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THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



THE FIRST 



Annual Congress 



OF THE 



IOWA ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 



TO BE HELD AT 



IOWA (BITY IOWA. 



PROGRAMME. AUGUST 22— 23, iSgs- 



Thursday. August 22, Afternoon. 



TWO O'CLOCK 

 BUSINESS SESSION. 



President's Address. Reports, 

 Planning- of next years work, etc. 



Thursday Evening. 



8 O'CLOCK. 

 PUBLIC SESSION. 



Invocation. 

 Address of Welcome, 



Prof. Schaeffer.Pres. S. U. I. 



Response, Chas. R. Keyes. 



Paper, A True Naturalist. 



C. R. Ball, Little Rock. 



Paper. American Duck Hawk. 

 Geo. H. Burg-e. Mt. Vernon. 



Paper. The Goatsucker family 

 in Iowa. 

 R. M. Anderson. Forest City. 

 Friday, August 23, Morning. 



8.30 CLOCK, 



Paper, Birds Extinct in Iowa, 



and Those Becoming- So. 



Paul Bartsch, Burlington. 



Paper, Bird Laws of Iowa, and 



Laws That are Needed. 



J. H. Brown, Davenport. 



Paper, The Cowbird. 



F. M. Roberts, Postville. 



Papers, The Relation of Birds 

 to Economics. 



(1) The Ducks. 



H. J. Giddings, Sabula. 



(2) American Crow. 

 Hiram Heaton, Glendalc. 



(3j The Thrushes. 



E. B. Webster, Cresco. 



Paper, Protection of Our Bir Js. 



W. W. Loomis, Clermont. 



Friday Afternoon, 



TWO O'CLOCK. 



Paper. Warblers of Iowa. 

 Morton E. Peck. Mt. Vernon. 



Paper, The Prairie Hen. 



A. I. Johnson, Des Moines. 



Paper. The Ruffed Grouse. 



David L. Savage, Salem- 



Paper. Sea Birds That Visit 

 Iowa. 

 F. H. Shoemaker, Hampton. 



There will be time for Discus- 

 sion after each paper. The papers 

 should not be more than 20 min- 

 utes long. 



