7^0 Meeting of ike American Ornithologists' Union. [October 



30 ; of Corresponding, i6 ; of Associate, 63. The Secretary 

 also referred to the very cordial manner in which the distin- 

 guished Foreign Members had responded to their notifications of 

 election, which were usually accompanied with hearty expres- 

 sions of interest in the Union and its work. The Secretary 

 also called attention to the loss the Union had sustained through 

 the death of one of its most eminent Foreign Members, 

 Dr. Hermann Schlegel of Leyden.* He also called attention to 

 the death of two Associate Members — Mr. Edgar A. Small 

 of Hagarstown, Md., and Mr. Henry G. Vennor of Montreal. f 



The Secretary's report was followed by that of the Council, 

 which consisted of nominations for membership, and recommen- 

 dation of certain proposed changes in the Constitution. The 

 latter relate chiefly to the conditions of membership of the class 

 of Associate Members. This provides for the payment of an 

 annual assessment of three dollars, which gives title to one copy 

 of the regular serial publication of the Union, namely, 'The Auk.' 

 Action on these proposed amendments will be taken at the next 

 annual meeting of the Union. In view of these proposed changes, 

 the Council advised the election of only a small number of mem- 

 bers to this class at the present meeting. Action being had upon 

 the nominations reported by the Council, the candidates were all 

 unanimously elected. The following four members were added 

 to the list of Active Members, namely : Capt. Thomas W. 

 Blakiston (M. B. O. U.), late of Japan, but now a resident of the 

 United States ; Pofessor W. W. Cooke, Red Rock, Ind. Terr. ; 

 Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, Washington. D. C. (transferred from 

 the class of Corresponding Members) ; Mr. Otto Widmann, 

 St. Loviis, Mo. 



The list of Foreign Members was increased by the addition of the 

 following, five in number : Dr. Hermann Burmeister, Buenos 

 Ayres ; Heinrich Gatke, Heligoland ; Mr. Howard Saunders, F. 

 L. S., England ; Mr. Henry Seebohm, F. L. S., England ; Dr. 

 W. Taczanowski, Russia. 



The following named were elected Con-esponding Members : 

 Dr. J. G. Cooper, Hay ward, Cal. ; Mr. W. E. D. Scott, Amer- 

 ican Flag, Pinal Co., Arizona; Dr. C. Altum, Eberswalde, 

 Germany; Dr. John A. Anderson, F. R. S-, Calcutta, India; 



* See Auk, I, p. 205. f See Auk, I, p. 306. 



