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The Thirty-Seventh Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union 110 PALMER,Thirty-seventh StatedMeeting ofthe A. O.U. [Jan.[Auk THE THIRTY-SEVENTH STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. BY T. S. PALMER. THE Thirty-seventh Stated Meeting of the American Orni- thologists'Union was held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, November 10-13, 1919. On account of the epidemicof influenzawhich prevailed in 1918,this meetingwas the first public one held for two years and the first one sincethe war. Naturally the attendancewas above the averageand the programmore extended than usual-- in fact the meetingcontinued beyondthe formal sessionsand with the excursionsoccupied most of the week. Attendance. The total attendance of Fellows, Members, Asso- ciatesand visitorswas about 125. The Fellowspresent numbered 28, as many as attendedthe New York meetingof 1913 and the largestnumber at any meetingin the historyof the Union. Among those presentwere three of the nine surviving Founders,Dr. J. A. Allen, Chas. F. Batchelder,and Dr. A. I(. Fisher and ten members electedat the first meeting in 1883: sevenFellows; Prof. W. B. Barrows,Ruthven Deane, Dr. JonathanDwight, Dr. Geo. Bird Grinnell, Dr. T. S. Roberts,John H. Sage, and W. E. Saunders; two Members,E. T. Setonand C. H. Townsend;and one Associate; H. I(. Coale. The Unionhad the unusualpleasure of entertaining one of its Honorary Fellows,William Lutley Selater, of London, well known as the editor of 'The Ibls' and the author of many important publicationson ornithology. Thirty-five years ago the Union had the pleasureof greetingMr. Selater'sfather, the late Dr. P. L. Selater,who with the late HowardSaunders was visiting America and attended the secondmeeting in New York, in 1884. Among otherswho camefrom a distancewere two representatives from the regionwest of the MississippiRiver, Dr. T. S. Roberts of Minnesota and H. S. Swarth from California; four from Canada, VoL XXXVII]1920 ] PALMER,Thirty-seventh Stated Meeting ofthe A. O.U. 11 1 J. H. Fleming, W. E. Saunders,P. A. Taverner and Hoyes Lloyd; and severalMembers and Associateswho had recently returned from service in France. BusinessMeetings. The first day was devotedto meetingsof the Council, which lasted from 10.30 A.M. to nearly 4 P.M., and two eveningmeetings, one of the Fellowsat 7.40 P.M. and the other of the Fellowsand Membersat 8.30 P.M. At the brief meeting at 7.40 P.M. the two vacancies in the list of Fellows were filled by the electionof JosephHarvey Riley of the U.S. National Mu- seum and Alexander Wetmore of the Biological Survey, and two amendmentsto the By-Lawswere adopted. One of theseamend- ments in Art. V, Sec.4, providesfor the restorationof delinquent membersupon payment of dueswithout the delay and fonnality of reelection,and onein Art. VII, Sec.3, providesmore specifically for the acceptanceand administrationof trust funds. At the meeting of the Fellows and Members called to order by the President, 25 Fellows and 13 Members were present. Follow- ing the roll call and the readingof the minutes of the previous meeting, the report of the Secretarywas presented. This report showeda net gain of 71 membersduring the year. In November, 1918, the total number of memberswas 953 while the present membershipwas approximately 1024, distributed as follows: Fellows, 48; Retired Fellows, 3; Honorary Fellows, 19; Corre- spondingFellows, 63; Members,84; and Associates,807. During the year the Union lost 16 membersby death, 14 by resignation and 39 by delinquency. The deaths(counting six whichoccurred in the previousyear, news of whichwas delayed) included those of one Fellow, one Honorary Fellow, two CorrespondingFellows, one Memberand elevenAssociates (see p. 125). Two of these members,Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller and Dr. Henry K. Oliver were the oldest membersand the latter was the only American ever con- nectedwith the Union who had practicallyreached the age of 90. The Secretaryreported that noticesof the last annualmeeting had beenpublished in 'Bird Lore,' 'The Condor,'and 'Science' and brief summarieshad been sent to several foreign journals including 'The Emu,' 'The Ibis,' and 'Nature.' A report of the meetinghad also been sent to all the CorrespondingFellows, who couldbe reachedunder existing restrictions on foreignmails. 112 PALMEr,Thirty-seventh Stated Meeting ofthe A. O.U. [Jan.[Auk A revisedlist of the membersin military and,naval servicehad been publishedin the January 'Auk' and, with additionssince received, the total number in active servicewas about 90. So far asknown only four of thesehad losttheir lives in military or naval service. During the year effortsto inducelibraries to complete their sets of 'The Auk' had been continued and resulted in the sale of a nmnber of back volrunesand copiesof the Indexes. A censusof complete sets of 'The Auk' had been undertaken and the reportsthus far received,indicate that the total numberof co•npletesets now in existencein public and private libraries does not exceed 150. The report of the Treasurer showedthat the financesof the Union were in a highly satisfactorycondition with a substantial balance of $1018.08 in receiptsover current expensesand a total surplusincluding inco•ne frown life membershipsand other invested funds of more than $7000. Through a provisionin the will of the late William Brewstera bequestof 82000 has been •nade to the Union and this sum, left in trust, will be received in due ti•ne. As a result of the electionof officersthe presentincumbents were reelectedas follows: President, John H. Sage; Vice Presidents, Wit•ner Stoneand GeorgeBird Grinnell; Secretary,T. S. Palmer; Treasurer, Jonathan Dwight; Members of the Council, Ruthyen Deane, Willia•n Dutcher, Joseph Grinnell, Frederic A. Lucas, Harry C. Oberholser,Charles W. Rictnnond, and Tho•nas S. Roberts. On recommendationof the Council,one Honorary Fellow, 15 CorrespondingFellows and 247 Assodateswere duly elected (seep. 118). In the electionof 5 Me•nbers,Massachusetts was representedby two andNew York, Ohio,and Missouri by oneeach, the successfulcandidates being John A. Farley, Thos. E. Penard, Dr. A. H. Wright, Prof. F. H. Herrick and Harry Harris. The Connnitteeon Biographyand Bibliographythrough its Chairman, Dr. Palmer, presenteda brief verbal report showing progressin several lines of work. The 'Index of Portraits of Ornithologists'now contains entries of more than 800 individuals nearly half of which are thoseof presentor past membersof the Union. The list of published letters of Audubon in course of preparationby Mr. Deane is progressingand the author hopes VoL XXXVII]•92o j PALrma,Thirty-seventh StatedMeeting ofthe A. O.U. 113 to haveit completedearly in the year. Someof the resultsof the work of the Committee have appearedin the October'Auk' in Richmond's account of Forster's Edition of Le Vaillant's 'Oiseaux d'Afrique,'Stone's article on 'JacobPost Giraud,Jr., and his Works', and the list of gravesof prominentornithologists. From the friendsof William Brewster,the Union receiveda check for $5200 for a fund to be known as the William Biewster Memorial. This fund will be investedand beginningin 1921,the incomewill be awardedonce in two years, "in the form of a medal and an honorariumto the author of the most important contributionto the ornithologyof the Western Hemisphere,during the period named." Resolutionswere adopted expressingthe thanks of the Union to the President and Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History, to the officersof the LinnaeanSociety, to the Explorers' Club, and to the Director and Membersof the ExecutiveCommittee of the New York Zo61ogicalSociety for the variouscourtesies ex- tendedduring the 37th meetingof the Union. Public Me•tings. The meetingsdevoted to the presentation and discussionof scientificpapers occupied three full days,Nove•n- ber 11, 12 and 13, from 10.30 A. 3I. to 5.30 P. 3I., witIx an hour or more intermissionfor luncheon. The program,given in detail elsewhere,included 40 paperson a wide rangeof topics. Consider- able discussiondeveloped on someof the subjects,but evenwith long sessionsthe time was insufficientand severalpapers were necessarilyread by title. Theopening papers each morning were reminiscent in character. On Tuesdayand Wednesday were presented the memorial addresses on LymanBalding and William Brewsterand on Thursdaya series of three very interestingaccounts of the birds observedin France by 31essrs.Griscom, Sanborn and Harper. 31r. S. P. Baldwin's paper on 'Bird Bandingby 3leans of SystematicTrapping' was a most original and interestingcontribution and elicited conside?- able discussion.From experimentsextending over severalyears at Cleveland, O., and Thomasville, Ga., he found that certain birdsseemed to developthe 'trap habit' and the samebird would enter a trap so often in searchof food that it spentmuch of its time insidethe trap. At Thomasville,Ga., the sa•neindividual 114 PXLMER,Thirty-seventh Stated Meeting ofthe A. O.U. [Jan.FAuk migrants,as shownby their bands,were caught repeatedlyin severalsuccessive years, thus showingthat they followedidentical routes. Mr. W. L. Selater gave a brief accountof the British Ornithologists'Union and its work, outlinedthe plan of the 'Sys- tema Avium' or seriesof Check Lists of Birds of the principal regionsof the world, and submitteda proposalfor holding an InternationalCongress of Ornithologyin the United Statesin 1921. The illustratedpapers by Dr. Stoneon the birdsof the Chiricahua Mts., Ariz., and by Dr. Chapman on South AmericanBirds representthe best type of papers- interestingand instructive alike to the layman and the
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