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Article III now reads ;— 
Membership shall consist of Active and Associate members. 
Active members only, can vote and hold office. 
_ Any student of birds in the United States may be admitted to 
_ Associate membership by the President. 
Active members shall be limited in number by the Executive 
a Council ; provided that the number shall not exceed one hundred, 
_ or be limited to less than twenty-five, except by a majority vote 
of the Active members. 
Active members shall pay annually, in advance, one dollar to 
the Secretary of the Chapter, for which amount he shall receive 
the official organ and all publications of the Chapter. 
_Active members may be admitted semi-annually, by a majority 
vote of the Active members, after a recommendation by the Ex- 
ecutive Council. : 
Application for Active membership should be made to the 
Secretary. . 
~ Non-payment of dues for one year shall cancel their name from 
the roll of Active membership. 
No dues shall be charged Associate members. 
Associate members shall be unlimited in number and may be 
admitted at the discretion of the President of the Chapter. 
MASSACHUSETTS ASSEMBLY. 
The third annual convention of the Massachusetts State As- 
sembly of the Agassiz Association was held in Fitchburg, May 30. 
President Albert H. Hall of the Assembly fittingly responded 
to the address of welcome by the Rev. William H. Pierson of 
Fitchburg, after which an address on ‘+Vertebrate Embryology,” 
me by Prof. F. E. L. Beal, and one on the ‘Study of Botany,” by 
_ E. Adams Hartwell, were well received. 
"— Mr. Ballard’s address on the ‘*Agassiz Association” was deeply 
interesting, and presented clearly the object and position of the 
_ Association, ending with advice relating to our future work. 
The reports of Chapters 29 of Boston, 591 of Hyde Park and 
48 of Fitchburg were of special interest to the delegates present. 
Members of the Wilson Chapter who attended the convention 
‘are especially indebted’ to President Albert H. Hall and Secretary 
Howard M. Ballou for courtesies extended. 
