IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



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the State Historical Society, ask- 

 ing the members of the I. O. A. 

 to view the collection of that so- 

 ciety. 



ADJOURNED BUSINESS SESSION. 

 AUG. 23, I I A. M. 



Consideration of the new draft 

 of the Constitution as suggested 

 by the committee. 



Resolved that we accept the 

 revisiop. of the Constitution as 

 suggested by the committee. 



The society then proceeded on 

 motion to the election of a 

 finance committee of three (3). 



Elected as follows: C. F. 

 Henning. Chairman, B. H. 

 Bailey, J. H. Brown. 



Resolved that the Secretary be 

 instructed to inform parties apply- 

 ing for reports of the meetings, 

 that a copy of the Iowa Ornithol- 

 ogist containing such report will 

 be sent them. 



Resolved that the next annual 

 congress shall be held at Mount 

 Vernon, la. 



Resolved that the time of 

 meeting be left to the Executive 

 Council, and that they select the 

 time best suited to the majority 

 of members. 



PUBLIC SESSION, AUG. 22, 8:15 P.M. 



Address of . Welcome, Prof. 

 Schaeffer, Pres. S. U. I. 



Response, Pres. Chas. R. 

 Keyes. 



Paper — Protection of our Birds, 

 W. W. Loomis. 



Paper — Warblers of Iowa, 

 Morton E. Peck. 



Mr. Peck mentioned thirty-six 

 Warblers found in Iowa. This 

 paper was followed by a discuss- 

 ion of the Warblers, which 

 closed the evening program. 



SECOND SESSION, AUG. 23, 9 A. M. 



Paper — American Duck Hawk, 

 Geo. H. Burge. 



Paper — Birds Extinct in Iowa, 

 and Those Becoming So, Paul 

 Bartsch. (In the absence of the 

 author it was read by J. H. 

 Brown. ) 



Paper — Relation of the Amer- 

 ican Crow to Economics, Hiram 

 Heaton. 



Paper — Bird Laws of Iowa and 

 Laws that are Needed, J. H. 

 Brown. 



THIRD SESSION, AUG. 23, 2 P. M. 



Paper — Prairie Hen, A.I. John- 

 son. (In the absence of the 

 author it was read by Pres. Keyes. ) 



Paper — Sea Birds that Visit 

 Iowa, F. H. Shoemaker. 



Paper — Ruffed Grouse, D. L. 

 Savage. 



Mr. Savage also exhibited a 

 fine life size and color portrait of 

 his subject. It was drawn by 

 William Savage. 



Resolved that a voLe of thanks 

 be extended to the authorities of 



