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The 44th Annual Meeting 
of the 
American Ornithologists’ Union 
Ottawa, Ontario, October 12-13-14, 1926 
Victoria Memorial Museum Building 
HE Ottawa meeting of the A. O. U. stands out as one of the high 
spots in the many years of this organization’s history, because of 
the fact that it was the first meeting ever held outside of the 
United States. 
When Ottawa was decided on in 1925 as the next meeting place, the 
members who knew the Canadians on whom would fall the arrange- 
ments for the program and entertainment, immediately decided to be 
present in person, for they knew that it would be very worth while. 
They attended, and no one who participated will forget the cordial 
reception accorded to all; the fine program, the many motion picture 
reels, and the versatility of the entertainment committee, as evidenced 
by the Annual Dinner menu and program, the Auklet, the generous 
souvenir, The Birds of Western Canada, presented to each person in 
attendance at the meeting, and with it all a most delightful hospitality 
by both the Canadian Ornithologists, the Ottawa Naturalists, and 
both branches of the Canadian Government. 
The program consisted of 57 numbers (15 of which were technical), 
all of which were of very high character, covering every phase of bird 
study and conservation. 
The members in attendance came from British Columbia to Nova 
Scotia and from Maine to California, and the subjects covered bird news 
from the Tropics to the Arctic circle, and from the open seas to the © 
mountain tops of Central and South America. 
Two members of the union had just returned from expeditions to 
Labrador and Baffin Land. 
One could not sit in at the meetings without being impressed by the 
fascinating interest of bird investigation, and by the absolute value of 
the research work to science and to the economic life of America. 
The ornithological collections of the Victoria Memorial Museum were 
opened to the visitors, and were supplemented by an unusually fine 
exhibit of paintings by Canadian, English and American artists. 
A fine collection of books and pamphlets written about the birds ot 
Canada was shown, a feature of which was the showing when possible 
