56 Sixth Congress of the American Ornithologists Union. [January 
The election of officers resulted in the re-election of the incum- 
bents of the previous year, except that in the Council Mr. Thomas 
Mcllwraith was elected as the Canadian representative, Mr Cham- 
berlain, who had hitherto filled the position, at present living in 
the United States. Four Active Members were elected, as follows : 
Walter E. Bryant, of San Francisco, Cal.; Frank M. Chapman, 
Assistant in Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York City; Lyman S. Foster, of New York City ; 
Gurdon Trumbull, of Hartford, Conn. Five Corresponding 
Members were also elected, as follows: Anastasio Alfaro, San 
José, Costa Rica (Director of the Costa Rica National Museum) ; 
Sandford B. Dole, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; Harry V. Hen- 
son, Yokohama, Japan; Valdemar Knudsen, Kanai, Hawaiian 
Islands; Frederic Ringer, Nagasaki, Japan. 
One hundred and ten Associate Members were elected.* 
The usual reports of progress were made by the several standing 
committees. Dr. Merriam, Chairman of the Committee on the 
Geographical Distribution and Migration of North American 
Birds, gave an extended account of the work as now carried on 
under his direction as a part of the work of the Division of Eco- 
nomic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, very fully explaining and illustrating the methods of 
investigation adopted, by means of maps, diagrams, and system- 
atically arranged data. He announced that ‘Bulletin No. 2,’ con- 
sisting of Prof. W. W. Cooke’s ‘Report on Bird Migration in 
the Mississippi Valley in the years 1884 and 1885,’ was printed 
and about ready for distribution (since issuedt), and that ‘Bulle- 
tin, No. 1,’ on the House Sparrow, was in press. Several other 
‘Bulletins’ on special subjects are already in an advanced stage of 
preparation. 
Dr. Coues, Chairman of the Committee on Avian Anatomy, 
read a report prepared by Dr. Shufeldt, Secretary of the Commit- 
tee, on the work of the latter during the past year. 
In the absence of the Chairman of the Committee on the Pro- 
tection of North American Birds, Mr. George B. Sennett, Mr. 
Allen made a brief report of the work of the Committee, which was 
4 The names of the new Associate Members, so far as they have qualified to date, 
will be found in the membership lists issued with the present number of ‘The Auk.’ 
+ See the present number of ‘The Auk,’ p. 58. 
