Oe aaall Fourteenth Congress of the A. O. U. 83 
Honorary Member; and Thomas Lyttleton,! Lord Lilford, late 
President of the British Ornithologists’ Union, a Corresponding 
Member, who died at Lilford Hall, Oundle, Northamptonshire, 
England, June 17, 1896, aged 63 years. Also the following 
Associates: Dr. Willard L. Maris,? who died in Philadelphia, Dec. 
11, 1895; Clarence A. Smith,? who died in New York City, May 
6, 1896, aged 22; Howard Gardiner Nichols,* who died in Atlanta, 
Ga., June 23, 1896, aged 25; and Eugene C. Thurber,’ who died 
at Alhambra, Calif., September 6, 1896, aged 31. 
The report of the Treasurer showed the finances of the Union 
to be in good condition. 
The Amendments to the By-Laws proposed at the Thirteenth 
Congress were considered ; part were adopted and part rejected.® 
An election of officers was then held under the provisions of the 
change in the By-Laws making the Ex-Presidents of the Union 
Councillors. This required the election of three new members to 
the Council. The officers of the previous year were all re-elected 
with Mr. Chas. B. Cory, and Drs. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and L. 
Stejneger as new members of the Council. Dr. Walter Faxon, of 
Cambridge, Mass., was elected an Active Member, and seventy- 
eight new members were added to the list of Associates. The 
usual reports of Standing Committees were received. 
Pus.ic Session. /irst Day.— The meeting was called to order 
by the President, Mr. Brewster. An address of welcome was 
made by Dr. Geo. L. Goodale, on behalf of Harvard University. 
Mr. William Dutcher, Chairman of the ‘ Committee on Protection 
of North American Birds,’ then read the report of his committee 
for the past year. The report is published in full in this number 
of ‘The Auk’ (pp. 21-32), and will be reprinted as a separate 
pamphlet. 
1 For an obituary notice, see Auk, XIII, p. 348. 
2 For an obituary notice, see /ézd@., p. 193. 
3 For an obituary notice, see /é/d., pp. 267-268. 
4For an obituary notice, see /ér¢., XIV, Jan. 1897, under ‘ Notes and 
News.’ 
® For an obituary notice, see /ézd¢., XIII, p. 349. 
6 See under the department of ‘ Notes and News’ in the present number of 
‘The Auk.’ 
