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THANKING EVERYBODY. 
Papers Rend nt the Ornithologists' 
Union Today. -r 
The last day of the thirteenth annual 
congress of; the American Ornithologists’ 
Union opened this morning at 11 o’clock in 
the lecture, room of the National Museum, 
and -among the first -business transacted 
was the passage of a resolution extending 
the thanks of the union to the board of re¬ 
gent^ of the Smithsonian Institution for 
the use ofrthe lecture room. • Thanks were 
also formally expressed by the visiting 
members to the local members for the en¬ 
tertainment ard courteous treatment fur- 
' nished. 
The papers read and discussed at the 
morning session were: “On the Standing of 
Ardetta Neoxena,” by Frark M. Chapman - 
“What Constitutes Publication,” by J. A. 
Allen, and “The Value of the Tongue in 
the Classification of Birds,” tbyiE. A. Lu¬ 
cas. Each of the papers was discussed gen¬ 
erally by the members present. 
The customary recess of one hour for 
luncheon was taken at 1 o’clock, after 
which Mr. William Palmer read an able 
essay on “A Critique on Trinomial Incon- 
i sistencies.” This was followed by an'.un- 
usually interesting exhibition of lantern 
slides of birds by Mr. Palmer. At 4 o’clock 
this afternoon the union will adjourn, to 
meet next at Cambridge, Mass., Monday. 
November 0, 1S96. 
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