I.S84.) Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union. 3^9 



A NEW SUBSPECIES OF WILLOW GROUSE 

 FROM NEWFOUNDLAND. 



BY DR. L. STEJNEGER. 



Lagopus alba alleni Stejneger. Newfoundland Willow Grouse. 



SuBSPECiFic Char: Similar to Lagopus alba (Gm.), but distinguished 

 by having the shafts of both primaries and secondaries black, and by 

 having the wing-feathers, even some of the coverts, marked and mottled 

 with blackish. 



Habitat: Newfoundland. 



The type specimen will be presented to the U. S. National Museum. 

 It measures as follows: Bill from nostrils to tip, ii mm. ; wing (not flat- 

 tened), iS6 mm. ; tail-feathers, iii mm. ; tarsus, 40 mm. 



Four specimens, all in transition from autumnal to winter plumage, 

 have been examined.* 



SECOND MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNI- 

 THOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The second meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union 

 was recently held at the American Museum of Natural History 

 in New York, the session beginning September 30 and occupying 

 three days. The attendance, though not large, was as large as 

 could reasonably be hoped for, considering the remoteness of resi- 

 dence from the place of meeting of man}^ of the members. Be- 

 sides sixteen Active Members, several Associate Members attended 

 the meeting, which was rendered memorable by the presence of 

 two of our distinguished Foreign Members, Dr. P. L. Sclater 

 and Mr. Howard Saunders — the present editors of 'The Ibis' 

 and leading members of the B. O. U. — who were cordially 

 invited to take part in the proceedings. 



The first day's session begaii at 11.30 A. m., the President in 

 the chair. After the calling of the roll, and the reading and 

 approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, the Secretary 

 presented his report, in the course of which he gave a summarv 

 of the present status of membership in the Union. This official 

 statement gave the number of Active Members as 44 : of Foreign. 



* Since writing the above I have examined other specimens from Newfoundland, 

 not less than 14 in all, all of which present the above characters. 



