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DIVISION OF ORNlTHOIvOGY. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE 

 CONGRESS ON ORNITHOLOGY. 



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WORLD'S CONGRESS AUXILIARY 



WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893. 



President, CHARLES C. BONNEY. 



Vice-President, THOMAS B. BRYAN. Treasurer, LYMAN J. GAGE. 



Secretaries, BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH, CLARENCE E. YOUNG. 



WOMAN'S BRANCH OF THE AUXILIARY. 



President, Mrs. Potter Palmer. Vice-President, Mrs. Charles Henrotin. 



The undersigned Committee, having been appointed by 

 the proper authorities, announce to all interested persons 

 that a Congress on Birds will be held in Chicago, during the 

 month of October, under the auspices of the World's Con- 

 gress Auxiliary. 



It is the design of the Committee to have the Congress 

 treat of birds from the standpoints of the scientist, the econo- 

 mist, and the humanitarian. 



The field, from the first point of view, belongs to the 

 technical ornithologist ; and it is the wish of the Committee 

 to enlist the co-operation of scientists in the proposed Con- 

 gress, in order that the study of birds may become more 

 general and be appreciated at its true worth by the people. 

 The scientist only can prove the value and interest of 

 ornithology, and upon its proper appreciation does the im- 

 portance of the two other divisions depend. The audiences 



