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the program. At these social functions the members have opportunity to 

 get together, get acquainted and compare notes, and later the local com- 

 mittee is always responsible for amusing the visiting members with some 

 unusual program. On this occasion besides the distribution of jocose 

 literature, a set of slides was shown representing various members of the 

 Biological Survey while in the field on their various campaigns, "snap- 

 shots" taken in all costumes and under many conditions. As Dr. Fisher 

 was appointed master of ceremonies on this occasion his descriptions and 

 insinuations were the cause of much hilarity. The following morning 

 many of the members met and were escorted to the National Zoological 

 Park, where the officials conducted them to the various points of interest 

 in the Park. The collections of animals and birds are of a very high 

 order. The natural features of the locality, bordering on Rock Creek, 

 up hill and down dale, make an ideal spot to display wild life. The 

 following day such members as had remained after adjournment of the 

 meetings, were invited for a field day at Plummer's Island, on the shore 

 of the Potomac, some eight miles from the city where the Washington 

 Biologists Field Club owns a most picturesque spot. Seventeen members 

 took advantage of the Club's hospitality and they were made very much 

 at home in their comfortable bungalow while the ladies cooked dinner 

 for the party. The day was clear and cold. We climbed over the ledges 

 which are conspicuous in the natural features of this high bluff rising 

 abruptly from the river. We took pictures and watched the Kinglets, 

 Cedar Waxwings, Cardinals and Juncos, and as we went into dinner a 

 Bald Eagle flew over the island and sailed down river. These are the 

 conditions under which the ornithologists and nature lovers, many of whom 

 meet but once a year, when the A.O.U. holds its annual congress, can 

 enjoy each other's company for there is a brotherhood among those 

 mutually interested that is firm and true. The appreciation of the members 

 who were entertained at dinner, receptions and other functions was most 

 marked. 



Following is the program of the three days' session : 



Tuesday 



1. Marriage Relations of the House Wren. 



S. Prentiss Baldwin, Cleveland, Ohio. (20 min.) 



2. In Memoriam — William Dutcher. 



T. S. Palmer, Washington, D. C. (30 min.) 



3. Some Additional Notes on Birds of Cape May, N. J. 



Witmer Stone, Philadelphia, Pa. (20 min.) 



4. Roosting Habits of Migratory and Winter Birds in Middle Tennessee. 



A. F. Ganier, Nashville, Tenn. (20 min.) 



5. The Later Flights of the Passenger Pigeon. 



Frank Bond, Washington, D. C. (10 min. 



6. Notes on the Eclipse Plumage of Certain Waterfowl. 



Arthur A. Allen, Ithaca, N. Y. (15 min.) 



7. The Use of Homing Pigeons in the World War. Illustrated by lantern 



slides. 

 Ernest Harold Baynes, Meriden, N. H. (30 min.) 



8. The trained Fishing Cormorants of Japan. Illustrated by lantern slides. 



H. M. Smith, Washington, D. C. (20 min.) 



9. The Temperate Zone in South America. Illustrated by lantern slides. 



Frank M. Chapman, New York. (20 min.) 



