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THE WILSON BULLETIN— June, 1922 
The matter of a revision of the articles of agreement of the affilia- 
tion between the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union and the Wilson Orni- 
thological Club, made necessary by the recent increase in dues in the 
Wilson Club to $1.50 for Associate members and $2.50 for Active mem- 
bers, was presented by the Secretary- Treasurer, and debated by the 
members. The Secretary-Treasurer read the draft of a revised set of 
six articles of agreement to replace those adopted by both the N. O. U. 
and the W. 0. C. in 1915, and upon motion the revised articles were 
adopted by the N. O. U. The Secretary was instructed to present the re- 
vised articles to the W. 0. C. for action. 
It was moved by Mrs. Addison E. Sheldon that inasmuch as under 
their present charters cities and villages of less than 5,000 inhabitants 
in Nebraska do not have the power to pass and enforce ordinances to 
protect the birds and their nests and eggs within the city or village lim- 
its. that the N. O. U. declare itself in favor of extending this power to 
such cities and villages, the same as is granted in their charters to cities 
of 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants, and that it use its influence to attain that 
end. This motion was seconded and unanimously passed. 
It was moved by Dr. R. H. Wolcott that inasmuch as shore birds of 
nearly all kinds are decreasing rapidly over the entire country, and 
quite noticeably in Nebraska, and as the present Nebraska law regards 
black-bellied Plover, Golden Plover, Yellowlegs and Greater Yellowlegs 
a? game birds, that it join with a group of progressive sportsmen in an 
effort to have only the Wilson Snipe among the shore birds recognized 
as a game bird in this state, and that it use its influence to attain that 
end. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. 
The matter of the field trips on the following day was then discussed, 
and it was decided that one party should start around Capital Beach west 
of Lincoln the next morning at 6 o’clock under the leadership of Messrs. 
K. B. Lowry and L. H. Watson, and that a second party should start an 
hour later under the leadership of Prof. M. H. Swenk. Another party 
including Prof. R. W. Dawson and Mesdames L. R. Button and G. A. 
Loveland was to visit the flats near Arbor, Nebraska, north of Lincoln, 
while a fourth party under the leadership of R. H. Wolcott was to work 
in the woods along Salt Creek between Lincoln and Saltillo. 
Fifteen members were present at this session of the N. O. U., as fol- 
lows: Mesdames Lily R. Button. Margaret M. Corey, Blanche Garten, 
I T . C. Johnston, G. A. Loveland, L. H. McKillip, E. H. Policy, Mary St. 
Martin and Addison E. Sheldon, and Messrs. R. W. Dawson, L. O. Horsky, 
D B. Lowry, M. H. Swenk, L. H. Watson and R. H. Wolcott. Adjourn- 
ment took place at 8 p. m. 
On Saturday, May 20, the twentieth annual field day of the N. O. U. 
was held, according to the plans outlined the previous evening. The total 
list of the day included one hundred and five birds, the largest list ever 
obtained on any N. O. U. field day, as follows: 
Bluebird, Robin, Olive-backed Thrush, Wood Thrush, Long-tailed 
Chickadee, White-bellied Nuthatch, Western House Wren, Brown Thrasher, 
Catbird, Mockingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Maryland Yellowthroat, Yellow 
Warbler, Bell Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo. Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, 
Migrant Shrike, Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow. Barn Swallow, Cliff 
