Proceedings of the Ninety-First Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETY-FIRST STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION

RICHARDC. BANKS•SECRETARY

TI-IE Ninety-first Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was held 8-12 October 1973 at Provincetown, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, under the sponsorshipof the Nuttall OrnithologicalClub, which was celebrating its centennialyear. Business,technical, and social sessionswere held in the ProvincetownInn. Field trips were taken to various localitieson Cape Cod.

BUSINESS SESSIONS The Councilmet in the morningand afternoonof 8 Octoberand again in the afternoon of 10 October. The Fellows met in the late afternoon of 8 October and again in the afternoon of 11 October. Elective Members and Fellows met in the eveningof 8 October. A summaryof important actionsat these meetings follows:

Future meetings.--The Ninety-secondStated Meeting will be held at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 14-18 October 1974, at the invitation of the University, the Oklahoma OrnithologicalSociety, and the ClevelandCounty Bird Club. The Ninety-third Stated Meeting will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in August of 1975, at the invitation of the University of Manitoba. The Ninety-fourth Stated Meeting will take place at Hayerford College,near Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, in August 1976, at the invitation of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia and Hayerford College. An invitation for 1977 from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, was extended,as was one from the Linnean Society of New York for 1978. Action was not taken on these. Election o] oJJicers.--At the meeting of Elective Members and Fellows, Donald S. Farner was electedPresident; Harrison B. Tordoff was advancedto First Vice-President; Charles G. Sibley was elected Second Vice-President; GeorgeE. Watson was electedSecretary; John A. Wiens was electedTreasurer. Electedto three-yearterms on the Councilwere RichardC. Banks,Brina Kessel, and JamesR. King. Awards.--The William Brewster Memorial Award was made to Rudolfo AmandoPhilippi B., Alfred W. Johnson,and J. D. Goodall for their research on the birds of Chile. The completecitation is as follows:

"The William Brewster Award for 1973 is presented to the late Rudolfo Amando Philippi B., .M.D. (1905-1969), Alfred W. Johnson, and J. D. Goodall for their research of the birds of Chile, a work that representsthe culmination of their life-long study in the field and in the museum of the birds of this extremely varied land. Dr. Philippi, in addition to his career as a physician, carried on a tradition of distinguished scientific endeavor in Chile that extends back through three generations. Mr. Johnson came to Chile in early manhood, and his initial 387 The Auk 91: 387-410. April 1974 388 RICHARD C. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

enthusiasmfor the study of the birds of his adopted country remains undiminished although he, too, is a man of multiple careers. Mr. Goodall has shared this enthusiasm, participated in the field work, and illustrated many species never before figured. The investigationsof thesethree men were considerablyaugmented by able colleaguessuch as William R. Millie and Francisco Behn who were also responsiblefor many significant discoveries. The magnitude of the awardee'saccomplishment can best be measuredby the region in •vhich they have worked. Chile spans a breadth of latitudes and habitats comparable to those from southeastern Alaska to the tip of Baja California. The environment xvithin its borders ranges from storm-swept, sub- antarctic Tierra del Fuego to the rainless deserts of the north; from arid brush- land to temperate forests of No•hofagus and Araucaria; from a coast washed by the biologically rich Humboldt Current to the saline lakes and perpetual snows of the Andes that here reach the highest elevation in the New World. Philippi, Johnson, and Goodall personally investigatedthe avifauna of every type of habitat, often under conditions to tax the will and fortitude of even the most dedicated, and the birds they have studied have a diversity from penguins to condors and finches to flamingoes. Their discoveries--taxonomic, distributional, ecological,and behavioral---are too numerousfor a brief synopsis. Most impor- tantly, by their publications in both Spanish and English, they have provided the ornithologicalworld with their cumulativeknowledge of a great and varied avifauna, and in a style that combinesthe rigor of the careful scientist with the vigor and enthusiasm of the pioneer naturalist. For these qualities especially we honor them--as scientists and pioneers." The Elliott Coues Award was presentedto John T. Emlem, Jr., for his pioneer studies on the behavioral ecology of birds. The citation reads as follows:

"The Elliott Coues Award for 1973 is presented to John T. Emlen, Jr., for pioneer investigations on the behavioral ecology of birds, including many original, critical, and significantstudies of the living bird in its natural environment, during the last forty years. By his early, extensiveand systematicuse of color- marking of birds as groupsand as individuals,simple but effective field techniques and experiments, combined with census techniques and habitat measurements, he was one of the first investigatorsto establishmodern approachesto the objec- tive study of bird behavior in the field and to the scientific analysis of social organization and distribution of natural populations. He has made important and original contributions on t.he role of habitat and tradition in distribution, and to the understanding of orientation, behavioral ontogeny and communication, as well as of behavioral factors in population regulation. Not the least of his many contributions has been the guidance and inspiration he has so often given to others,including his many students,for scientificunderstanding and appreciationof the natural life of animals."

The Committee on Student Awards announcedthat Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Awards in support of travel to the A.O.U. meetingin Provincetownwere made to Cynthia Carey of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; to Ronald Le Valley of California State University-Humboldt,Arcata, California; and to Ralph Schreiberof the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. One-yearmemberships in the A.O.U. were awardedto 51 students(40 graduate April 1974] Proceedingsof the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of A.O.U. 389 students,8 seniors,2 juniors, and 1 sophomore)enrolled in 40 institutionsin 26 statesand two Canadian provinces. The Committee on Research made Josslyn Van Tyne Research Awards to four persons, as follows: R. Gene Brenowitz, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,Behavior of the Gila Woodpecker,$165; Phillips D. Creighton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Habitat exploitation patterns of a ground foraging guild, $180; Paul Mason, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania,Effect of perinatal testosteroneadministration on adult reproductive behavior in Canaries,$180; and George Woodhouse,California State University at Chico, Behaviorof the White-tailed Kite, $75. Membership.--The Treasurer's report on membership showed that at the end of July 1973, the membershipstood at 3217, an increaseof 82 from a year previous. Numbers in the various classeswere:

Members ...... 2796 Elective Members ...... 241 Fellows ...... 95 Corresponding Fellows ...... 67 Honorary Fellows ...... 18

Total membershipincluded 1 Benefactor(+ 3 deceased),18 Patrons (+ 20 deceased),411 Life Members, 85 Life Elective Members, and 47 Life Fellows. Resignationswere received from 36 members in the year. During the year between meetingsthe officers learned of the deaths of 26 Members, 7 Elective Members, 4 Fellows, 2 CorrespondingFellows, and 2 Honorary Fellows:

Gordon Alexander, Member E. Alexander Bergstrom,Life Elective Member Raymond Paul Borrett, •Member Thomas D. Burleigh, Fellow Samuel R. Chamberlain, Life Member R. E. Chandler, Member PearsonC. Cummin, Jr., Life Member Hubert R. Doering, Member Q. B. Dowdy, Member Armando Dugand, CorrespondingFellow Jonathon C. Emmons, Member Chester Fennell, Member E. N. Grinnell, Life Member R. C. Hallman, Member Charles G. Hansen, Member Francis Harper, Honorary Life Elective .Member William P. Harris, Jr., Life Member Raymond P. Holden, Member Tom Iredale, CorrespondingFellow Edmund S. Jurica, Member Edwin R. Kalmbach, Fellow David Lack, Honorary Fellow 390 RXCaARDC. BANXS [Auk, Vol. 91

Daniel S. Lehrman, Elective Member Hollis D. Leverett, Member Mrs. Wilmot Lloyd, Member Mrs. G. H. McGaw, Life Member Robert CushmanMurphy, Life Fellow Walter P. Nickell, Life Elective Member Robert Overing, Member Earl L. Poole, Elective Member Frank R. Schetty, Member Emily D. Smith, Member Marion L. Smith, Member Alexander Sprunt, Jr., Fellow Tracy I. Storer, Elective Member Erwin Stresemann,Honorary Fellow Carleton A. Sturdevant,Member Ruth H. Thomas, Elective Member Donald Thompson, Jr., Member Ralph B. von Guerard, Member Mrs. CharlesR. Walgreen,Life Member

In the meetings of 8 October, the following persons were elected to special classesof membership:

HONORARY FELLOW ELECTIVE MEIVIBER

Salim Ali Kenneth P. Able Jean Dorst Paul A. Buckley Roger B. Clapp CORRESPONDINGFELLOW George A. Clark, Jr. Harry Frith Fred Cooke Urs N. Glutz von Blotzheim James J. Dinsmore Warren B. King FELLOW H. Elliott McClure Robert W. Dickerman Storrs L. Olson Allen Keast Lowell Spring Brina Kessel Clayton M. White Burt L. Monroe, Jr. Lovett P. Williams, Jr.

Finances.--The Investing Trustees, chaired by Cyrus Mark, reported that the value of the Merged AssetsAccount as of 31 July 1973 was $322,947, approximately4% or $11,200 greater than a year previous. In the fiscal year income collectedfrom investmentsamounted to $11,152, slightly less than in the year previous. The Councilreelected Cyrus Mark, Chairman,Melvin A. Traylor, and James R. Ware as Investing Trustees. The report of Treasurer Burr L. Monroe, Jr., appearsin full at the conclusion of theseproceedings. Editorial matters.--Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Editor of The Auk, reported that Volume 90 (1973) containsa total of 1037 pages,a new record size. At mid- Septemberthere were 153 unpublishedmanuscripts in various editorial stages. April 1974] Proceedings o! the Ninety-[irst Stated Meeting o! A.O.U. 391

The time lag between acceptanceof a paper and publication has decreasedto the lowest level in many years. Oliver L. Austin, Jr., was reelected Editor of The Auk. The Periodical Literature section will continue under the guidance of Herbert W. Kale, II. James J. Dinsmore replaced Willetta Lueshen as Index Editor for Volume 90 and Walter J. Bock replacesJohn P. Hubbard as Review Editor. John W. Hardy, Editor of the OrnithologicalMonographs, reported that he had received seven manuscriptsin the past year. Seven manuscripts were processedpartly or fully. One has been published and two others will be publishedby the end of the year. Some manuscriptsare still in the hands of former editors. Eugene Eisenmann, Chairman of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature,noted that publicationof the 32nd Supplementto the check-list had generateda number of commentsabout the changingof vernacular names. The Committee confirmed its decision not to sacrifice biological accuracy for the sakeof preservingnames. Correctionsto the 32nd Supplementwere published in the October issue of The Auk. Ralph S. Palmer, Editor of the Handbook of North American Birds, reported that he hopes to submit a manuscriptof 2125 pages and 142 illustrations for Volume 2 of the handbook to Yale Press later this year. Amendments to the Bylaws.--The Fellows voted final approval of three changesin the Bylaws that had received preliminary approval a year previous. The effects of these changesare: (1) to increasethe number of Fellows under the age of 60 years to 75, (2) to remove the delegates from the Wilson OrnithologicalSociety and the Cooper OrnithologicalSociety from the Council of the A.O.U., and (3) to provide for nominationby mail prior to the Stated Meeting of candidates for Second Vice-President and Elective Councilors. The Bylaws as publishedin full in The Auk 1972, 89: 171-174, are amendedas follows:

Article I, Section 4. Change word "fifty" in second sentenceto "seventy- five."

Article II, Section 1. Changepart of secondsentence to read: "These officers, togetherwith the Editor of 'The Auk' and the Ex-Presidents,shall constitutethe board of management,or Council .... " Article IV, Section2. Changefirst sentenceto read: "The President,the SecondVice-President, the Secretary,the Treasurer, and three Elective Coun- cilors shall be electedannually by vote of the Fellows and Elective Members assembled at each stated meeting."

Article IV, Section 3, paragraph 1. The first sentenceis deleted. In the present third sentence,change the word "each" to "these." Article IV, Section3, paragraph3. Delete the first sentenceand substitute the following: "Each Elective Member and Fellow shall be invited in advance of the annualmeeting to nominate,in writing to the Secretary,one personfor 392 RICIIARD C. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

SecondVice-President and three personsfor Elective Councilors. These nomina- tions shali be presentedat the stated meeting of Elective Members and Fellows. Additional nominationsmay be made from the floor. For each office, Fellows and Elective Members may vote for as many candidatesas there are positions to be filled." Add to the end of the paragraphthe followingsentence: "Additional ballots may be taken as necessaryuntil ai1 positionsare filled." Fellows and Council gave preliminary approval to two newly proposedamend- ments to the Bylaws that would have the foilowing effects: (1) increase the number of Honorary Fellows from 20 to 30; and (2) establisha family membership so that a husband and wife can both be members of the A.O.U. at a lower dues rate and receive only one copy of The Auk. Specific amendments are as follows:

Article I, Section 2. Change "20" to "30."

Article V. Add as new Section: "If both husband and wife are members of the Union and wish to receive only one copy of each issue of The Auk they may requesta family membership,which will carry a rate of annual assessment to be set by the Council." These two proposalswill be on the agendafor final action by Fellows at the next Stated Meeting. Four other proposed amendments were considered by Fellows. Two were tabled by the Fellows with the provisionthat they be referred to a new Bylaws Committeefor rewriting. These proposalshave the effect of: (1) providing for a changein membershipstatus to Fellow for Honorary or CorrespondingFellows who take up residencein North America, and (2) establishingan office of President-elect,reducing the number of Vice-Presidentsfrom two to one. Two other proposals,affecting the method of amendingthe Bylaws and establishing a categoryof SustainingMember, were tabled.

ATTENDANCE

Registrationat the meeting totaled 507 people, from 7 provincesof Canada, 40 statesand the District of Columbiaof the U.S.A., Jamaica,and New Zealand. Attendance was as follows:

CANADA--Alberta: Richard Fyfe, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. H. Gunn, Kathy Martin. Manitoba: Spencer Sealy. New/oundland: Leslie M. Tuck. New Brunswick: Reid McManus, Jr., Mary O'Rouke. Ontario: Jon C. Barlow, Fred Cooke, Michael Dyer, A. J. Erskine, George Finney, Mary E. Gartshore, Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey L. Holroyd, David J. T. Hussell, Ross D. James, Allen Keast, A. L. A. Middleton, D. N. Nettleship, Helen R. Quilliam, James C. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. W. John Richardson,Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rising, Valentin Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schueler, Gerald F. Shields, Margaret Skeel. Quebec: Einar Arnason, R. Neil Brown, R. D. Montgomerie. Saskatchewan: Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Houston, Dave Houston, Don Houston. JAmAiCA:Mrs. O. L. Black, Mrs. A. C. Downer. NEW ZEAl;AND: Dr. and Mrs. John Warham. April 1974] Proceedingsof the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of A.O.U. 393

UN•T•n ST^•s•Alaska: G. Vernon Byrd, Charlotte Dorsey, George J. Divoky, Jennifer Egan, Daniel D. Gibson, GeorgeE. Hall, Brina Kessel. Arizona: RussellP. Balda, W. A. Calder, Betty Carnes,Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Ohmart. Arkansas: Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Halberg. California: David G. Ainley, Enid K. Austin, Dr. and Mrs. GeorgeA. Bartholomew,Dr. and Mrs. NicholasCollias, Charles T. Collins,Jane R. Durham,Blanche Folkeith, Mrs. R. G. Follis, GrenvilleHatch, ThomasR. Howell, Jim Hunt, JosephR. Jehl, Jr., Ned K. Johnson,James A. Lane, Ron LeValley, StephenRothstein, Mrs. Tracy Van Voorhees,Mike Wihler. Colorado: Dr. and Mrs. SidneyHyde, Dr. and .Mrs. John A. Wiens. Connecticut:James Bair, Mr. and Mrs. SalvatoreF. Bongiorno,Peter D. Bottjer,Alan H. Brush,George A. Clark, Jr., James Rod Clement,Roland C. Clement,Robert Craig,Mr. and Mrs. David N. Doubleday, Frank R. Haeni, Dr. and Mrs. Marcel Kessel,Roger and Barbara Peterson,Dr. and Mrs. CharlesG. Sibley, Dwight G. Smith, JosephSuchecki, Karl Eric Tolonen.

Delaware: John P. Hubbard, Allan R. Phillips, Roland R. Roth, Mr. and .Mrs. Rodman Ward. District of Columbia: Richard C. Banks, I. Lehr Brisbin, Marshall A. Howe, Frances James, M. Kathleen Klimkiewicz, Mr. and Mrs. David B. Marshall, Dr. and Mrs. Storrs L. Olson, George E. Watson, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Wetmore, Richard L. Zusi. Florida: Oliver L. Austin, Jr., W. Wilson Baker, Lilla C. Below, Dr. and Mrs. John William Hardy, David W. Johnston,Herbert W. Kale, II, James and Marilyn Kushlan, Fred E. Lohrer, .MercedesFoster McDiarmid, John C. Ogden, Oscar T. Owre, William B. Robertson, Jr., Thomas James Rudegeair, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Schreiber, Glen E. Woolfenden. Georgia: Robert L. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Denton, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Odum. Illinois: Joel Cracraft, Francie Cuthbert, William S. George,Dr. and Mrs. S. Charles Kendeigh,William E. Southern,Dr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Traylor, Jared Verner. Indiana: Ellen Ketterson, Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Monahan, C. Morrison-Parkes,Val Nolan, Jr., Ann Reller. Iowa: David L. Lyon.

Kentucky: Dr. and Mrs. Burt L. Monroe, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Starr. Louisiana: Mr. and Mrs. JamesG. Dickson,Robert B. Hamilton, Robert S. Kennedy, Dr. and Mrs. George H. Lowery, Robert E. Noble, John P. O'Neill. Maine: John Biderman, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Dana, .Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Danforth, Kate Darling, CharlesE. Huntington, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Mendall, Olin S. Pettingill, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Chandler S. Robbins, Jr., William Russell, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Stocking,Mr. and .Mrs. F. Burton Whitman, Jr., Maryland: Danny Bystrak, Mrs. Richard D. Cole, Walter F. Crissey,Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fales,Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jonkel, Erwin Klaas, Dorothy A. Mendinhall, Douglass H. Morse, Eugene S. Morton, Steven R. Peterson,Mrs. James Plymire, Chandler S. Robbins, Richard A. Rowlett, CharlesVaughn, Dr. and .Mrs. Francis S. L. Williamson,Mr. and Mrs. John E. Willoughby, Orrey P. Young.

Massachusetts: Peter Alden, Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Alexander, Kathleen S. Anderson,Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Argue, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bailey, Mary D. Baird, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Barnard, LeB. R. Briggs,Mrs. N. S. Brown, William Y. Brown, Chris Burns, Richard Burrell, Dr. and Mrs. George L. Clarke, Richard L. Cunningham, Henry H. Cutler, Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Darby, Kathleen Duffin, David Cameron Duffy, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Earle, Richard J. Eaton, Ruth P. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert F. Fernandez,John W. Fitzpatrick, Patricia N. Fox, Leslie A. Garay, Frank Gardner,Mr. and Mrs. David L. Garrison,Sarah Groves,E. S. Gruson,Mr. and Mrs. Franklin T. Hammond, Jr., Brian A. Harrington, Dr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Harring- 394 RICItARDC. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91 ton, Jeremy J. Hatch, H. W. Heusmann, Richard W. Hildreth, Dr. and Mrs. Norman P. Hill, Natalie Houghton, William F. Johnson,Mr. and Mrs. Bennett R. Keenan, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Kenneally, John C. Kricher, Trevor Lloyd-Evans, Mrs. William B. Long, Jr., James M. Loughlin, Jean L. Nichols, (Mrs. F. Olmsted, Mrs. Leonard M. Passano,Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Paynter, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Petersen,Mr. and Mrs Herbert W. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Parker C. Reed, Miriam L. Rowell, Charles R. Schmid, James O. Seamans,Bruce A. Sorrie, Herman R. Sweet,Miss KatharineTousey, Henry T. Wiggin,John O. Wilson,Charles Wyman, Charlotte S. Wyman. Michigan: Dr. and Mrs. H. Lewis Batts, Jr., Cynthia Carey• Dr. and Mrs. William R. Dawson,Erica H. Dunn, Eldon D. Greij, Richard L. Marsh, Mary Lee Nitschke,R. B. Payne, Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Storer, JosephG. Strauch, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. GeorgeJ. Wallace.

Minnesota: Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Breckenridge, Pershing B. Hofslund. Mississippi: Lyn Branch, Dale Howell, Robert W. Howell, Jerome Jackson, Mark Stevens. Missouri: Judy Fredrickson, Leigh Fredrickson. Montana: Homer N. Metcalf. New Hampshire: Craig Black, James E. Cavanagh, Jr., Kimball C. Elkins, Lawrence and Jane K. Kilham, Diann MacRae, Tudor Richards, Dr. and Mrs. Peter Stettenheim. New Jersey: Peter J. Alexandro, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Allis, Joanna Burger, Donald Caccamise, Ernest A. Choate, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Colburn, Caldwell Hahn, Joan Herrmann, Mr. and Mrs. David O. Hill, Joseph A. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jubon, Allan R. Keith, Charles F. Leck, Edward R. Manners, William A. Montevecchi,Bertram G. Murray, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. G. Frederick Shanholtzer,William Shields. New Mexico: Robert G. Beason, J. David Ligon, Ralph J. Raitt, Roland H. Wauer. New York: Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Able, Dr. and Mrs. Dean Amadon, Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Andrle, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Arbib, Jr., Ken Balmas, Dr. and •Mrs. Walter Bock, Lois I. Buck, Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. John Bull, Tom J. Cade, Robert W. Dickerman, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Eaton, EugeneEisenmann, Robert J. Enos, David Ewert, (Michael Gochfeld,Robert Gochfeld, Dr. and Mrs. Jon S. Greenlaw, Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Griffin, Helen Hays, Thomas Howe, Stuart G. Keith, Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Kern, Ben King, Erik Kiviat, Michel Kleinbaum, Richard L. Kremer, Mr. and Mrs. Don Kroodsma, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Lancaster, Wesley E. Lanyon, Mary LeCroy, Mr. and (Mrs. Harold D. Mitchell, Paul Mundinger, Barry R. Noon, Roger F. Pasquier, Frances M. Rew, Vernon A. Schellenger,James A. Sedgwick,Lester L. Short, Jeff Simon, Robert W. Smart, Paul R. Spitzer, Robert Stein, Dr. and Mrs. James Tate, Jose Torre-Bueno, Guy Tudor, Alice E. Ulrich, James M. Utter, Jayson A. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Weeks, Hans Winkler, Larry Wolf.

North Carolina: Dr. and Mrs. 3/1. Dale Arvey, Charles H. Blake, Micou M. Browne, Helmut C. Mueller, James F. Parnell, Mr. and Mrs. William Post, Robert F. Soots, Isabel H. Tipton, Samuel R. Tipton, Vance A. Tucker. North Dakota: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dwyer, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lbkemoen. Ohio: Dee Boersma, Godfrey R. Bourne, Jerry F. Downhower, Dr. and Mrs. Abbot S. Gaunt, Mr. and .Mrs. Harold Mayfield, Kenneth Morgan, E. Bruce McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiseman. Oklahoma: Gary D. Schnell. Pennsylvania: G. Thomas Bancroft, William P. Blakeslee,Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Clark, Mary H. Clench, Mr. and Mrs. Haskell B. Curry, Frank B. Gill, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Kenneth C. Parkes, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ralph, Robert E. Ricklefs,W. John Smith, SusanC. White. Rhode Island: Robert E. I-Iegner,Frank Heppner, ChristopherWillard. April 1974] Proceedings o[ the Ninety-first Stated Meeting o[ A.O.U. 395

South Carolina: Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Forsythe, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Paul B. Hamel. Tennessee: Richard E. Ambrose,Anthony W. Garton, J. C. Howell, Amelia R. Laskey, Morris D. Williams. Texas: Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Evans, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Tousey. Vermont: Mrs. James R. Downs, Helen DuMont. Virginia: Dr. and Mrs. John Aldrich, Mr. Beck and Ruth A. Beck, Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blem, Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell A. Byrd, Roxie C. Laybourne. Washington: Donald S. Farner, Dr. and Mrs. James R. King, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lewis. Wisconsin: Edward H. Burtt, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. John T. Emlen, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Hickey. Wyoming: Dr. Oliver K. Scott.

PUBLIC SESSIONS General sessionsand papers sessionswere held in the Mayflower Room of the Provincetown Inn. The room was divided into two parts for the concurrent papers sessions.

TUESDAY MORNING SESSION Raymond A. Paynter, Jr., President of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, welcomed the A.0.U. to Cape Cod and to the centennial celebration of the Nuttall Club. President Joseph J. Hickey respondedfor the Union. Secretary Richard C. Banks summarized the businesssessions of the previous day. A resolution congratulating the Nuttall Club on the occasionof its Centennial was adopted (see Resolutions section). Norman P. Hill, Co-Chairman of the Local Committee on Arrangements,made several generalannouncements. After a short intermission,the following paperswere presented in concurrent sessions:

CONCURRENT SESSION A Individual variation in the advertising song of the Painted Bunting. DENNIS M. FORSYT•{E,Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston,South Carolina, and Department of Zoology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Functionof the complexsong repertoire of the Long-billedMarsh Wern. JAREDVERNER, Department of Biology,Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Singingbehavior of the Rock Wren. DONALDE. KROODSmA,Rockefeller University Center for Field Research,Tyrrel Road, Millbrook, New York.

Song in east coast populations of the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). PAUL MuNmNOtR, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.

Aspectsof the vocal behavior of the Raven (Corvus corax) in interior Alaska. R.N. BROWN,Department of Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Habits and relationships of the Antillean Piculet. LESTER L. S•ORT, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.

Insights into the behaviour, ecology, and phenetics of the Highland Shrike Vireo (Vireolanius melitophrys). JoN C. BARLOWand Ross D. JAZZES,Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The role of vocalizationsin interspecificterritoriality in two sympatric vireos. JA•tES C. RICE, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 396 RICa^RD C. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

A comparisonof pressureevents during vocalizationsof oscinesand non-oscines.ABBO• S. GA•JNT,SANDRA L. GA•JNT,and DWI•aT H. HECTOR,Department of Zoology, College of Biological Sciences,Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Acoustic information potentially useful to migrants. DONALD R. GRIFFIN, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.

CONC•JRRBNT SESSION B

Nesting behavior and relationshipsof the Palm Chat (Dulus dominicus). TaOMAS R. HOWELL,Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles,California. Taxonomy and nomenclatureof the family Anhingidae. Joan BULL, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York. Phylogeny and the classification of the higher taxa of birds. JOEL CRACRAFT, Department of Anatomy, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Annual cycles of two storm-petrels on the Farallon Islands. DAvm G. AINLE¾, STEVE MORRELL,and T. JAMESLEWIS, Point Reyes Bird Observatory,Bolinas, California. Cytogenetic and DNA-DNA hybridization studies of the genus Junco. GERALDF. S>IIELDS,Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Problems in classifyingthe family Cracidae. DEAN A•IADON, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York. An immunological study of sea duck (Mergini) relationships. PETERD. Bo•rlER, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Evolution of feathers,scales, and skin: preliminary studieson scm-proteins.ALAN H. BR•JSa,Biological Sciences Group, University of Connecticut,Storrs, Connecticut. The taxonomic status of the ¾ellow-footed Western Gull (Larus occidentalis livens). RoN LEVALLE¾,Department of Biology, California State University at Humboldt, Arcata, California.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION

CONCURRENT SESSION A

The breeding bird atlas in Montgomery and Howard counties, Maryland. M. KATaLEEN KLI•VrKIEWICZ,5737 13th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Bird population changesshown by the continentalbreeding bird survey. CaANDLERS. ROBBINSand DANNY B¾STRAK,Migratory Bird and Habitat ResearchLaboratory, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Laurel, Maryland. Brecding bird survey technique applied to detailed mapping of bird distribution. DANNY BYSTRAK,Migratory Bird and Habitat Research Laboratory, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Laurel, Maryland.

Estimating winter bird populations in a southccntral Louisiana bottomland hardwood forest. JAMES G. DICKSON, ROBERTE. NOBLE, and ROBERTB. HAMILTON, Department of Forestry and $Vildlife Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. April 1974] Proceedingsof the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of A.O.U. 397

Winter bird speciesdiversity on the New Jersey piedmont. JOHN C. KRICHER,Depart- ment of Biology, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Birds of the Yukon North Slope. W. W. H. GUNN, LGL Limited, Suite 305, 214 Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The past and present birdlife of Fernando de Noronha Island, South Atlantic Ocean. STORESL. OLSON,National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. The effect of man-madevegetational changes on the avifauna near Finisterre, Spain. SALVATOREBONGIORNO and J. GARC•^-DEVESA,Department of Biology, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut,and Facultad de CienciasBiologicas, Univer- sidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Cyclic vital activity in an avian population. ORREYP. YOUNG,Department of Virus Diseases,Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,Washington, D.C. Activities of the office of endangeredspecies and international activities of the Bureau of Sport Fisheriesand Wildlife with specialemphasis on birds. DAVIDB. MARS•½^LL,Office of EndangeredSpecies and InternationalActivities, Bureau of Sport Fisheriesand Wildlife, Departmentof the Interior, Washington,D.C. The status of the Monkey-eating Eagle (Pithecophagajefferyi) on the Island of Mindanao, Philippines. ROBERTS. KENNEDY,.Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pesticide burdens of migratory birds. DAVID W. JOHNSTON,Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Methods for breeding falcons in captivity. ToM J. CA•)E, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Accumulation and redistribution of radiocesium by migratory waterfowl inhabiting a reactor cooling reservoir. I. LEHR BRISBIN, JR., RICtlARD A. GElGEE, and MICHAELH. SMITH, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina.

CONCURRENT SF.SSION B Tracking radar identification of bird species. C•^Rt•s R. VAucn•, NASA Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia. Studies of nocturnal migratory orientation with a small tracking radar. KENNETH P. ABLE, Department of Biological Sciences,State University of New York, Albany, New York.

Dawn reorientation by migrant landbirds over water near Nova Scotia in autumn. W. JOHN R•CHAm)SON,LGL Limited, Suite 305, 214 Metton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Investigational surveys of pelagic birds off the coast of New Jersey. CH^RLESF. LECK and B•tL SHiELd)S,Department of Zoology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Age ratios in passefine migrants. C. John R^Le•, Department of Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Flights of western finches to the Atlantic seaboard. AtLAN R. PHr•L•eS, Delaware Museum of Natural History, Greenville, Delaware. 398 RICHARD C. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

An analysis of White-winged Dove band recoveries. PHifir K. EVANS,Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Edinburg, Texas.

Aspects of breeding biology promoting intratropical migration in the Yellow-green Vireo and Piratic Flycatcher. EUOENE S. MORTON, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Winter distribution in the Slate-colored Junco--a case of sexual segregation? ErrEN D. KETTERSONand VAt NoraN, JR., Department of Zoology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

An ecological study of the Gal•tpagos Penguin. DrE BOERS:•VIA,Department of Zoology, Ohio State University, Columbus,Ohio.

Egg-size dimorphismin Eudyptes penguins. JoHN WARHA2VI,Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Evolution of host defensesagainst the Brown-headed Cowbird. SxErHEN I. ROTHSTrIN, Department of Biological Sciences,University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

Avian speciation in Australia and Africa: some comparisons. ArEEN KEAST,Depart- ment of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Gene flow in Lesser Snow Geese. F. CooxE and G. FINNrY, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Flight speedsand wingbeat frequenciesof Magnificent Frigatebirds. GARYD. SCltNELL, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

WEDNESDAY SY1VEPOSIU•VISESSION

This day was devoted to a special Symposium on Avian Energetics, sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club as part of its centennial celebration. The symposium was arranged, introduced, and summarized by William R. Dawson. Discussants George A. Bartholomew, S. Charles Kendeigh, and Eugene P. Odum commented on each of the four major papers, after which the papers were open for questions from the floor.

Seasonal allocation of energy resources in birds. JA:•VlESR. KiNO, Laboratories of Zoophysiology,Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Energetics as a function of size in birds. Wirrn• C. CArnER, Department of Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Reproductive strategies of birds in relation to energetics. ROBERT E. RICKrEFS, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Energeticsof flight in birds. VANCEA. TUCKER,Department of Biology, Duke Univer- sity, Durham, North Carolina.

THURSDAY MORNING SESSION

CONCURRENT SESSION A

The diet of four avian speciesof aerial insect feeders. GEOFFREYL. H0rROYD,Depart- ment of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. April 1974] Proceedingsof the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of A.O.U. 399

Feeding ecology and competition of three speciesof plover (Charadriidae) wintering on the Bay of Panama, Central America. JosE•a G. STR^•rGa,JR., and ABE•, Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Canal Zone.

Observations on the behavior and ecology of the Magellanic Plover. Joshua R. J•a•, JR., Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

Cats as food competitors of hawks. W• G. G•ORGE,Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.

Further evidence for the selection of odd prey by haxvks. HEL•r•rT C. Department of Zoology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Breeding responseof raptors to prey population fluctuations in the eastern Great Basin Desert of Utah. Dw•aT G. S•r•a and Jos•Pa R. M•rR•a¾, Department of Biology, Southern Connecticut State College, Ne•v Haven, Connecticut.

Nesting ecology of the Ferruginous Hawk and other raptors in northcentral South Dakota. Joa>• T. Lo•roE>• and H^Ro• F. D•mB•m•, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota.

Interactions between parid flocks and hawks. Do•m•^ss H. Mo•s•, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, CollegePark, Maryland.

Whistling duck foraging and food habits during autumn rice crop sowing. R. Bo•m•, Institute of EnvironmentalSciences, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Feeding patterns by southern EvergladesWood Storks (Mycteria americana). Joa>• C. O•>•, Division of Natural Scienceand Resource Management Studies, Ever- glades National Park, Homestead, Florida.

The relationship of water level fluctuation and fish availability to reproduction of Wood Storks in the southern Everglades, Florida. J^•Es A. K•rsu•^>• and Jom• C. O•>•, Division of Natural Science and Resource Management Studies, Ever- glades National Park, Homestead, Florida.

Solar radiation, light intensity, and roosting behavior in birds. P^•r•R E. and Smoky A. G^•rT•R•^•rx, JR., Department of Zoology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.

Activity period of Black-cappedChickadees in winter at 64ø 53' N. Lat. Bm>•^K•ssE•, Department of BiologicalSciences, University of Alaska, College,Alaska.

COI•CURREI•T SESSI02• B The role of visibility in nest site selectionin three speciesof gulls. JOA>r>rA Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Pair formation and copulation of the White Ibis. TIXo•r^s RUD•GEAn•,Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville,Florida.

Population biology at the boundary of a speciesrange. JA•r•s M. UzTm, State University of New York, Purchase,New York. 400 RICIRARDC. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

Notes on the breeding biology of the Mountain Swift (Aeronautes motivagus) in Venezuela. CIgARLBST. COLLINS, Department of Biology, California State University, Long Beach, California. Social behavior of breedingGadwalls in North Dakota. TI•OMASJ. DWYBR,Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota. Nesting of the Common Gallinule in Michigan. ELDON D. GRBU, Department of Biology, Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Colonial nestingbehavior of Common Grackles (Quiscalusquiscula). PAUL B. HAZYTEL, Department of Recreation and Park Administration, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.

Copulatory behavior of Downy Woodpeckers. LAWRBNCBKILItA3/r, Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire. Time measurementand the induction of testicular growth by "short days" in the House Sparrow. DONALDS. FARNER,ROBERT A. LEWIS, and THOMAS DARDBN, Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Ovulatory cycles of White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis). ROSERTA. LBW•S,National Ecological ResearchLaboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon, and Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Testis cyclesand reproductive patterns in the Pition Jay. J. DAvm LmoN, Department of Biology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Breeding seasonof the Brown Pelican, Tarpon Key, Pinellas County, Florida. RALP• W. SCI•REmER,Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Proximal factors affecting breeding in selected Sonoran Desert birds. ROBERT D. O•I•ART, Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Competition and the time of breeding of Sooty Terns and Common Noddies on Manana or Rabbit Island, Oahu, Hawaii. W•LL•A• Y. BROWN, Department of Biological Sciences,Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.

TIIURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION

CONCURRENT SESSION A

Arian population bioenergetics and resource management: a simulation model ap- proach. JOHN A. WIENS and GEORCES. INN•S, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

A breeding seasontime-energy budget for Black-throated Blue Warblers in a northern hardwoods forest. CRAIO PATRICK BLACK, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. The use of spaceand time by the SeasideSparrow. WrLL•AM POST,Research Division, North Carolina Department of Mental Health, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Energetics of territoriality: Nectarinia famosa at Aloe graminicola. L. L. Wo•;•, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. April 1974] Proceedingso! the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of A.O.U. 401

Foraging energeticsof East African sunbirds at mistletoe flowers. FRANK B. and LARRY L. WO•;F, The Academy of Natural Sciences,Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. The ecologyof Geospizaconirostris and G. fuliginosa.J•RR¾ F. DowNr•OW•R,Depart- ment of Zoology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Age-specific mortality in eggs and nestlings of Red-winged Blackbirds nesting on a tidal marsh. DONA•;DF. CACCA•IS•, Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Territory size, harem size, and reproductive successof the Red-winged Blackbird on forage cropland. Mmr•^m; W. MONAr•AN, Department of Zoology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Breeding density and reproductive successof Robins in relation to habitat structure. lsLaTr•¾M^RT•N, Department of Zoology,University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Comparative demography of new world species of the genus Turdus. ROBERTE. RICKLEFSand SUSANC. WIgIrE, Department of Biology, University of Pennsyl- vania, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Preliminary survivorship estimates for Amazonian forest birds. Tr•o•zAS E. LowjoY and FERNAm>ODA COSTANOVA•S, Academy of Natural Sciences,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Museu Paraense"Emilio Goeldi," Belem, Brazil. Relationship between clutch size, chick growth, and chick survival in the Common Tern. Rmr•Am>L. KREM•R and JoN S. GREENLAW,Department of Biology, C. W. Post College, Greenvale, New York. A model to explain molt-breeding overlap and clutch size in some tropical birds. M•RCED•S FOSteR McD•^RMn), Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

CONCURRENT SESSION B

The energeticsof nestling House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). C•Am;•S R. Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. The timing of endothermy in the development of altricial birds. EmCA H. DUNN, Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The ontogeny of parent-young recognition in Barn and Tree Swallows. E•)wAm) H. B•JR•r, JR., Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin,Madison, Wisconsin.

Retarded skull pneumatization in birds, with details for the Western and Yellowish Flycatchers. NE•) K. JohNsoN, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California.

The development and care of the primary wing feathers in two species of quail: Colinus virginianus and Coturnix coturnix japonica. MARY L• N•scrm• and ST•r•N R. OWRMANN, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Variation in the timing of molt in male and female Meleagris gallopavo silvestris. S. W. EATO.W,Department of Biology, St. BonaventureUniversity, St. Bonaventure, New York. 402 RICHARDC. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

Inverted flight in Canada Geese(Branta canadensis).FRANK H. HEeeN•R,Department of Zoology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. Structure and function of the pigeon M. serratus metapatagialis. WA•Cr•RJ. Bocx, Department of BiologicalSciences, Columbia University, New York, New York. Individual variation and the evolution of avian foot-scutes. GEORGEA. Ct•RK, JR., Biological SciencesGroup, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. A comparisonof the ectoparasitesof the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)from North America and Europe. N. SANnRABROwn and GRANt I. W•SON, Depart- ment of Biology, SimmonsCollege, Boston, Massachusetts,and Parasite Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, University Park, New •Mexico. Hybrids between Roseate and Common Terns. H•N HAYS, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York. Relationshipsbetween clutch size,latitude, and day length in Arctic passerines.DAWn J. T. HussErr, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The long-lost paintings of Robert Hood. C. STUARTHOUSTON, 863 University Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,Canada.

SPECIAL EVENTS A motion picture sessionon Wednesdayevening featured the following films: "Tini Heke." JoH• WARHAM,Department of Zoology,University of Canter- bury, Christchurch,New Zealand. "Prairie Falcons." RICHARDFYrE, Canadian Wildlife Service, Edmonton, Alberta. "White Gyrfalcons on Ellsmere Island." RICHARDFY•'E. "Golden Eagles." MORLANDW. NELSON,Tundra Films, Boise, Idaho. "The Flightless Cormorant." GEORGEA. BARTHOLOMEW,Department of Zoology,University of California, Los Angeles,California. "The GalapagosFinches." GEORGEA. BARTHOLOMEW. An exhibitionof ornithologicalart, featuring original work by severalartists, was held in the lobby of the ProvincetownInn.

SOCIAL EVENTS The Council and Fellows held their symposium and dinner on Monday. Ladies enjoyedan all-day tour of the Lower (Outer) Cape, from Provincetown to Chatham,on Wednesday,and a tour from Harwich to Sandwichon Thursday morning. Members were guestsat an informal receptionon Tuesday evening. The Nuttall OrnithologicalClub held its centennialbanquet on Wednesday evening. The annualbanquet of the A.O.U. was held Thursdayevening; the entertainment of the evening was an illustrated talk on the Falkland Islands, by Olin S. Pettingill.

FmLD TRIPS The first of two premeetingtrips on 7 October took 68 personsby bus and boat to MonomoyIsland WildernessArea. Amongthe highlightswere a Ground April 1974] Proceedingso! the Ninety-first Stated Meeting o! A.O.U. 403

Dove, the first sightidentification for Massachusetts;two Peregrines,observed repeatedlyduring the day; and 2000 assortedshorebirds including Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpipers. On 8 October, 108 people cruised the sea northeast of Provincetown. Calm mild weather held down both the need for seasickpills and the number of pelagicbirds. The day's trip yieldeda Red Phalarope,a CommonMurre, and a scatteringof sea ducks. Forty-eightpersons participated in the postmeetingbus tour to areasof special historic and ecologicsignificance within the Cape Cod National Seashoreand environs. A beachbuggytrip to Nauset Beachprovided closeviews of a Parasitic Jaegerharassing terns and 52 Forster'sTerns, an unusuallyhigh countfor this area.

RESOLUTIONS The followingresolutions were adoptedat the General Sessionsheld Monday morning, 9 October, and Thursday afternoon, 11 October 1973:

R•soLv•rtox NV•B•R 1.--It is entirely appropriate that we of the American Ornithologists'Union, assembledhere in our ninety-first year, should wholeheartedly celebratethe centennialyear of our host, the Nuttall Ornithological Club. While we cannot claim the Nuttall Club as parent, history makes clear that three of the Club's most active members not only instituted the A.O.U. but passed on the spirit of their youthful club and its publication, the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. The parentage of the Auk seemsclear. It is evident that the Nuttall Club and its early memberswere in the vanguard of organized ornithology in America. They did much to establish ornithology as a scientificfield of study in the New World. From the beginningits membershave contributedfrequently to the literature of ornithology: William Brewster,a founder and first Presidentof the Club, published 113 papers in the brief life of the Bulletin, and the first 35 volumes of The Auk contain 168 titles in his name. In 1923 Glover M. Alien, then President of the Club, remarked: "It must be our duty so to hand on this heritage to our successorsthat when fifty years hence the Nuttall Ornithological Club celebratesits centenary, that tradition shall not be dimmed!" The AmericanOrnithologists' Union congratulatesthe Nuttall Ornithological Club on maintairdngits traditions undimmedthroughout the past century and wishes the Club well in the century to come.

RESOLvTtOXNV•BER 2.--Middle America is currently losing its original native habitats at a rate far greater than that ever experiencedin the history of the United States,Canada, or Europe. To accommodatetheir own growingpopulations, to expand their economicbases, and to attract foreign currencies,many Middle American countries are clearing land so rapidly and destructively that entire habitats are disappearing. Many tropical plants and ardmals live in a precarious balance between existence and extinction; for most, the destructionof habitat will mean extinction. Although the governmentsof many Middle American nations are concernedabout the ecological consequencesof land clearing, they do not yet have the basic biological information necessaryfor sounddevelopment decisions or the establishmentof long-term management practices. We in northern North America are concernedabout drastic environ- 404 R•ca^•D C. B^mcs [Auk, Vol. 91 mental changes elsewhere in our hemisphere because we are all part of a single great ecosystem. ThereJore, the American Ornithologists' Union firmly resolves to express its concern to granting institutions in the United States and Canada, in the hope that they will support basic research in Middle America upon the ecology of undisturbed areas, endangeredpopulations of native plants and animals, and related critical environmental problems.

RZSOLXJTmnN•J•vrBrR 3.--Whereas sixteen National Wildlife Refuges have been closed, and major reductions in maintenance and personnel have been made in ten others, and Whereas the Refuges are a great natural treasure of the American people, and vital to the survival of many kinds of endangeredwildlife, ThereJore, the American Ornithologists' Union urges the Secretary of the Interior to defend and protect the integrity of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

RrSOLUTXO• NU2ViBER4.--Whereas the people of the United States and their Government have long recognized the desirability and ecological necessity of protecting wildlife and have created a body of laws to this end, and Whereas this principle has been embodied in several international treaties and agreements,notably the recent and commendable amendment of the Migratory Bird Treaty between the United States and .Mexico in 1972, ThereJore, the American Ornithologists' Union urges the Government of the United States to prompt ratification and implementation of: The Migratory Bird Convention between the United States and Japan, signed by both governmentsin March, 1972, and; The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, prepared by an eighty-nation delegation to a conference of the International Union for Conservationof Nature and Natural Resources,held in Washington, D.C. in February and March 1973.

Rzso•uTxO• NUMBER 5.--The American Ornithologists' Union commends the Inter- national Salt Company, Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania, and its subsidiary, Antilles International Salt Company, for their enlightenedattitude concerningthe recent con- struction of a solar salt plant on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. The plant site was on a centuries-oldnesting ground of the American Flamingo, Phoenicopterusruber, a rare species whose few breeding areas have experienced serious depredations in recent decades. Working within the protective laws of the Netherlands Antilles government, the company developedits land with care not to disturb the flamingo colony; the birds appear to have accepted and perhaps even benefited from the new facility. It is indeed encouragingto find such an outstandingexample of a company showing a strong commitment to environmental concernsin the development of its industry.

R•so•uTxO• NU•XB•R6.--Whereas the Hon. Rafael Hernandez-Colon,Governor of Puerto Rico, has issueda public statement on 15 September1973 favoring a superport complex on Mona Island, and Whereas the proposedcomplex would severely alter or destroy the entire land surface of Mona Island, and result in constructionactivities on Monito, and Whereas six of the nine resident speciesof terrestrial reptiles are found only on Mona, includingthe 3-4 foot long Mona Ground Iguana (Cyclura stejnegeri), and Whereas the beachesof Mona are regularly used for nesting by the rare hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelysimbricata), and April 1974] Proceedingso] the Ninety-first Stated Meeting oJ A.O.U. 405

Whereasthe only resident amphibian, a small frog, is found only on Mona, and Whereas two of the resident land birds of Mona are subspeciesfound only on that island, including the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus monensis), representedelsewhere only in Puerto Rico by a small and declining race (A. x. xanthomus), and Whereas the seabirdsbreeding on the two islands represent the largest and most diverse pelecaniform colonies (5 species) in Puerto Rico, and include one of the world's largest colonies (several thousand pairs) of White-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon lepturus), over half the population of the Atlantic race of the Masked or Blue-faced Booby (Sula dactylatra dactylatra), which breeds in waters adjacent to the United States and Puerto Rico, and the only remaining Puerto Rican colony of Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magni]icens),and Whereas 24 speciesof insects,and 25 speciesof plants are found only on Mona, and Whereas developmentand constructionof a superport on Mona would jeopardize the majority of the endemicplants and animals and result in the extinction of many unique species,and Whereas there are other available sites where the building of a superport complex would causemuch lessenvironmental damage, Therefore, be it resolved that the American Ornithologists'Union strongly urges that measuresbe taken by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Interior to preserve and protect Mona and Monito Islands in their natural state, to the exclusionof any developmenton the islandsnot compatible with the continued existenceof their unique natural environments.

RESOL•JTIO•N•J•BER 7.--During the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists'Union we have been the guestsof the Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge,Massachusetts, during its centennialcelebration at Provincetown on Cape Cod. We have had the opportunity not only to participate in the Club's birthday celebration but to enjoy the delightful coastal environment of the Cape seashoreand of historic Provincetown. The many scientificpapers, the outstandingsymposium on avian energetics,and the field trips have been interesting and informative. The American Ornithologists' Union extends its appreciation to the Nuttall Ornithological Club for the privilege of being with you on this occasion and enjoying your hospitality. The Local Committee on Arrangements,led by Richard T. Darby and Norman P. Hill, organizedthe meeting facilities and provided the many opportunities to visit the interesting environments of Cape Cod. The Committee on the Scientific Program, H. Lewis Batts, Jr., Chairman, has organized an outstanding program of papers. To all those who arranged this meeting we extend our thanks.

COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION FOR 1973-1974

OFFICERS

Donald S. Farner, President Harrison B. Tordoff, First Vice-President CharlesG. Sibley,Second Vice-President George E. Watson, Secretary Burr L. Monroe, Jr., Treasurer John A. Wiens, Treasurer-elect(1 August 1974) 406 RICIIARD C. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

ADDITIONAL MEM•BERS OF TttE COUNCIL

Term Expires Editor of The Auk Oliver L. Austin, Jr ...... 1974

Elective Councilors

Thomas R. Howell ...... 1974 Robert M. Mengel ...... 1974 Glen E. Woolfenden ...... 1974 John W. Hardy ...... 1975 Lester L. Short ...... 1975 Richard L. Zusi ...... 1975 Richard C. Banks ...... 1976 Brina Kessel ...... 1976 James R. King ...... 1976

PAST PRESIDENTS

John W. Aldrich, 1968-70 Harold F. Mayfield, 1966-68 Dean Amadon, 1964-66 Ernst Mayr, 1957-59 Herbert Friedmann, 1937-39 Austin L. Rand, 1962-64 Joseph J. Hickey, 1972-73 Robert W. Storer, 1970-72 Hoyes Lloyd, 1945-48 Alexander Wetmore, 1926-29 George H. Lowery, Jr., 1959-62

A.O.U. COIvI•VIITTEES 1973--74

INVESTING TRUSTEES: Cyrus Mark, Chairman. Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., James R. Ware. COMMITTEE ON ARCHIVES: Gorman M. Bond, Chairman. Dean Amadon, Elizabeth S. Austin, Earle R. Greene. COMMITTEE ON BIOGRAPHY: Charles H. Blake, Chairman. F. Graham Cooch, Mary M. Erickson, Helen Hays. COMMITTEE ON BIRD COLLECTIONS: Mary H. Clench, Chairman. Jon C. Barlow, Robert W. Dickerman, Joseph R. Jehl, Jr., Marion Anne Jenkinson, Richard L. Zusi. COMMITTEE ON BREWSTER AND COUES AWARDS: Frank B. Gill, Chairman. William R. Dawson, Robert E. Ricklefs, Allen W. Stokes, Milton W. Weller. COMMITTEE ON BYLAW CHANGES: Richard C. Banks, Chairman. Lester L. Short, Richard L. Zusi. COMMITTEE ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Frances C. James, Chairman. Millicent S. Ficken, Wesley E. Lanyon, Paul F. Springer. COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE: Eugene Eisen- mann, Chairman. Dean Amadon, Richard C. Banks, Emmet R. Blake, Thomas R. Howell, Ned K. Johnston,George H. Lowery, Jr., Kenneth C. Parkes, Robert W. Storer. COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION: David B. Marshall, Chairman. Alan Bald- ridge, James C. Bartonek, Alex Dzubin, Stanley W. Harris, Warren B. King, Oscar T. Owre, Robert J. Robel. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Chairman. Charles H. Blake, Walter Bock, James J. Dinsmore,Eugene Eisenmann,John W. Hardy, Herbert W. Kale II, Florence A. Pettis, Francis S. L. Williamson. April 1974] Proceedingso! the Ninety-first Stated Meeting of A.O.U. 407

COMMITTEE ON ENDOWMENT: Peter Stettenheim, Chairman. John R. Forbes, Cyrus Mark, William C. Vaughn. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE: Burr L. Monroe, Jr., Chairman. Hoyes Lloyd, Cyrus Mark, Robert J. Newman, Peter Stettenheim, Melvin A. Traylot, Jr., George E. Watson, John A. Wiens. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN TRANSLATIONS: George E. Watson, Chairman. Victor Dolnik, Robert S. Hoffman, Sergej Postupalsky, M.D. F. Udvardy. LOCAI• COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS: Gary D. Schnell, Chairman. Patricia Bergey, Treasurer. Charles C. Carpenter, William A. Carter, Warren D. Harden, Mary Sue Schnell, Jack D. Tyler, D. Scott Wood. COMMITTEE ON THE NOMINATION OF MEMBERS: Laurence C. Binford, Chairman. Kenneth P. Able, Robert F. Andrle, Lawrence G. Balch, Russell P. Balda, Jon C. Barlow, Delwyn G. Berrett, CharlesT. Collins,David A. Easterla, Charles D. Fisher, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, C. Stuart Houston, John P. Hubbard, Horace H. Jeter, DouglassH. Morse, Dennis R. Paulson, Stephen M. Russell, Robert W. Smarh Jerry B. Strickling, Paul W. Sykes, Mrs. Harriet P. Thomas, Charles H. Trost, John L. Zimmerman. COMMITTEE ON THE NO.MINATION OF ELECTIVE MEMBERS AND FEL- LOWS: Keith L. Dixon, Chairman. Chandler S. Robbins, Glen E. Woolfenden. COMMITTEE ON THE NOMINATION OF HONORARY AND CORRESPOND- ING FELLOWS: Charles G. Sibley, Chairman. Walter Bock, Thomas R. Howell. COMMITTEE ON THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: Frank B. Gill, Chairman. Alan H. Brush, Gary D. Schnell, George E. Watson, Susan C. White. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS: Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Chairman. EugeneEisen- mann, John W. Hardy, Burr L. Monroe, Jr., Ralph S. Palmer, GeorgeE. Watson, John A. Wiens. COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH: Walter Bock, Chairman. Jack P. Hailman, James R. King. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS: Frances C. James, Chairman. Marshall A. Howe, David B. Marshall, George E. Watson. COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL USE OF WILD BIRDS: John W. Aldrich, Chairman. Richard C. Banks, Tom J. Cade, William A. Calder, F. Graham Cooch,Stephen T. Emlen, Guy Greenwell,Thomas R. Howell, John P. Hubbard, David W. Johnston,Richard F. Johnston,L. Richard Mewaldt. COMMITTEE ON STUDENT AWARDS: William L. Thompson, Chairman. RussellP. Balda, David A. Boag, Sidney A. Gauthreaux,Robert C. Stein, John A. Wiens. A.A.A.S. COUNCIL: M.D. F. Udvardy, Representative to Section F, Biological Sciences. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL: Wesley E. Lanyon, Representative to Division of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. 408 RICItARDC. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

TREASURER'S REPORT

1 August 1972-31 JuLY 1973

INCO•VrE TO ACTIVE FUND

Dues ...... $21,996.26 Subscriptions ...... 9,492.64 Sale of back issues of The Auk ...... 749.07 Royalties ...... 742.39 Advertising ...... 1,312.73 Donations to Active Fund ...... 769.82 Sale of reprints ...... 127.25 Income from General Endowment ...... 10,067.49 Income from Ruthven Deane Fund ...... 377.75 Income from surplus ...... 3,673.22 TOTAL INCO•r•...... $49,308.62 Balance in account, 31 July 1972 ...... 13,506.11 TOTAL ...... $62,814.73

DISBURSEMENTS FRO•Vi ACTIVE FUND

Expenses,publication of The Auk ...... $39,203.03 Expenses, President ...... 98.26 Expenses, Secretary ...... 399.96 Expenses,Treasurer ...... 3,576.49 Cost of dues notices ...... 626.20 Cost of annual meetings (2 years) ...... 2,708.02 Mailing of back issuesof The Auk ...... 31.35 Cost of reprints ...... 569.64 Cost of reprinting 1973 Auks (3 issues)...... 2,102.27 Donations from Active Fund ...... 250.00

TOTAL DISBURSENiENTS ...... 49,565.22

Balance in Active Fund, 1 August 1973 ...... $13,249.51

SPECIAL FUNDS

Brewster Memorial Fund: Income from investments ...... $ 657.90 Expensesof producingmedal ...... $ 87.78 Award (David and Barbara Snow) ...... 570.12 $ 657.9O $ 657.9O Bird Protection Fund: Balance forward ...... $ 25.55 Income from investments ...... 117.89 To Intern. Council for Bird Protection ...... $ 100.00 Balance in account ...... 43.44

$ 143.44 $ 143.44 April 1974] Proceedingso;• the Ninety-;•irst Stated Meeting o;• A.O.U. 409

Educational Fund: Balance forward ...... $ 86.70 Income from investments ...... 328.31 Memberships for 51 students ...... $ 408.00 Balance in account ...... 7.01

$ 415.01 $ 415.01

General Endowment Fund: Balance forward ...... $ 202.71 E. W. Mudge (Patron) ...... 1,000.00 Life membership payments...... 2,156.00 Donation, Alexander Wetmore ...... 500.00 Donation, John W. Aldrich ...... 100.00 Donation, Mrs. Crawford Greenewalt ...... 100.00 Donation, Nathaniel Whitney 100.00 Other donations 379.70 Balance in account $ 4,538.41 $ 4,538.41 $ 4,538.41

Handbook oJ North American Birds Fund: Balance forward ...... $ 91.16 Royalties ...... 4.75 Expenses (Mengel) ...... $ 50.00 Balance in account ...... 45.91

$ 95.91 $ 95.91

Special Publications Fund: Balance forward ...... $17,262.27 Income from investments ...... 422.12 Sale of Check-lists ...... 1,704.65 Sale of Proceedings ...... 334.48 Sale of Indexes ...... 644.50 Sale of Biographies ...... 20.00 Publicationexpense, 1961-70 Index ...... $ 7,312.75 Mailing of publications ...... 107.89 Balance in account ...... 12,967.38

$20,388.02 $20,388.02

A.O.U. Monographs Fund: Balance forward ...... $37,115.20 Sale of Monographs ...... 4,006.39 Donation from Tucker Foundation ...... 5,000.00 Publication expense,Monograph No. 10 ...... $ 5,742.69 Publicationexpense, Monograph No. 11 ...... 9,397.72 Publicationexpense, .Monograph No. 12 ...... 2,848.26 Publication expense,Monograph No. 13 ...... 2,321.96 Editorial expenses ...... 343.00 Mailing of publications ...... 191.12 Balance in account ...... 25,276.84 $46,121.59 $46,121.59 410 RICHARDC. BANKS [Auk, Vol. 91

Marcia B. Tucker Fund: Balanceforward ...... $ 175.00 Donation from Tucker Foundation ...... 500.00 1973 Awards:Cynthia Carey ...... $ 121.00 Ronald LeValley ...... 361.00 Ralph W. Schreiber ...... 193.00

$ 675.00 $ 675.00 Van Tyne Memorial Fund: Balanceforward ...... $ 763.80 Income from investments ...... 704.80 1973 Grants: Gene Brenowitz ...... $ 165.00 Phillip D. Creighton ...... 180.00 Paul Mason ...... 180.00 George Woodhouse ...... 75.00 Balance in account ...... 868.60

$ 1,468.60 $ 1,468.60

CLOSING BALANCES Active Fund ...... $13,249.52 Brewster Memorial Fund ...... -0- Bird Protection Fund ...... 43.44 Educational Fund ...... 7.01 General Endowment Fund ...... 4,538.41 Handbook of North American Birds Fund ...... 45.91 Special Publications Fund ...... 12,967.38 A.O.IJ. Monographs Fund ...... 25,276.84 Marcia B. Tucker Fund ...... •3- Van Tyne Memorial Fund ...... 868.60

TOTAL ...... $56,997.10 Checkingaccount, Louisville, Kentucky ...... $ 1,989.28 Uninvestedcash, Chicago...... 4,007.82 Variabledemand note, Chicago...... 51,000.00 TOTAL ...... $56,997.10

BURT L. •MONROE•JR., Treasurer