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pliia; Professor Dean C. Worcester, of 

 Manila, P. I.; Dr. E. C. Hellmayer, of 

 Munich; Dr. Emil A. Goeldi, of Para, 

 Brazil; Dr. Peter Sushldn, of Moscow, and 

 Dr. Herluf Winge, of Copenhagen, were 

 elected corresponding fellows. Eight asso- 

 ciates were elected to the class known as 

 members, and one hundred and four new 

 associates were elected. 



At the opening of the congress Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher delivered a memorial address on 

 Thomas Mcllwraith, who died in Hamilton, 

 Ontario, January 31, 1903. Mr. Mcll- 

 wraith was a founder and fellow of the 

 union, and, although deeply engrossed in 

 business, never lost his taste for ornithol- 

 ogy. His writings relate mainly to the 

 birds of Ontario, Canada. 



Mr. Prank M. Chapman, in his account 

 of an ornithological trip to the Pacific, 

 brought forcibly to mind the exceptional 

 opportunities afforded the easteru members 

 of the union, by the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, to study the avifauna of the Pacific 

 coast after adjournment of the special 

 meeting of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union held in San Francisco during May, 

 1903. Other results of the trip were shown 

 at the present congress. Dr. T. S. Palmer 

 spoke of the bird colonies of the California 

 and Oregon coasts. Mr. Chapman exhib- 

 ited most excellent views of Farallone bird 

 life and described the different species 

 found there, and Otto Widmann gave a list 

 of the birds noted during a short stay in 

 the Yosemite Valley. 



A paper on bird life on Laysan Island, 

 Hawaiian group— an interesting but little- 

 known region— was presented by Walter K. 

 Fisher and accompanied by fine examples 

 of bird-photography. In the absence of 

 the author the paper was read by Dr. A. 

 K. Fisher, who also explained the slides. 

 Laysan is said to be 'the greatest bird 

 island in the world.' 



Rev. H. K. Job showed a large series of 



lantern slides from photographs of bii'ds 

 taken in the bird rookeries of Cape Sable 

 and the Florida Keys, and told of the in- 

 genious expedients resorted to to secure 

 good results. 



Mr. Witmer Stone had gathered all ob- 

 tainable material relating to John K. Town- 

 send and William Gambel, and incorpor- 

 ated it in a paper of historical interest re- 

 garding these neglected ornithologists. 



Mr. Geo. Spencer Morris spoke of bird 

 life at Cape Charles, Va., and referred to 

 the decrease in recent years among the 

 water fowl found at that noted resort. 



'New Bird Studies in Old Delaware.' 

 by Samuel N. Rhoads and C. J. Pennock, 

 brought out valuable ornithological facts 

 relating to that apparently neglected state. 



In his report of the Committee on Pro- 

 tection of North American Birds Mr. Wil- 

 liam Dutcher, the chairman, showed that 

 satisfactory results had been obtained dur- 

 ing the past year. This was made possible 

 by the Thayer Fund money secured through 

 the efforts of Mr. Abbott H. Thayer. 



Following is a list of the papers read at 

 the sessions: 



In Memoriam: Thomas Mcllwraith: A. K. 

 Fisher. 



Notes on the Bird Colonies of the California 

 and Oregon Coasts: T. S. Palmer. 



Nesting Habits of Florida Herons: A. C. 

 Bent. 



Neiu Bird Studies in Old Delaware: 

 Samuel N. Rhoads and C. J. Pennock. 



The Esthetic Sense in Birds: Henry 

 Oldys. 



Notes on the Protected Birds on the Maine 

 Coast, with Relation to Certain Economic 

 Questions: A. H. Norton. 



Exhibition of Lantern Slides of Young 

 Raptorial Birds, photographed by Thos. 

 H. Jackson, near West Chester, Pa.: 

 Witmer Stone. 



