1889. ] Sixth Congress of the American Ornithologists’ Union. ey) 
supplemented by remarks from two other members of the com- 
mittee, namely, Col. N. S. Goss of Kansas and Mr. William 
Dutcher of New York. Efforts were being made to influence 
legislation in the direction of more efficient legal protection for 
birds, and the Committee was also continuing its good work of 
enlightening the public by the dissemination of much needed in- 
formation on the subject of bird protection. 
In the absence of Dr. George B. Grinnell, Chairman, Mr. 
Dutcher read the report of the Committee appointed last year to 
co-operate with the Committee of the New York Academy of 
Sciences in procuring funds for the erection of a suitable monu- 
ment to the memory of Audubon. The report stated the action 
of the Committee in the matter and the amount of funds raised for 
the object in question. 
Two days of the session were wholly devoted to the presenta- 
tion and discussion of scientific papers. Several of them proved 
of special interest, leading to protracted and profitable discussion. 
At the close of the third day a number were read merely by title, 
owing to the lack of time for their presentation in full. A list 
of the papers is as follows, those read simply by title being marked 
with a star. 
The Shape of the Bill in Snail-eating Birds, by Prof. W. B. 
Barrows. Additions to his List of Kansas Birds, with Notes on 
their Habits, by Col. N. S. Goss. Notes on the Birds of the 
Magdalen Islands, by Dr. L. B. Bishop. The Eastern Margin of 
the Habitat of Staurnella neglecta, by Prof. J. W. McGee. 
Bird Notes from Little Gull Island, N. Y., by Basil Hicks 
Dutcher. Notes on the Destruction of Grasshoppers by Flocks 
of Swainson’s Hawks, by Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Bird Notes from 
Long Island, N. Y., by William Dutcher. The Flight of Birds, by 
Dr. Elliott Coues. Food of the English Sparrow, by Prof. C. V. 
Riley. The Helminthophile in Connecticut during the Spring 
of 1888, by Dr. L. B. Bishop. Notes on Sfzzella arenacea, by 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam. On the position of Chamea in the Sys- 
tem, by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt (read by Dr. Coues). Notes on 
the Nesting Habits of Leach’s Petrel, by Dr. L. B. Bishop. 
Graphic Representation of Bird Migration, by Witmer Stone 
(read by Mr. Thompson). On Studying the Habits of Birds, by 
Ernest E. Thompson. Remarks concerning the Destruction of 
Multitudes of Small Birds near the South End of Lake Michigan 
