Annual Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union 359 



At the business meeting of the Union, held 

 at the University Club on October 23, Dr. 

 Arthur A. Allen, of Cornell University, was 

 elected to fill the one remaining vacancy in 

 the list of Fellows; Donald R. Dickey, Alfred 

 O. Gross, Wharton Huber, Tracy I. Storer, 

 and John T. Zimmer were made Members, 

 and 268 Associates were elected. The titles 

 of papers presented are appended. 



1. A Sketch of the Wilson Ornithological Club. 



T. L. Hankinson, Ypsilanti, Mich. 



2. The 'Broken Wing' Ruse in Mourning Doves. 



Mrs. Margaret M. Nice, Norman, Okla. 



3. Some Observations on Struthious Birds. 



W. H. Sheak, Philadelphia, Pa. 



4. The Home Life of the Chimney Swift. Miss 



Althea R. Sherman, National, Iowa. 



5. Bird Notes from the Tennessee Cumberlands. 



Albert F. Ganier, Nashville, Tenn. 



6. Remarks on Methods of Measuring Birds. 



Mrs. E. M. B. Reichenberger, New York 

 City. 



7. The Comparative Value of Bird Measure- 



ments. Illustrated by lantern slides. 

 W. H. Bergtold, Denver, Colo. 



8. A Contribution to the Home Life and Eco- 



nomic Status of the Screech Owl. Illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. Dr. Arthur A. 

 Allen, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 g. An Eagle Observatory. Illustrated by lantern 

 slides. Francis H. Herrick, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. 



10. Nest-Life of the White-headed Eagle — Late 



Phase. Illustrated by lantern slides. 

 Francis H. Herrick, Cleveland, Ohio. 



11. Notes on the Pelicans of the Yellowstone 



National Park. Illustrated by lantern 

 slides. Henry B. Ward, Urbana, Ills. 



12. Some Phases of Bird Photography. Illus- 



trated by lantern slides. A. H. Cordier, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



13. Impressions of Arizona. Illustrated by 



lantern slides. A. C. Bent, Taunton, Mass. 



14. What Iowa Is Doing to Promote Bird Study. 



George Bennett, Iowa City, Iowa. 



15. Selection of Birds for Banding. F. C. 



Lincoln, Washington, D. C. 



16. What can be learned from a Bird Census. 



Miss May T. Cooke, Washington, D. C. 



17. The Role of the Bird Census. Ludlow 



Griscom, New York City. 



18. A few Notes from the Records of the New 



England Bird-Banding Association. Mrs. 

 A. B. Harrington, Lincoln, Mass. 



19. Methods of Trapping, Experiences or General 



Practice of Bird-Banding. W. I. Lyon, 

 Waukegan, Ills. 



20. Bird-Banding and Bird-Migration at Ros- 



sitten on the Baltic Sea. Illustrated by 

 lantern shdes. T. G. Ahrens, Berhn. 



21. Experiments in Bird-Banding. Illustrated 



by lantern slides. S. Prentiss Baldwin, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



22. The Great Plains as a Breeding-Ground for 



Water-Fowl. Harry C. Oberholser, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



23. Present-Day Tendencies and Opportunities 



in Ornithology. Witmer Stone, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



24. The Sea-Bird Sanctuaries of Texas. Illus- 



trated by lantern slides. George Finlay 

 Simmons, Austin, Texas. 



25. The Whitney South Sea Expedition of the 



American Museum of Natural History. 

 Illustrated by lantern shdes. Robert 

 Cushman Murphy, New York City. 



26. Distribution of the Genus Momotus. Illus- 



trated by maps and lantern slides. Frank 

 M. Chapman, New York City. 



27. Further Observations on the Habits and 



Behavior of the Herring Gull. Illustrated 

 by lantern slides. R. M. Strong, Chicago, 

 Ills. 



28. Bird Arrivals in Relation' to Sunspots. Illus- 



trated by lantern slides. Ralph De Lury, 

 Ottawa, Canada. 



29. The Influences of the Southwestern Deserts 



upon the Avifauna of Cahfornia. A. B. 

 Howell, Pasadena, Calif. 



30. On a Collection of Birds from the Cape 



Verde Islands. Robert Cushman Murphy, 

 New York City. 



31. Is Photo-periodism a Factor in Bird Migra- 



tion? C. W. G. Eifrig, River Forest, Ills. 



32. A Possible Mutant in the Genus Buarremon. 



Illustrated by maps and specimens. Frank 

 M. Chapman, New York City. 



33. The Vocal Organs of the Prairie Chicken. 



Illustrated by lantern shdes. James P. 

 Chapin, New York City. 



34. The_ Fundus Oculi of Some South American 



Birds and Reptiles. Illustrated by lantern 

 slides. Casey A. Wood, Chicago, Ills. 



35- Variations in the Structure of the Aftershaft 

 and Their Taxonomic Value. W. DeW. 

 Miller, New York City. 



36. Laying Cycles in Birds. Leon J. Cole, 



Madison, Wis. 



37. Status and Distribution of Lams fuscus and 



Larus cachinnans Jonathan Dwight, 

 New York City. 



38. Notes on Donacobius . lUustrated by speci- 



mens. Ludlow Griscom, New York City. 



39. Notes on Off-Shore Atlantic Birds. J. T. 



Nichols, New York City. 



40. A Summer in Ecuador. Illustrated by 



lantern slides. Frank M. Chapman, 

 New York City. 



41. The Farallones. (Exhibition of film of the 



Biological Survey.) W. L. McAtee, 

 Washington, D. C. 



42. Famihar Birds and Mammals in Motion 



Pictures. Thomas S. Roberts, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



43. A Pre-View of New Brunswick Wild Life in 



Motion Pictures. Donald R. Dickey, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



44. Flamingoes of the Bahamas. (Film loaned 



by the Miami Aquarium.) L. A. Fuertes, 

 Ithaca, New York. 



