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as to the scope and form of the new Check-List were decided, as well as 

 quite a number of cases of nomenclature and the status of forms. The 

 Committee adjourned to meet again in April, to complete the woik still in 

 hand. 



The second annual meeting of the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies was held at the American Museum of Natural History in New 

 York City on October 30, 1906. The Treasurer's report showed that the 

 receipts for the year had been $8,773.67, and the expenditures $9,316.95, 

 showing a deficit of $523.54, notwithstanding the utmost economy in 

 administration. Seventeen life members were added during the year, 

 and the fees therefrom added to the endowment fund. The report of the 

 subcommittee of the Board of Directors appointed to complete the negotia- 

 tions relative to a settlement of the residuary interest of the Association 

 under the will of the late Albert Willcox (see Auk, XXII, Oct. 1906, p. 486) 

 stated that a settlement had been effected whereby the sum of $231,072 

 had been acquired by the association. This makes the total legacy of 

 $331,072 from the will of the late Albert Willcox available for the work 

 of the Association. The following were elected Directors to serve for the 

 term of five years: Frank Bond, of Wyoming; T. Gilbert Pearson, of North 

 Carolina; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport, of Vermont; J. A. Allen, of New 

 York; David Starr Jordan, of California. 



The President, in a verbal address, gave a brief account of the work 

 accomplished during 1906; the report, in full, is printed in the November- 

 December issue of 'Bird-Lore' (Vol. VIII, No. 6, pp. 225-284). Referring 

 to the bequest above mentioned it says: "... .during the past year, by 

 the magnificent beneficence of one of our members, the late Albert Willcox, 

 the Association has been changed from a weak and struggling Society to a 

 permanent and strong organization with a substantial endowment fund." 

 The report reviews in detail the work of the year, and, as usual, is a docu- 

 ment of great ornithological interest aside from the feature of bird protec- 

 tion. 



Important Change of Address. — Members of the A. O. U. and sub- 

 scribers to ' The Auk ' should note the change of address of the Treasurer, 

 given on the second page of the cover of this issue, namely: Dr. Jonathan 

 Dwight, Jr., 134 West 71st Street, New York City. 



