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the entire session on Wednesday morning, October 25th. Mr. W. 
I. Lyon, of Waukegan, Illinois, a prominent member of the Illi- 
nois Audubon Society, had one of the most interesting papers 
of the session on the subject of methods of trapping and general 
practice of bird banding. Another valuable paper was presented 
by Professor T. G. Ahrens, of Berlin, who read a paper on bird 
banding and bird migration at Rossitten on the Baltic Sea. This 
was illustrated by lantern. slides. The presence of Professor 
Ahrens, who made the trip from Berlin expressly to attend the 
A. O. U. meeting, was an evidence of the spirit of friendly co- 
operation on the part of German ornithologists. 
Professor Francis H. Herrick, of Cleveland, Ohio, gave a 
very interesting illustrated talk at one of the sessions on an eagle 
observatory. Unusually interesting material was presented by 
G. Finlay Simmons, of Austin, Texas, in his paper on the “Sea 
Bird Sanctuaries of Texas,” and by Robert Cushman Murphy, 
of New York, on “The Whitney South Sea Expedition of the 
American Museum of Natural History.” 
The final program on Thursday afternoon included a very 
interesting talk on “A Summer in Ecuador” by Frank M. Chap- 
man and an exhibit of unusually attractive and valuable motion 
picture films. Dr. Thomas §S. Roberts, of Minneapolis, pre- 
sented the subject of “Familiar Birds and Mammals in Motion 
Pictures.” Louis Agassiz Fuertes, of Ithaca, New York, showed 
a film of “Flamingos of the Bahamas;” and Donald R. Dickey, 
of Pasadena, California, some exceptional pictures of wild life 
in New Brunswick. 
Not the least important feature of the A. O. U. meeting was 
the special exhibit of pictures of bird life, which was set up in 
an unusually attractive form in one of the display galleries of 
the Museum. Practically all of the well-known illustrators of 
bird life were represented in a comprehensive way, and many 
bird photographers and amateur artists brought important con- 
tributions to the exhibit. This exhibit was left in place after 
the close of the meeting and during the past month has been a 
center of interest for visitors to the Museum. Members of the 
A. O. U. declared it was the finest collection of pictures of bird 
life that has been assembled in the history of American orni- 
thology. The list of more widely known artists whose works 
were on exhibit included Louis Agassiz Fuertes, R. Bruce Hors- 
fall, E. J. Sawyer, Ernest Seton Thompson, Allan Brooks, F. W. 
Benson, L. B. Hunt, and Courtenay Brandreth. Carl F. Grone- 
mann, a member of the Illinois Audubon Society, prominent in 
the Elgin Nature Study Club, was represented by several very 
carefully executed paintings of individual birds. W. D. Richard- 
son, also a member of the Illinois Audubon Society, had a fine 
collection of photographs of bird life. Other notable collections 
of photographs were contributed by Professor Francis Herrick, 
Arthur Allen of Ithaca, Doctor A. H. Cordier of Kansas City, 
and Donald R. Dickey, of Pasadena. 
