104 The American Naturalist. [January, 
mittee was appointed to prepare such a pamphlet, which it is hoped to 
issue through the office of experiment stations.—Byron D. HALSTED, 
Secretary. 
The Seventh Congress of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union.—tThe seventh annual Congress of the American Ornithologists. 
Union convened at the American Museum of Natural History, on 
November 12th, and for;thé first time in the Union’s history it was found 
necessary to extend the usual three-days session to four days, the Con- 
gress adjourning November 15th, to meet in Washington on the third 
Tuesday of November, 1890. 
Each succeeding meeting of the Union has shown increased attend- 
ance, and the present was no exception, twenty active and thirty-two 
associate members being present. The active members who attended 
are as follows : 
Dr. J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of Natural History ; 
Charles F. Batchelder, of Cambridge, Mass. ; William Brewster, of 
the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy ; Frank M. Chapman, of the 
American Museum of Natural History ; Charles B. Cary, of the Boston 
Society of Natural History ; Dr. Elliot Coues, of Washington, D. C. ; 
William Dutcher, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., L. S. Foster, all of New York 
City; Col. N. S. Goss, of Topeka, Kans. ; Dr. George Bird Grinnell, 
George N. Lawrence, both of New York City ; Dr. Edgar C. Mearns, 
U. S. A., of Fort Snelling, Minn. ; Dr. C. Hart Merriam, of the De- 
partment of Agriculture; Dr. Jass C. Merrill, U. S. A.; Robert 
Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution ; John H. Sage, of Portland, 
Conn. ; George B. Sennett, of New York City; Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 
U. S. A., Washington, D. C.; Gordon Trumbull, of Hartford, Conn. 
Among the attending associate members were : Egbert Bogg, of Utica, 
N. Y.; Dr. Louis B. Bishop, of New Haven, Conn. ; W. A. Conklin, 
of the Central Park Menagerie, New York City; P. L. Jany, of the 
Smithsonian Institution; Robert B. Lawrence, of New York City ; 
Leverett M. Loomis, of Chester, S. C. ; Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, 
of Brooklyn; T. S. Palmer, of Berkeley, Cal. ; C. B. Riker, of South 
Orange, N. J. ; Dr. W. C. Rives, of Newport, R. I. ; Wendell Prime, 
of New York City; Witmer E. Stone, of Philadelphia; Dr. Spencer 
Trotter, of Swarthmore, Pa. ; Ernest E. Thompson, of Toronto, Can., 
and Dr. Louis A. Zerega, of New York City, 
The first day’s session was devoted intirely to the transaction of 
business, including election of officers and members. Several amend- 
ments to the constitution were presented to be considered at the next 


