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above the sea, to the tropical seashores of 

 Java. Like Chapman's "Birds of Columbia," 

 to which the Elliot Medal was awarded last 

 year, this monograph puts the living bird, in 

 its living environment, into the forefront. 



It is for these reasons that the committee 

 was unanimous, especially when its decision 

 was confirmed without hesitation by Dr. J. A. 

 Allen, the Nestor of American zoologists. It 

 is not the magnificence of this monograph, 

 not the superb illustrations, not the delight- 

 fully written text, but the truly Darwinian 

 spirit which animated the author and which 

 sustained him through seven years of con- 

 tinuous research and his arduous labors in 

 the preparation of this monograph. "When 

 completed, we believe that it will come nearer 

 to depicting the actually living forms of this 

 great group than any book which has ever 

 been written on a single family of birds. 



PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AND BY- 

 LAWS OF THE AMERICAN ASSO- 

 CIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE 

 This copy of the Constitution and By-laws 

 is the one presented to the Committee on 

 Policy by the subcommittee on revision. It 

 was adopted by the committee and presented 

 to the association at the Baltimore meeting. 

 It will be presented for adoption at the St. 

 Louis meeting. 



Edward L. Nichols, 

 Chairman of the Committee 

 on Policy 



CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOB 

 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



. Article 1. Objects 



I The oTajects of the Association are to promote 

 intercourse among those who are cultivating science 

 in diiferent parts of America, to cooperate with 

 other scientific societies and institutions, to give a 

 stronger and more general impulse and more syste- 

 matic direction to scientific research, and to pro- 

 cure for the labors of scientific men increased 

 facilities and a wider usefulness. 



, Article S. Memiership 



Persons willing to cooperate in the work of the 

 Association may be elected to be members by the 



Council. Members who are professionally engaged 

 in scientific work or who have advanced science by 

 research may be elected to be Fellows. The ad- 

 mission fee for members is five dollars; the annual 

 dues are four dollars.i A member who pays at one 

 time the sum of seventy-five dollars to the Asso- 

 ciation becomes a life member and is exempt from 

 further dues. A person who gives one thousand 

 dollars to the Association may be elected to be a 

 sustaining member and is exempt from further 

 dues. 



Article 3. Officers 

 The ofBcers of the Association shall be elected 

 by ballot by the Council, and shall consist of a 

 President, a Vice-president from each section, a 

 Permanent Secretary, a General Secretary, a Treas- 

 urer and a Secretary of each section. The Presi- 

 dent and the Vice-presidents shall be elected for 

 one year, the other officers for four years. The 

 officers shall perform the usual duties of these 

 offices under the direction of the Council. 



Article 4. Council 

 The Council shall consist of the President, the 

 Vice-presidents, the Permanent Secretary, the Gen- 

 eral Secretary, the Secretaries of the Sections, and 

 the Treasurer, of one fellow elected by each affili- 

 ated society and one additional fellow from each 

 affiliated society having more than one hundred 

 members who are fellows of the Association, and of 

 eight fellows, two elected annually by the Coun- 

 cil for a term of four years. There shall be an 

 Executive Committee of the Council, consisting of 

 the President, the Permanent Secretary, the Gen- 

 eral Secretary, and eight members elected by the 

 Council, two annually for a term of four years. 

 The Council may appoint standing or temporary 

 committees to make reports, to assist in the con- 

 duct of the work of the Association and to pro- 

 mote its objects. 



Article 5. Sections 

 The Association shall be divided into the fol- 

 lowing Sections: A, Mathematics; B, Physics; C, 

 Chemistry; D, Astronomy ; E, Geology and Geog- 

 raphy; P, Zoological Sciences; G, Botanical Sci- 

 ences; H, Anthropology and Archeology; I, Psy- 

 chology and Philosophy ; J, Social and Economic 

 Sciences; K, Historical and Philological Sciences; 

 L, Engineering ; M, Medicine; N, Agriculture; O, 



1 The Committee on Policy recommends that the 

 annual dues be five dollars and the life member- 

 ship fee one hundred dollars. 



