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Chordeiles acutipennis texensis (Lawr.) vs. Chordeiles 

 texensis Lawr. ( Cf. Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XVI, 

 1S92, 616.) 



Deferred for later consideration, owing to last of material for 

 examination. 



Icterus gularis yucatanensis Berlepsch. ( Cf. Bendire, 

 Auk, X, Oct. 1S93, 366.) 



While there is no doubt of the capture of specimens as alleged, 

 nor of the correctness of the identification, final action was de- 

 ferred pending further investigations as to the possibility of their 

 introduction through man's agency. 



Vireo huttoni I obscurus Anthony (Zoe, Dec. 1S90, 307. Cf. 

 also Rhoads, Auk, X, July, 1893, 239). 



Deferred for later consideration, owing to lack of material for 

 examination. 



Vireo huttoni insular is Rhoads (Auk, X, July, 1S93, 239). 

 Deferred for later consideration, owing to lack of sufficient 

 material for examination. 



ELEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN ORNI- 

 THOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Eleventh Congress of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union was held in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 20-23, l ^9?>' The 

 three days' open session of the Union were preceded by a business 

 meeting held at the residence of Mr. C. F. Batchelder on the 

 evening of November 20. The open session, to which the public 

 was invited, was held in the Nash Lecture-room of the Harvard 

 University Museum. 



Business Session. — In the absence of the President, Dr. 

 Elliott Coues, who was unfortunately unavoidably detained in the 

 West, the meeting was called to order by Vice-President William 



