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members shall be residents of the United States or Canada, and shall be 

 limited to fifty in number. Foreign members shall be non-residents of 

 the United States or Canada, and shall be limited to twenty-five in 

 number. Corresponding members may be natives of any country, and 

 shall be limited to one hundred in number. Associate members shall be 

 residents of the United States or Canada, and shall not be limited in 

 number." The Union is intended to be a somewhat exclusive body, and 

 the position of Active membership is the highest honour to which an 

 American ornithologist can attain. The Associate members are selected 

 from the large amateur element, represented in all parts of North America, 

 and constitute the body from which Active members are hereafter to be 

 chosen. In addition to the founders already mentioned, the following named 

 gentlemen were elected to Active membership : — W. B. Barrows, Prof. 

 F. E. C. Beal, L. Beldiug, J. S. Cooper, Ruthven Deane, S. A. Forbes, 

 Prof. Theo. N. Gill, Col. N. S. Goss, Geo. Bird Grinnell, H. W. Henshaw, 

 J. Amory Jeffries, F. C. King, J. K. Kidder, Dr. F. W. Langdou, Geo. N. 

 Lawrence, Newbold T. Lawrence, Dr. J. C. Merrill, E. W. Nelson, Herr 

 Nehrling, T. S. Roberts, J. H. Sage, W. E. Saunders, G. B. Sennett, 

 and W. E. D. Scott. The Council of the Union consists of the officers, 

 ex officio, and of Prof. S. F. Baird, Mr. G. N. Lawrence, Mr. Wm. Brewster, 

 Mr. H. W. Henshaw, and Mr. Montague Chamberlain. Six committees were 

 appointed as follows : — (1) The Classification and Nomenclature of North 

 American Birds: Messrs. Ridgway, Allen, Brewster, Henshaw, Coues. (52) The 

 Migration of Birds: Messrs. Merriam, Brown, Purdie, VVheaton, Cham- 

 berlaiu, Grinnell, Heushaw, Cory, Merrill, Fisher, Mearns, Mcllwraith. 

 (3) Avian Anatomy : Messrs. Shufeldt, Merriam, Jeffries, Coues. (4) Oology : 

 Messrs. Bendire, Bailey, Brewster, Ridgway, Merrill. (5) Faunal Areas: 

 Messrs. Allen, Ridgway, Bicknell, Merriam, Fisher, Mearns. (6) Eligi- 

 bility or Ineligibility of the English House Sparrow in North America: 

 Messrs. Holder, Purdie, Chamberlain, Brown, Bicknell. The following 

 eminent naturalists were elected Foreign members : — T. H. Huxley, Alfred 

 Russel Wallace, W. K. Parker, J. B. Barboza du Bocage, H. E. Dresser, 

 Otto Finsch, H. H. Giglioli, Gustav Hartlaub, Allan 0. Hume, Alfred 

 Newton, August von Pelzeln, Tommaso Salvadori, Osbert Salvin, P. L. 

 Sclater, R. B. Sharpe, J. H. Gurney, sen., John Guudlach, H. Schlegel, 

 J. Cabauis, Dr. Krause, Alphonse Milne-Edwards. About twenty Corre- 

 sponding and eighty Associate Members were also elected. Amongst the 

 Corresponding Members are Count von Berlepsch, Capt. Blakistou, Messrs. 

 J. A. Harvie Brown, Walter Buller, Robert Collett, Pere A. David, J. J. 

 Dalgleish, Percy E.Freke, F. D.Godman, A. Grandidier, J. H. Gurney, jun., 

 J. E. Harting, J. D. Ogilvy, Dr. E. Oustalet, Prof. Palmen, W. B. Pryer, 

 Howard Saunders, Henry Seebohm, and H. T. Wharton. It was evident from 

 the first that this convention was not called in the interest of any faction, 



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