President's Address. 



Fellow Members — At the beginning of an- 

 other year in the history of our Chapter, it 

 may be well tO' pause for a survey of the past 

 as well as to plan for the future. Those not 

 conversant with the affairs of the Chapter 

 cannot understand why so little was done in 

 1893. But the matter is easily explained. 

 When it was proposed, in 1892, to issue the 

 Quarterly, the scheme was submitted to the 

 Chapter, and only two^ votes against it were 

 received. The publication was accordingly 

 begun, but the expense was so great, that the 

 second numiber plunged us deep in debt; since 

 then it has taken the bulk of our funds to 

 settle this debt, and the final payment has 

 only just been m(ade. The prospects for the 

 present year are very encouraging. We have 

 a greater number of members than ever be- 

 fore, and all are capable of doing excellent 

 work in our chosen science ; the revenues of 

 the Chapter for this year, as yet untouched, 

 will enable us to publish much more than we 

 have in any year of the past; and the only 

 thing necessary to make this a most success- 

 ful year, is the active interest of every mem- 

 ber. And every member can help. No one 

 is so circumscribed that he cannot learn some- 

 thing nezi} in ornithology. It is safe to say 

 that there is no bird, in whose life-history 



