02 Riglitli Cotiifrcss of the America?/ Or 71 it hoi agists^'' Union. | January 



Dr. Arthur P. Chadbounie was appointed a delegate to rep- 

 resent the American Ornithologists' Union at the coming Inter- 

 national Ornithological Congress to be held at Budapest, in May, 

 1891. 



The remaining time of the session was devoted mainly to tlie 

 reading of scientific papers, of which the following is a list. 



1. The American Ornithologists' Union — A Seven Years' Retrospect. 

 Dr. J. A. Allen. 



2. Seed-planting by Birds. Walter B. Barrows. 



3. A Study of Bird Waves in the Delaware Valley during the Spring 

 Migration of 1890. Witmer Stone. 



4. Our Present Knowledge of the Neotropical Avifauna Frank M. 

 Chapman. 



5. The Present Status of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. E. M. Has- 

 brouck. 



6. Phalaropes at Swampscott, Mass. W. A. Jeffries. 



7. Spring Migration of the Red Phalarope. H. G. White. 



8. Some Observations on the Breeding of Dcndroica vigorsii at Ra- 

 leigh, N. C. C. S. Brimley. 



9. The Trans-Appalachian Movement of Birds from the Interior to the 

 South Atlantic States, viewed chiefly from the Standpoint of Chester, 

 S. C. Leverett M. Loomis. 



10. A Further Review of the Avian Fauna of Chester County, S. C- 

 Leverett M. Loomis. 



11. The Birds of Andros Island, Bahamas. Dr. John I. Northrop. 



12. Remarks on a Few Species of Andros Island Birds. Dr. J. A. 

 Allen. 



13. Observations upon the Classification of the United States Accip- 

 itres, based upon a Study of their Osteology. Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. 



14. Some Notes concerning the Evening Grosbeak. Amos W. Butler. 



15. Instinct, Intuition and Intelligence. C. F. Amery. 



16. The Habits of the American Golden Plover in Massachusetts. 

 Geo. H. Mackay. 



17. Some Bird Skeletons from Guadaloupe Island. Frederic A. Lucas. 



18. On the Tongue of Hummingbirds. Frederic A. Lucas. 



19. An Experimental Trial of a New Method for the Study of Bird 

 Migration. H. G. White. 



20. Correction to Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas. N. S. 

 Goss. 



21. Second Occurrence of the White-faced Glossy Ibis {Plegadis gttar- 

 auna) in Kansas. N. S. Goss. 



22. Remarks on the Primary Faunal Divisions of North America. Dr. 

 C. Hart Merriam. 



24. Exhibition of a New Owl from Idaho. Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



