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lege as well as other wells in the vicinity of 
Ames, and especially the wells that were 
‘supposed to have conveyed typhoid fever 
to the students of the college. There was 
shown to be a very wide variation, but 
in the case of the epidemic at Ames the 
milk was shown to have been the agent that 
conveyed the disease. 
Botanical papers were presented by H. A. 
Mueller on the ‘Shrubs and Trees of Madi- 
son County ’; T.J. Fitzpatrick, on the ‘ Cu- 
pulifere and Juglandacee of Iowa,’ and one 
by F. M. Witter, on ‘Some Observations on 
the Flora of Southern Alabama and Louis- 
jana.’ James E. Gow presented a ‘ Pre- 
liminary List of the Flowering Plants 
of Adair County.’ Mr. F. W. Faurot de- 
scribed the early development of Astragalus 
caryocarpus. In fixing, best results were ob- 
tained by the use of Flemming’s, although 
platinic chloride also gave good results. 
Professor Shimek, in his paper, ‘ Addenda 
of the Flora of Lyons County,’ reported 
Juglans nigra and several herbaceous plants 
for that county. LL. H. Pammel presented 
a paper on the ‘ Thistles of Iowa.’ 
An expedient for maintaining a constant 
temperature through the process of salt- 
glazing clay was presented by Ira J. Wil- 
liams. 
A committee on pure food legislation, 
consisting of C. O. Bates, J. B. Weems, 
Nicholas Knight, M. Ricker and W. S. 
Hendrixson was appointed, and also one 
on forestry, consisting of L. H. Pammel, 
T. H. Macbride and H. A. Mueller. 
L. H. PamMMeEt. 
THE NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 
THE annual meeting of the Nebraska 
Ornithologists’ Union was held in the lec- 
ture room of the Omaha City library, Janu- 
ary 12,1901. President J.S. Trostler called 
the meeting to order for a business session 
which occupied the morning. During the 
noon hour the visiting members were the 
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guests of the resident members, who had a 
luncheon prepared in the dining-room of the 
Omaha Commercial Club. The afternoon 
was devoted to the reading and discussion 
of papers. Measures were adopted and 
resolutions drafted in the interest of greater 
protection for all birds of the State. It 
was the expression of the body that the 
growing revulsion of feeling against bird 
slaughter would soon lead to such improved 
sentiment that the hunter’s path through 
the woods could not be tracked by the blood 
of birds shot indiscriminately. 
In the absence of Mr. J. H. Ager, State 
Warden of the League of American Sports- 
men, Professor Lawrence Bruner reported 
upon an important measure for the protec- 
tion of fish, game, and birds, to be presented 
for legislative action at the present session, 
The recent balloting for officers resulted as 
follows: President, Erwin Hinckley Bar- 
bour, Lincoln; Vice-President, Miss Eliza- 
beth Van Sant, Omaha; Corresponding Sec- 
retary, J. C. Crawford, Jr., West Point; 
Recording Secretary, Robert H. Wolcott, 
Lincoln; Treasurer, Charles Fordyce, Uni- 
versity Place ; Executive Committee, Lawrence 
Bruner, Lincoln; F. H. Shoemaker and J. 
S. Trostler, Omaha. The Secretary an- 
nounced the present membership as ninety- 
five. 
PROGRAM. 
President’s Address, ‘ History of Ornithology in 
Nebraska and of State Ornithological Societies in 
General,’ by J. 8. Trostler, Omaha. 
‘The Relation of Birds to Agriculture,’ by L. Bru- 
ner, Lincoln. 
“Injurious Traits of the Blue Jay,’ by E. D. Howe, 
Table Rock. ; 
* ‘Ornithology in the Schools,’ by Wilson Tout, 
Utica. 
‘The Value of Birds as Objects of Study in the 
Grades,’ by Chas. Fordyce, University Place. 
“A Late Nest of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird,’ 
by Frank H. Shoemaker, Omaha. 
‘Young Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, by Elizabeth Van 
Sant, Omaha. 
‘The Breeding of the Prothonotary Warbler in the 
* Read by title. 
