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The public sessions of the Union were held 
in the new building of the United States 
National Museum, and were attended 
by 109 members of the Union. Luncheon 
was given each day by the Washington 
members of the Union. There was a 
largely attended dinner at the Riggs 
House on the evening of the 16th, and, 
on the evening of the 17th, Dr. and Mrs. 
C. Hart Merriam received the members 
at their home. Aside from the scientific 
interests attached to an excellent program 
the meeting of the Union afforded an 
opportunity for that social intercourse 
which is so important a part of gatherings 
of this kind, 
The Twenty-ninth Congress of the 
Union will be held in Philadelphia. 
PROGRAM 
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15 
“Courtship of the American Golden-Eye 
or Whistler,’ by William Brewster, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Notes on the Great Auk, 
the Passenger Pigeon, and Eskimo Curlew,’ 
by Edward H. Forbush, Boston, Mass. 
“The Passenger Pigeon Investigation for 
toro, by Clifton F. Hodge, Worcester, 
Mass. “Concealing Coloration,’ by Abbott 
H. Thayer, Monadnock, N. H. 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
‘Two Hawk Families,’ illustrated by 
lantern slides, B.S. Bowdish, New York 
City. “Some Rare and Interesting Birds 
of the Sunken Lands in Arkansas and 
Missouri,’ illustrated by lantern slides, by 
Arthur H. Howell, Washington, D. C. 
“Some Experiences and Impressions of the 
Cowbird,’ illustrated by lantern slides, by 
Wilbur F. Smith, South Norwalk, Conn. 
‘Some Ornithological Results of Biological 
Survey Field Work in ro1o,’ illustrated by 
lantern slides, by Vernon Bailey, Wash- 
ington, D. C. “A Junco Experience,’ illus- 
trated by lantern slides, by Wilbur F. 
Smith, South Norwalk, Conn. ‘Isochronal 
Lines of Bird Migration,’ illustrated by 
lantern slides,’ by Wells W. Cooke, Wash- 
Bird Lore 
ington, D. C. ‘Bird-Life on Mt. Orizaba, 
Mexico,’ illustrated by lantern slides, by 
Frank M. Chapman, New York City. 
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16 
‘Overcoming Fear in Birds,’ by Ned 
Dearbon, Washington, D. C. ‘Bird 
Strays in a Great City (New York), by 
John Treadwell Nichols, New York City. 
“The Color of the Gular Sac of the Water 
Turkey (Anhinga anhinga),’ by Arthur T. 
Wayne, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. “Device for 
the Convenient Examination of Arboreal 
Birds’ Nests,’ by William Brewster, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. “Mimesis and Rhythm in 
Bird Songs, by P. B. Peabody, Blue 
Rapids, Kans. Antiphony in Bird Songs,’ 
by Henry Oldys, Washington. 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
‘Photographing Wild Birds by the 
Lumiére Direct Color Process,’ illustrated 
by Autochromes, by Frank Overton, M.D., 
Patchogue, N. Y. ‘Flashlight and other 
Bird Photographs,’ illustrated by lantern 
slides, by George Shiras, 3d, Washington, 
D.C. ‘Bird-Life on the Tamiahua Lagoon, 
Vera Cruz,’ illustrated by lantern slides and 
motion pictures, by Frank M. Chapman, 
New York City. “Studies of Winter Wild- 
fowl in Lower Louisiana,’ illustrated by 
lantern slides, by Herbert K. Job, West 
Haven, Conn. 
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17 
‘Collation of Brisson’s Genera of Birds 
with those of Linneus,’ by J. A. Allen, 
New York City. ‘Nest Life of the Screech 
Owl,’ by Althea R. Sherman, MacGregor, 
Towa. ‘On Some Overlooked WNuptial 
Plumes of Certain American and Old 
World Bitterns, by William Brewster, 
Cambridge, Mass. ‘The American Pas- 
senger Pigeon,’ Translated from the Orig- 
inal of Peter Kalm, by L. M. Gronberger, 
Washington, D. C. ‘The Extermination 
of the Wild Turkey in the State of Vir- 
ginia,’ by R. W. Shufeldt, Washington, 
D. C. ‘List of Birds Observed in Estes 
Park, Colo., from June 1o to July 18, 
roro,’ by O. Widmann, St. Louis, Mo. 
