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the entire session on Wednesday morning, October 25th. Mr. W. 

 I. Lyon, of Waukegan, Illinois, a prominent member of the Illi- 

 nois Audubon Society, had one of the most interesting papers 

 of the session on the subject of methods of trapping and general 

 practice of bird banding. Another valuable paper was presented 

 by Professor T. G. Ahrens, of Berlin, who read a paper on bird 

 banding and bird migration at Rossitten on the Baltic Sea. This 

 was illustrated by lantern slides. The presence of Professor 

 Ahrens, who made the trip from Berlin expressly to attend the 

 A. 0. U. meeting, was an evidence of the spirit of friendly co- 

 operation on the part of German ornithologists. 



Professor Francis H. Herrick, of Cleveland, Ohio, gave a 

 very interesting illustrated talk at one of the sessions on an eagle 

 observatory. Unusually interesting material was presented by 

 G. Finlay Simmons, of Austin, Texas, in his paper on the "Sea 

 Bird Sanctuaries of Texas," and by Robert Cushman Murphy, 

 of New York, on 'The Whitney South Sea Expedition of the 

 American Museum of Natural History." 



The final program on Thursday afternoon included a very 

 interesting talk on "A Summer in Ecuador" by Frank M. Chap- 

 man and an exhibit of unusually attractive and valuable motion 

 picture films. Dr. Thomas S. Roberts, of Minneapolis, pre- 

 sented the subject of "Familiar Birds and Mammals in Motion 

 Pictures." Louis Agassiz Fuertes, of Ithaca, New York, showed 

 a film of "Flamingos of the Bahamas;" and Donald R. Dickey, 

 of Pasadena, California, some exceptional pictures of wild life 

 in New Brunswick. 



Not the least important feature of the A. 0. U. meeting was 

 the special exhibit of pictures of bird life, which was set up in 

 an unusually attractive form in one of the display galleries of 

 the Museum. Practically all of the well-known illustrators of 

 bird life were represented in a comprehensive way, and many 

 bird photographers and amateur artists brought important con- 

 tributions to the exhibit. This exhibit was left in place after 

 the close of the meeting and during the past month has been a 

 center of interest for visitors to the Museum. Members of the 

 A. 0. U. declared it was the finest collection of pictures of bird 

 life that has been assembled in the history of American orni- 

 thology. The list of more widely known artists whose works 

 were on exhibit included Louis Agassiz Fuertes, R. Bruce Hors- 

 fall, E. J. Sawyer, Ernest Seton Thompson, Allan Brooks, F. W. 

 Benson, L. B. Hunt, and Courtenay Brandreth. Carl F. Grone- 

 mann, a member of the Illinois Audubon Society, prominent in 

 the Elgin Nature Study Club, was represented by several very 

 carefully executed paintings of individual birds. W. D. Richard- 

 son, also a member of the Illinois Audubon Society, had a fine 

 collection of photographs of bird life. Other notable collections 

 of photographs were contributed by Professor Francis Herrick, 

 Arthur Allen of Ithaca, Doctor A. H. Cordier of Kansas City, 

 and Donald R. Dickey, of Pasadena. 



