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the delight of the ear and the heart again 

 came on the air the familiar song, 'cheerily, 

 cheerily, cheerily '. And the subdued cries 

 and cacklings betokened much of interested 

 communication one with another. While 

 enjoying this novel midwinter experience of 

 all the Robins and Waxwings which one 

 could wish for, there were also noted two 

 Purple Finches in rose-colored plumage, 

 two Goldfinches, Crows, Blue Jays, a 

 Flicker and several Chickadees and 

 Juncos. On the border of a meadow near 

 by were heard and seen a Song Sparrow 

 and a Swamp Sparrow. The latter had 

 not been found there before, but Song Spar- 

 rows and Tree Sparrows have been fre- 

 quently observed previous winters. Upon 

 the ninth, in the forenoon, a fourth trip was 

 made. The sky was clear, the sun warm, 

 and the air soft. But under these condi- 

 tions, which would seem to be alluring, no 

 Robin or Cedarbird could be found within 

 the reservation during a two-hours' stay. 

 Still there were privet berries there to at- 

 tract them, although much reduced in 

 number by so many mouths. — Horace W. 

 Wright, Boston. Mass. 



The Twentieth Congress of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union 



The business meeting of the Twentieth 

 Annual Congress of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union was held November 17, 

 1902, at the residence of Dr. C. Hart Mer- 

 riam in Washington, D. C. The follow- 

 ing Fellows were in attendance: 



J. A. Allen, W. B. Barrows, F. E. L. 

 Beal, William Brewster, L. B. Bishop, 

 Frank M. Chapman. W. W. Cooke, C. B. 

 Cory, Ruthven Deane, Wm. Dutcher, J. 

 Dwight, Jr., A. K. Fisher, F. A. Lucas, C. 

 Hart Merriam, E. W. Nelson, T. S. Palmer, 

 William Palmer, C. W. Richmond, T. S. 

 Roberts, John H. Sage, Witmer Stone. 



The election of officers resulted in the 

 choice of those selected in 1901, namely: 

 President, C. Hart Merriam ; vice-presidents, 

 C. B. Cory, C. F. Batchelder; secretary, 

 John H. Sage; treasurer, William Dutcher; 

 councilors, Frank M. Chapman, Ruthven 

 Deane, J. Dwight, Jr., A. K. Fisher, E. W. 

 Nelson, T. S. Roberts, Witmer Stone. 



The following additions were made to 

 the membership of the Union : 



Honorary Fellows, Ernst Hartert, Tring, 

 England ; John A. Harvie-Brown, Stirling- 

 shire, Scotland. Fellow, Harry C. Ober- 

 holser. Corresponding Fellows, A. J. 

 Campbell, Melbourne, Australia; A. J. 

 North, Sydney, Australia; H. von Jhering, 

 San Paulo, Brazil. Members, Andrew 

 Allison, Paul Bartsch, A. C. Bent, W. C. 

 Braislin, Hubert Lyman Clark, E. A. Gold- 

 man, A. H. Howell, F. H. Knowlton, A. 

 H. Norton, T. Gilbert Pearson, S. F. Rath- 

 bun, P. M. Silloway, C. O. Whitman. 

 Eighty-two Associates were elected. 



The public sessions of the Union were 

 held at the United States National Museum 

 November 18-20. A list of the papers pre- 

 sented is given on page 203 of this issue 

 of Bird-Lore. Many of these papers were 

 of more than usual interest and value, and 

 provoked much comment and discussion. 



Luncheon was provided each day by the 

 Washington members of the Union, and 

 from both social and scientific points of view 

 the congress was one of the most successful 

 ever held by the Union. The attendance 

 exceeded that at any previous congress. 



The Union adjourned on Thursday, No- 

 vember 20, to meet in Philadelphia on 

 November 16, 1903. 



The Death of Mr. Barlow 

 With extreme regret we learn of the death 

 of Mr. Chester Barlow at Santa Clara, Cal- 

 ifornia, on November 6, in the twenty- 

 eighth year of his age. 



Both personally and as editor of ' The 

 Condor,' Mr. Barlow exerted an influence 

 of unusual importance on ornithological 

 interests in California. One of the founders 

 of the Cooper Club, the success of that 

 organization was, in no small measure, due 

 to his energy and executive ability, to which 

 also may in great part be attributed the 

 high standard of the Club's official organ. 

 Mr. Barlow's death at so early an age is, 

 therefore, not only peculiarly sad, but it 

 deprives the Club with which he was so 

 prominently associated of an active, earnest, 

 efficient worker, whose place, we imagine, it 

 will be verv difficult to fill. 



