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Shrike. Wishing to see if tlie 

 Shrike was successful. I stopped 

 to watch. The sparrow tried to 

 get away from its pursuer by 

 dodging around in the brush but; 

 (to make a long story short) it 

 was of no u.se, and the Shrike fi- 

 nally caught him behind a pile of 

 wood, and carried it to an open 

 space where he laid his victim 

 down and hovering above it 

 watched until the sparrow tried 

 to escape when he would seize it 

 and after giving it a few pecks 

 let it go again. This was kept 

 up for some time, the Shrike play- 

 ing with his victim much as a cat 

 does with a mouse, but finally 

 getting tired of this sport he 

 killed it. Upon picking up the 

 sparrow I found that it had been 

 killed by being choked and not 

 by having the brains pecked ont 

 as generally supposed, there not 

 being a mark upon its head. 



The Second Congress of the 



Iowa Ornithological 



Association. 



rilHE Second Congress of the 

 J_ Iowa Ornithological Associ- 

 ation was held in Mt. Vernon, 

 July 29-31, 1896. 



BUSINESS MEETING, JULY 29. 



2:00 p. m. The meeting was 

 called to order by the President, 

 Charles R. Keyes, w^ith seven 

 members in attendance. The 

 matter of holding one public 



meeting was informally dis- 

 cussed, finally Thursday evening, 

 July 30, was chosen. After some 

 informal discussions on minor 

 points, the meeting adjourned to 

 meet at 9:00 a. m. July 30, for 

 further business. 



SECOND MEETING, JULY 30. 



9:00 a. m. The meeting called 

 to order by the President, Chas. 

 R. Keyes. It was decided to 

 postpone the business meeting 

 until tomorrow morning, hoping- 

 for the arrival of members who 

 were expected. The meeting 

 then proceeded to the reading of 

 papers. The first paper of the 

 morning was entitled "The War- 

 blers of Jackson Co.," by H. J. 

 Giddings. In the absence of the 

 author it was read by Morton E. 

 Peck. The second paper was 

 "The Acadian Flycatcher," by 

 Ernest Irons, in his absence was 

 read by David L. Savage. The 

 tMrd title "Traill's Flycatcher," 

 by Chas. R. Keyes. Discussions 

 followed each paper, in which all 

 members present took part. The 

 opening paper of the afternoon 

 session was by Morton E. Peck, 

 entitled "Afiinities of the War- 

 blers," this was accompanied by 

 a chart drawn by Mr. Peck which 

 showed clearly the relations of 

 the mino tiilidse. The next pa- 

 per was "Observations on Moto- 

 thrus ater" by David L. Savage. 

 "The Picidae" by William Savage 

 was the third paper of the after- 



