30 BULLETIN OF THE 
MINUTES OF €LUB MEEDPINGS. 
The first quarterly meeting for 1905 was held at the Detroit: Museum of 
Art on March 3, Dr. P. E. Moody in the chair. Eleven members present. 
Tne following papers were read: “An Addition to the Detroit Museum of 
Art,’ C. H. Burroughs (read by the chairman in the absence of the author) ; 
“The Red Squirrel in its Relation to Birds,” J. Claire Wood; “Notes from 
Plymouth,” James B. Purdy. A. W. Blain, Jr., gave a preliminary notice of 
a new use for heron tendons. 
A short session followed. Leon J. Cole was appointed a committee to 
prepare resolutions on the death of A. B. Durfee, to be presented at the 
Annual Meeting. 
Messrs. Blain and Wisner offered their resignations as editor-in-chief 
and business manager of the Bulletin respectively. Professor Walter B. 
Barrows was elected editor-in-chief and Frederick C. Hubel, business mana- 
ger, to fill vacant offices. 
The following persons were elected members of the society: Frank L. 
Burns, Thomas Potter, M. D., James J. Walsh, and Norman Chamberlin. 
J. WiLpur Kay, 
Secretary pro tem. 
The Annual Meeting was held in the University Museum of the Uni- 
versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor on April 1. A business session was held 
in the forenoon in the curator’s office. The meeting was called to order by 
President Barrows. 
After the reports of officers the election of officers for 1905-6 was held. 
The following were elected: President, Walter B. Barrows; Vice-Presidents, 
A. H. Gritith, James B. Purdy and-J.*Clarr-"WoodiSecretatyas 4 VV > air 
Jr.; Treasurer and Business Manager of the Bulletin, Frederick C. Hubel. 
W. B. Barrows was made editor of the Bulletin, with P. A. Taverner and 
Norman A. Wood associate editors. The following were elected members 
of the club: H. P. Holt, Toledo, Ohio; L. H. Wood, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Ger- 
trude A. Gilmore, Detroit; Frank C. Teal, Detroit; Jesse J. Myers, Agricul- 
tural College. 
The afternoon session was held in the Museum lecture room, and was 
devoted to the reading of papers. The meeting was called to order by Pro- 
fessor Barrows, who addressed the society on “Recent Advances in Ornitholo- 
gy.” The following program was then presented: 
1. “In Memoriam, Albert Bowen Durfee,” Leon J. Cole. (Read by J. 
Wilbur Kay, in the absence of the author.) The following resolutions were 
adopted by the Club: 
“Whereas, In the death of Albert Bowen Durfee there has been lost to 
Michigan ornithology one of its most enthusiastic observers and ardent lovers 
of nature, and to the Michigan Ornithological Club one who was instrumental 
in its founding and who ably served as its first president; and 
“Whercas, In his friendship and help those of us who knew him per- 
sonally gained inspiration for our work and respect for a character that was 
high-minded, honest and true, be it therefore 
“Resolucd, That we, as members of the Michigan Ornithological Club, 
through these resolutions convey our sincere sympathy to the family of the 
