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THK IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



the California Vulture {Ps<'iiifo,o;- 

 rv/^/ii/s i-a/i/cniiiriins): by F. 

 Stephens. This was read by the 

 Secretary in the absence of the 

 author. The "opening- paper of 

 the afternoon session was 

 "Remarks on the Avi-fauna of 

 the Source of the Mississippi 

 River', by Dr. Elliott Coues. 

 Next follow^ed a paper on 'Hclinaia 

 sK'ainsfluii in Missouri,' by Otto 

 Widmann. 



The third paper was by Wni. 

 W. Price, on 'The Nest and Eggs 

 of the Olive Warbler. {Dcndroica 

 oliviura^. In the absence of the 

 author it was read by Frank M. 

 Chapman. 



'Robin's Winter Roost', by 

 Otto Widmann, was the fourth 

 paper. 



Mr. \Villiam Dutcher exhibited 

 a Labrador Duck, believed to be 

 the last specimen killed and 

 possibly the best one extant. 



Second Day: The meeting was 

 called to order by President. Dr. 

 Coues. 



The first paper of the morning 

 was by Mr. F. A. Lucas 'On the 

 Tongues of Birds.' 



The second paper 'The Orni- 

 tholog-y of Sable Island, Nova 

 Scotia,' was by Dr Jonathan 

 Dwight Jr. 



The third title was 'A Contri- 

 bution to the Life History of 

 ProzaiHi liner cicfpx Lawr., with 

 Critical Notes on some of its 

 Allies' by Charles W. Richmond. 

 In the absence of the author it 



was read by Dr. Allen. 



The only paper of the afternoon 

 session was by Mr. Frank M. 

 Chapman, entitled 'A Sketch of 

 the Bird-life of the Lesser Antill- 

 es.' 



The members and visitors repair- 

 ed to the Lecture Room of the 

 Museum where lantern slides 

 illustrating this paper were shown. 

 Afterwards Mr. Wm. Dutcher ex- 

 hibited lantern slides of common 

 birds found in the vicinity of 

 New York. Lantern slides of a 

 few British birds, shown by Prof. 

 A. S. Bickmore, concluded the 

 afternoon. 



Third Day. The meeting was 

 called to order by President Dr. 

 Coues. Before proceeding to the 

 reading- of papers, resolutions 

 were adopted extending the 

 thanks of the Union to the Trus- 

 tees of the American Museum of 

 Natural History for a place of 

 meeting- and for other courtesies 

 tendered to the Union; to the 

 Council of the Scientific Alliance 

 of New York, for its cordial invi- 

 tation to attend the meetings of 

 the Societies forming the Alliance 

 and to the Linnean Society of 

 New York for generous hospital- 

 ities extended to the Union dur- 

 ing its Twelfth Congress. 



The first paper of the morning- 

 was b}^ Mr. Otto Widmann on 

 'Smith's Long-spur'. The second 

 paper was by Geo. H. Mackay on 

 'The Terns of Muskeget Island'. 

 In the absence of the author it 



