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noon. The fourth paper was en- 

 titled "Some Peculiar Nests" by 

 Prank H. Shoemaker. An ex- 

 tended discussion followed each 

 paper, also, a comparison of 

 notes on the species under con- 

 sideration. 



PUBLIC SESSION, JULY 30. 



8:00 p. m. The meeting called 

 to order by the President, Chas. 

 R. Keyes. After a few explana- 

 tory and well timed remarks, the 

 meeting proceeded to the consid- 

 eration of scientitic papers. The 

 first paper entitled "Protection 

 of Birds" by W. W. Loomis, in 

 his absence was read by H. M. 

 McLaughlin. Mr. Chas. R. Keyes 

 gave as the second paper, ' 'The 

 lowan Raptores." The third ti- 

 tle "Birds" (from an gesthetic 

 standpoint) by Hiram Heaton, in 

 the absence of the author was 

 read by B. H. Bailey. 



BUSINESS MEETING, JULY 31. 



9:00 a. m. The meeting was 

 called to order by the President, 

 Chas. R. Keyes. Eight active 

 members were present. The sec- 

 retary's report gave the member- 

 ship of the Association as 71, 

 constituted as follows: Active, 

 50; Honorary, 3; Associate 18. 

 Then reports were heard from 

 the treasurer and the chairman 

 of committee on compiling of the 

 list of Iowa birds. Moved and 

 seconded that David L. Savage 

 be made chairman of committee 

 on compiling the list of Iowa 

 birds, and that the other members 

 of the committee be continued. 

 Motion carried. The officers elec- 

 ted were J. H. Brown, president; 



W. W. Loomis, vice-president; B. 

 H. Bailey, secretary; David L. 

 Savage, editor- treasurer; Prank 

 H. Shoemaker, Geo. H. Burge, 

 Carleton R. Ball, members of tlie 

 executive council; Charles R. 

 Keyes, Carl P. Henning, H. J. 

 Giddings. members of the finance 

 committee. The association then 

 adjourned to meet in Manchester, 

 the third week in August, 1897. 

 The afternoon was pleasantly 

 spent in viewing the beautiful, 

 life size, water colored paintings 

 of over two hundred of our Iowa 

 birds, made by Mr. William Sav- 

 age, of Wilsonville, Iowa. 



Bert H. Bailey, 



Secretary. 



Birds of Iowa. 



A complete list, with profuse 

 notes on Iowa birds, is now being 

 prepared under the supervision 

 of the committee appointed by 

 the Ornitliologica] Association. 



A check-list of North Ameri- 

 can birds is sent, with this maga- 

 zine, to each member of the asso- 

 ciation and the members are re- 

 quested to check off the names of 

 the birds they have found in the 

 state, a cross to indicate summer 

 resident and a dash not summer 

 resident. It is important that 

 the members make no delay in 

 tilling out the check-lists and 

 sending them to the chairman of 

 the committee. 



I David L. Savage, 

 Commit- | Chairman. 



tee I Chas. R. Keyes, 

 on -J Morton E. Peck, 

 Compila- | Paul Bartsch, 



tion. I John V. Crone, 

 [H. J. Giddings. 



