4 
THE BIRD MEN 
ster, andjafter the transaction - of cons*d- 
eiable routine business tJiar&rfcRhg: of pa¬ 
pers was resumed. , Mr/ ^ 7 ‘ ETL. ” Beal 
was the first called, and' he redd, a care- 
■ fully prepared and learned essay on ‘The 
Food of the Meadow T Vrlii” r'JTr' was fol¬ 
lowed by Sylvester 7 D. J udd f oitke Agri- 
Ctiltural Department, a young man, whose 
rpaper on “Mathods Jn Economic Ornithology 
Vith Special Reference to tire Catbird’* 
displayed esAauded jrtudy andtevoked ap- 
plause.F-“Birds of Idaho,” by OT>vJ[. Elrod, 
was read by Dr. Merrlam .in <the~b.bsence 
of the authdjv « - • A - 
- Following the reading -of each paper the 
subject'treated therein was discussed at 
length by ufS^members presents A recess 
of one hour Vas taken at 1 o’clock, after 
which Che presentation of^?apers 'Vas con- 
tinued.*N^riiera will bo-m^^^Ibn - of the 
congress tb^^'evening, but^tbe regular 
meetings ar^ to be hfeld tomorn^, T , when 
the union Will adjourn until next year. 
Before fillsperking, however, the ornitholo¬ 
gists arh. to' witness an exhibition of lan¬ 
tern viewsxta'Ken from living birds, by Mr. 
William PaJrh^r of the National Museum. 
At the special memorial service last even- 
11 g Mr. ,.D. G. Elliott delivered an ad¬ 
dress on the'lata George N. Lawrence, ar.d 
Dr. Elliott Coues spoke of the late Thomas 
, H. Huxley. 
Original xeroxed.by the 
Smithsonian Archives 
