membership of the Union numbered 850, constituted 

 as follows: Fellows, 48; Honorary Fellows, 16; Corresponding 

 Fellows, 60; Members, 73; Associates, 653. 



During the year the Union lost sixty-eight members, thirteen by 

 death, thirty-one by resignation, and twenty-four for non-payment 

 of dues. The deceased members include two Honorary Fellows, 

 five Corresponding Fellows, and six Associates, as follows: Dr. 

 Jean Louis Cabanis, 2 of Berlin, who died February 20, 1906, in 

 the 90th year of his age, and Dr. William T. Blanford, of London, 



1 Auk, XV, 1898, 274. 



2 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXIII, p. 247. 



