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TWENTY-SIXTH STATED MEETING OF THE AMERI- 

 CAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Twenty-sixth Stated Meeting, of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union convened in Cambridge, Mass., Monday evening, 

 November 16, 1908. The business meeting was held in Mr. 

 William Brewster's museum, and the public sessions, commencing 

 Tuesday, November 17, and lasting three days, were held in the 

 Geological and Zoological Lecture-rooms of the University Museum. 



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

 President, Mr. Charles F. Batchelder. Sixteen Fellows were 

 present. The Secretary's report gave the membership of the 

 Union at the opening of the present Stated Meeting as 888, consti- 

 tuted as follows: Fellows, 48; Honorary Fellows, 13; Correspond- 

 ing Fellows, 62; Members, 75; Associates, 690. 



During the year the Union lost seventy-nine members, nine by 

 death, forty-one by resignation, and twenty-nine for non-payment 

 of dues. The deceased members included one Fellow, one Hon- 

 orary Fellow, and seven Associates, as follows: Hon. Charles 

 Aldrich, a Fellow, and one of the Founders of the Union, who died 

 in Boone, Iowa, at the age of 80 years; Prof. J. V. Barboza du 

 Bocage, 1 an Honorary Fellow, who died at the age of 84 years; 

 and the following Associates: Prof. Leslie A. Lee, 2 who died at 

 Portland, Maine, May 20, 1908, in the 56th year of his age; Prof. 

 Francis H. Snow, 3 who died in Bellfield, Wisconsin, Sept. 20, 1908, 

 at the age of 68 years; Mrs. Ethel Richardson Chadbourne, who 

 died at Sharon, N. H., Oct. 4, 1908; Cyrus Carleton, who died 

 Nov. 15, 1907; Charles A. Fuller, who died March 16, 1906; Mrs. 

 Thos. O. Conant, and Dr. Millet T. Thompson. 



The report of the Treasurer showed the finances of the Union 

 to be in a satisfactory condition. 



Edward W. Nelson was elected President; Frank M. Chapman 

 and A. K. Fisher, Vice-Presidents; John H. Sage, Secretary; 



1 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXV, pp. 496-497. 



2 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXV, pp. 340-341. 



3 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XXV, p. 497. 



