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THE CONDOR 
Vol. IV 
Nineteenth Annual Congress of the Amer- 
ican Ornithologists’ Union. 
The A. O. U. held its Nineteenth Annual 
Congress at the American Museum of Natural 
History, Nov. 11-14, 1901. The attendance was 
good at all the meetings and the program was 
varied and interesting. The following officers 
were elected: President, C. Hart Merriam; 
Vice-Presidents, Charles B. Cory, C. F. Batch- 
elder; Secretar}', John H. Sage; Treasurer, 
Will. Dutcher; Members of the Council, 
Frank M. Chapman, Ruthveii Deane, Jonathan 
Dwight Jr., A. K. Fisher, E. W. Nelson, 
Thomas G. Roberts, Witmer Stone. 
The amendments to the bj'-laws recommend- 
ed at the Eighteenth Congress were adopted 
with the exception of the increase in the num- 
ber of F'ellows. The old class of .Active Mem- 
bers became Fellows, restricted in number to 
fifty. A class known as Members, the number 
of which is restricted to seventy-five, was 
created, intermediate between Associates and 
Fellow’S. 
The following Fellows were elected: Outrani 
Bangs, F. E. E. Beal, L. B. Bishop, Joseph 
Grinnell, T. S. Palmer. I'ifty-five Members 
were elected as follows, leaving twenty va- 
cancies: 
Allen, F. H., Mass. 
Attwater, H. P., Texas. 
Bailey, Mrs. F. M., Dist, Col. 
Bailey, Vernon, D. C. 
Bailv, W. L. Penn. 
Barlow. C., Calif. 
Beyer, G. E., La. 
Bond, Frank, Wvo. 
Brimley, C. S., No. Car. 
Brown, Herbert, Ariz. 
Bruner, L., Nebr. 
Bryan, Wm. A., Haw’aii. 
Burns, F. L., Penn. 
Butler, A. W., Ind. 
Cherrie, Geo. K., N. Y. 
Clark, J. N., Conn. 
Daggett, F. S., Calif. 
Deane, Walter, Mass. 
Evermann, B. W., D. C. 
P'annin, John, Brit. Col. 
I'isher, W. K., Calif. 
E'leming, J. H., Canada. 
Fuertes, L. A., N. Y. 
Hardy, M., Maine. 
Hoffman, R., Mass. 
Jeffries, W, .A., INIass. 
Job, H. K., Conn. 
Jones, Lynds, Ohio. 
Jordan, Dr. D. vS., Calif. 
Judd, S. D., D. C. 
Mackay, Geo. H., Mass. 
Mailliard, Jos., Calif. 
Mailliard, Jno. W., Calif. 
McGregor, R. C.. Calif. 
Miller, G. S. Jr., D. C. 
Miller, Mrs. Olive T., N. Y. 
Murdoch, J., IMass. 
Oberholser, H. C., D. C. 
Osgood, W. 11., D. C. 
Pennock, C. J., Penn. 
Preble, E. A., D. C. 
Price, W. W., Calif. 
Ralph, Wm., D. C. 
Rhoads, S. N., N. J. 
Rives, Dr. W. C., D. C. 
Robinson, Capt. Wirt, N. Y. 
Sornberger, J. D., Mass. 
Stephens, F., Calif. 
Thayer, A. H., N. Y. 
Thomijson, Ernest S., N. Y. 
Todd, W. E. C., Penn. 
Torrey, Bradford, Mass. 
Townsend, C. H., D. C. 
Trotter, Dr. S., Penn. 
Wright, Mrs. M. O., Conn. 
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Program of the Nineteenth Annual Con- 
gress of the A. 0. U. 
The Present Outlook for Stabilit}' in Nomen- 
clatirre. J. .A. .\LI,EN. (15 min.) 
The Plumages of the American Goldfinch 
{Spinus tristis). Jox.\th.\n Dwight, Jr. 
(20 min.) 
Routes of Bird Migration across the Gulf of 
Mexico. W. W. Cooke. 
On Methods in Museum Bird Exhibits. 
Frank M. CiiAPiiAN. (15 min.) 
Ornithological Notes from Northern New’ 
Hampshire. John N. Cl.ark. 20 min.) 
Some Impressions of Texas Birds. Louis 
Agassiz Fuertes and PL C. Ober- 
HOI.SER. (.so min.) 
The White-winged Crossbill in Captivity. 
James H. Hiel. (10 min ) 
The American and Liuropean Herring Gulls. 
J. A. Ai.een. (10 min.) 
Auduboniana. Ruthven Deane. (15 min.) 
The Moults and Plumages of the North 
American Ducks {Anatidce). Jonathan 
Dwight, Jr. (30 min.) 
A Naturalist in Yucatan. Illustrated 1)3’ lan- 
tern slides. E. W. Nelson. (45 min.) 
Photograph3’ in North Dakota Bird Colonies, 
et cetera. Illustrated by lantern slides. 
PlERiiERT K. Job. (45 min.) 
A Reconnaissance in Manitoba and the North- 
west. Illustrated by lantern slides. 
P'r.ank jM. Chapman, (45 niin.l 
Are Hummingbirds Cypseloid or Caprimul- 
goid? Hubert LyAiAN Clark. (5 min.) 
List of Birds of Wequetonsing. Mich. Otto 
WiDM.ANN. • (10 min.) 
Notes on the Ornithological Observations of 
Peter Kahn. Spencer Trotter (1.3 min.'i 
Report of the Committee of the Protection of 
