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A. Test, Los Angeles, Cal. ; Miss Harriet W. Thompson, Port Sanilac, Mich. ; 

 Samuel Thorne, New York City; Mrs. Kate D. Tower, Boston, Mass.; A- 

 H. Tuttle, Cambridge, Mass. ; Miss Lucy W. Valentine, Cambridge, Mass. ; 

 Arthur W. Van Pelt, New Orleans, La.; Adrian Van Rossem, Pasadena, 

 Cal.; Isaac H. Vrooman, Jr., Albany, N Y. ; Miss Ella S. Wales, Dor- 

 chester, Mass.; Frank H. Ward, Albany, N. Y.; Goodwin Warner, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass.; Thos. C. Wayland, Simsbury, Conn.; Gordon B. Wellman, 

 Maiden, Mass.; Alexander Wetmore, Lawrence, Ks.; Ely L. Whitehead, 

 Evanston, Ills.; Miss Alice W. Wilcox, Providence, R. I.; Harry C. 

 Williams, St. Louis, Mo. ; Henry A. Wing, Maywood, Ills. ; Mrs. Elizabeth 

 J. Worcester, Waltham, Mass.; John T. Zimmer, Lincoln, Nebr. 



Drs. Allen, Dwight, Merriam and Richmond, and Messrs. 

 Brewster, Ridgway and Stone were reappointed 'Committee on 

 Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds.' 



Drs. A. K. Fisher, E. A. Mearns and Thos. S. Roberts, and 

 Messrs. Chapman and Deane were appointed 'Committee on 

 Bird Protection.' 



Public Sessions. First Day. — The meeting was called to 

 order by the President, Mr. Nelson. 



The papers read during the morning session were as follows: 



'Bird Studies in Northern Ontario,' by W. E. Clyde Todd. 

 Remarks followed by Drs. Townsend and Merriam. 



'Canadian Bird Havens,' by Ernest T. Seton. In the absence 

 of the author Mr. F. M. Chapman explained Mr. Seton's ideas on 

 the subject. 



'Scarcity of the Ruffed Grouse in 1907,' by E. Seymour Woodruff. 

 Remarks followed by Mr. Forbush, the author, Drs. Tuttle and 

 Fisher, and Messrs. Francis and Brew r ster. 



' A way to lighten the burden of Nomenclature,' by Dr. Jonathan 

 Dwight, Jr. Remarks followed by Drs. Allen and Merriam, 

 Messrs. Stone, Chapman and Brewster, and the author. 



The papers of the afternoon w r ere: 



'Vernacular names of birds,' by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 

 Remarks followed by Messrs. Rhoads, Bent, Todd, Batchelder, 

 the author, and Drs. Merriam and Allen. 



'The part played by Birds in the recent Field Mouse Plague in 

 Nevada,' by Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



'A Hollow Tree,' by Ernest Thompson Seton, was read in the 



