loo Ft'fik Meeting of the Atneriean Ornithologists Union. [January 



a. long and very interesting paper on 'The Birds of South 

 Greenland', by A. Hagerup, was read by Mr. Chamberlain. 



Resolutions of thanks were tendered to the Boston Society of 

 Natural History for the use of its lecture-room as a place of 

 meeting and for many other courtesies extended to the Union ; 

 to the Nuttall Ornithological Club for its hospitalities to the 

 members of the A. O. U ; and to Senator Warner Miller for his 

 successful efforts in Congress in behalf of the Division of Eco- 

 nomic Ornithology of the Department of Agriculture. 



The selection of the place for holding the next meeting, made 

 during the second day, elicited a lively discussion, New York 

 City and Washington being the rival points, the good-naluied 

 struggle being finally decided in favor of the latter, the Union 

 voting to hold its next meeting in Washington, on the second 

 Tuesday in November, 1888. 



Mr. George L. Toppan, representing the Ridgway Ornitho- 

 logical Club of Chicago, made a few remarks in response to a 

 call from the President, in which he expressed the hope that 

 the Ridgway Club would have the pleasure of welcoming the 

 A. O. U. to Chicago at a not very distant day. 



The Fifth Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union 

 adjourned at 12.30 p. m. of the third day to give members op- 

 portunity to make an excursion to Cambridge in the afternoon, 

 for the purpose of examining the ornithological collection of 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the private collection 

 of Mr. William Brewster. 



The meeting, all things considered, was one of the most satis- 

 factory thus far held, and also one of the most important. The 

 A. O. U. enters upon the fifth year of its existence free of debt, 

 with its (Quarterly journal on an apparently sound financial 

 basis, with an elaborate and well-considered system of 'B} -laws 

 and Rules' for its government, and with the prospect of soon 

 having legal status as a corporate body. The social features of 

 the Boston meeting, thanks to the foresight of the Nuttall Orni- 

 thological Club, will be long and pleasantly remembered. 



