THE IOWA OKNITKOLCGIST. 



was read bj Mr, Wm. Butcher. 



The third title was 'Something 

 New' by Judg-e John Clark. 



'The Nesting- of Krider's Hawk 

 in Minnesota,' by P. B. Peabody, 

 was g"iven in substance by Dr. 

 Allen, in the absence of the author. 



'Ccrt/iia in Missouri' by Otto 

 Widmann, was read by title. 



The afternoon wa.s devoted to 

 a paper by Mr. D. G. Elliot on 

 'Domestic Pig-eons and Fowls, 

 their Orig-in and Races, vv^ith re- 

 ference to the Theory of Natural 

 Selection'. It was illustrated 

 with lantern slides. 



At the conclusion of this paper 

 the Union adjourned to meet in 

 Washing-ton, D. C, November 

 11, 1895." 



The statistics of the Union 

 show that there are tv/elve mem- 

 bers from Iowa, one active, eleven 

 associate. Their names are: 



ACTIVE. 



Hon. Charles Aedrich. Boone. 



ASSOCIATE. 



Careeton R. Baee, Little Rock. 

 Harry L. Bond, Sioux City. 



Edmonde S. Currier, Keokuk. 

 Jno. V. Crone. Marathon. 



Carl Fritz Henning, Boone. 

 Albert I. Johnson, Des Moines. 

 Wm. E. Praeger, Keokuk. 



Mrs, M. Rann, Manchester. 



D. H. Talbot. Sioux City. 



Joe Wiedman, Ames. 



David L. Savage, Salem. 



Wc arc g-lad to hear that there 

 were a larg-e number of new 

 members elected and that the 

 attendance at this Congress, had 

 not been exceeded by any year. 



The Union has the i^est wishes 

 of the Iowa Ornithologist. 



The Pine-creeping Warbler 



The writer cannot g-ive 

 authentic notes regarding the 

 occurrence of Dcndroica vigorsii 

 in this state, as he has not his 

 notes vvith him at Iowa City, 

 (his home being at Davenport, 

 la.) But in the spring of 1889 a 

 friend and myself obtained several 

 specimens near Davenport, and 

 in fact they were not uncommon 

 for a shoit time, and I can state 

 that I killed and positively identi- 

 fied several specimens at that 

 time. I think it has never been 

 included in any list of Iowa birds. 

 With the evidence of J. Eugene 

 Daw (Iowa Ornithologist, Vol. 

 1. p. 17.) a'ld with what I have 

 given I think that this species 

 should be included in the list of 

 Mniotiltidas of Iowa. 



J. H. Brown. 



(The Report of the commitee 

 on State Fauna — published in the 

 "Proceedings of the Iowa 

 Academy of Sciences," Vol. 1 

 Part 3 — states that a specimen 

 was taken in Johnson Co. Iowa, 

 in the spring of 1892. Specimen 

 in University museum. — Ed.) 



