Miss Mary Henrietta Renshaw, New Orleans, La. Ward Jennings Rice, Roachdale, Ind. Mrs. C. G. Richards, Lancaster, Pa. Walton Ricketson, New Bedford, Mass. William Allen Robinson, Vineyard Haven, Mass. Harold Goddard Rugg, Hanover, N. H. S. S. S. Stansell, Manly, Alberta. George Cushman Stearns, Dedham, Mass. Lionel Edward Taylor, Bankhead Ranche, Kelowna, B. C. Albert Joseph Tourtellotte, Westboro, Mass. William Henry Triscot, Sonora, Sutton Co., Texas. William Y. Wadleigh, Boston, Mass. Frederic Collin Walcott, New York City. Alexander Walker, Mulino, Oregon. Chas. R. Wallace, Delaware, Ohio. Willis G. Warner, Canfield, Ohio. Francis M. Weston, Jr., Charleston, S. C. D. V. Wharrum, Anstinburg, Ohio. Dr. James C. White, Boston, Mass. Miss Helen Willard, Brookline, Mass. Miss Mary Alice Willcox, Ph. D., Malden, Mass. DeWitt C. Wing, Chicago, Ill. Wallace Park Young, Toronto, Canada. Dr. A. K. Fisher, E. W. Nelson and Dr. Chas. W. Richmond were re-appointed 'Committee on Bird Protection.' PUBLIC SESSIONS. First Day. The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Chapman. An address of welcome was made by Prof. Henry Fairchild Osborn on behalf of the President, Trustees and Scientific Staff of the American Museum of Natural History. The papers read during the morning session were as follows: 'A Study of the Feeding of Nestlings,' by Prof. Lynds Jones. Remarks followed by Dr. Merriam and Mr. Batchelder. "The Work of a Village Bird Club,' by Ernest Harold Baynes. Illustrated by lantern slides. Remarks followed by Messrs. Bowdish, Saunders, Bond, Fuertes, Seton, Lord and Smith, Miss Moore, and Drs. Bishop, Fisher and Merriam. 'Experiments in Feeding Hummingbirds during Seven Summers,' by Miss Althea R. Sherman. 'A Plea for the Conservation of the Eider,' by Dr. Chas. W. Townsend. Remarks followed by Messrs. Arnold, Cleaves, and Bent. It was voted to send copies of Dr. Townsend's paper to the Governor General of Newfoundland, and the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec, with the recommendation that proper measures be taken for the protection of the Eider on the Labrador Coast, thus preventing its extinction. 'In Memoriam - Philip Lutley Sclater,' by Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot. The following papers, all illustrated by lantern slides, were presented at the afternoon session. "The Problem of Gliding Gulls,' by William Palmer. Remarks followed by Messrs. Bond, Saunders, Forbush, and the author. 'Some Observations on the Nesting of the Pied-billed Grebe,' by Dr. Arthur A. Allen. Remarks followed by Messrs. Seton and Job. 'Birds of the Bogota Region of Colombia,' by Dr. Frank M. Chapman. In the evening an informal reception was held in the ornithological laboratories of the American Museum of Natural History, tendered to members of the A. O. U., by the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Museum. Second Day. The meeting was called to order by President Chapman. The papers of the morning session were: 'Some Migration Phenomena,' by Prof. Lynds Jones. Remarks followed by Messrs. Forbush, Saunders and Baily, and Dr. Arthur A. Allen. 'Bird Groups at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill., by Wilfred H. Osgood. Illustrated by lantern slides. Remarks followed by Dr. Palmer, Mr. Bent and the Chair. 'Persuading the Robins to Nest near Our Homes,' by Mrs. E. O. Marshall. 'Alexander Wilson, 1766-1813, and some Wilsoniana,' by Dr. Witmer Stone. Remarks followed by Messrs. Deane and Forbush. "The Present Status of Wild Swans in Montana,' by E. S. Cameron. In the absence of the author it was read in part by A. C. Bent. 'A Forgotten Plumage Character of the American Scoter,' by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. Remarks followed by Messrs. Fuertes and Palmer, Miss Moore, and Dr. Stone. 'Bird Banding Activities; Season 1913,' by Howard H. Cleaves. Illustrated by lantern slides. Remarks followed by Messrs. Job and Fuertes, Dr. Palmer, and the author. The following papers, all illustrated by lantern slides, were presented at the afternoon session: 'Wild Fowl Studies in Northern Manitoba,' by Herbert K. Job. "The Musical Method versus the Syllabic Method of Recording Bird Songs,' by Robert Thomas Moore. Remarks followed by Messrs. Saunders, Coale, Murphy, Cleaves, and the Chair. 'Crossing the Andes of Peru,' by Wilfred H. Osgood. In the evening the members of the Union, and their friends, met at dinner at the Hotel Endicott. Third Day. The meeting was called to order by President Chapman. The papers of the session were: 'Some Ornithological Aspects of the Federal Migratory Bird Law,' by Dr. T. S. Palmer. Discussion followed by Wm. S. Haskell, Counsel of the American Game Protective Association, regarding the constitutionality of the bill. 'Bird Studies on James Bay,' by W. E. Clyde Todd. "The Present Condition of the Aviary, of the New York Zoological Society,' by C. William Beebe. 'Birds of the South Atlantic,' by Robert Cushman Murphy. Illustrated by lantern slides. The following papers, in the absence of their authors, were read by title: 'Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Northern Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina lepida), at Seattle, Washington,' by S. F. Rathbun. 'Notes on Nighthawks,' by Harry C. Oberholser. Resolutions were adopted thanking the President and Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History for a place of meeting, and for other courtesies tendered to the Union; to the Linnæan Society of New York for generous hospitalities extended to the Union during the Thirty-first Stated Meeting; to the Executive Committee of the New York Zoölogical Society for their polite invitation to visit the Zoological Park and the Aquarium of the Society; and to Robert W. Priest, of the Gaumont Co., Limited, of London, for his courtesy in allowing, a special exhibition at the Thursday afternoon session, of the motion pictures of antarctic life taken by Herbert G. Ponting, F. R. G. S., the official photographer of the late British Antarctic Expedition under Capt. Scott. On Friday, November 14th, upon invitation of the New York Zoological Society, many members of the Union visited the Aquarium and the New York Zoological Park. They were received by Director Townsend and Curator Beebe and entertained at luncheon at the Park. The registered attendance of members was unusually large, and the number of new members elected has been exceeded but once since the foundation of the Union. The next meeting of the Union will be held in Washington, D. C., the date to be determined later.1 JOHN H. SAGE, 1 See 'Notes and News' of this number for date. GENERAL NOTES. Brown Pelican Regular off North Carolina.- The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) has heretofore been considered casual as far north as North Carolina. Mr. Russell J. Coles, a leading American field ichthyologist, to whom we are indebted for our knowledge of the occurrence of several southern fishes at Cape Lookout, tells me that he regularly sees one or more small flocks of this bird at that Cape about the first of August. As there is little chance of error in the identification of so striking a species, I accept the record without question. I quote from a letter from Mr. Coles, in which he says of the Brown Pelican: "During no summer have I observed more than a dozen until on Aug. 6, 1913, I saw 5 flocks of them, the largest containing 13 and the smallest 3, making a total of 41. No flock was in sight of another flock, yet they all followed in approximately the same track, first appearing coming in from the Northeast,. . . . they would light on the water near the point of Cape Lookout and after a short rest continue their flight without stopping to fish. None of the flocks followed the shoreline to the southwest, but all flew directly south.” - JOHN TREADWELL NICHOLS, American Museum of Natural History, New York City. Recovery of a Banded Pintail Duck.- Mr. Jefferson C. Wenck of New Orleans informs me that one of the guides at the Delta Duck Club killed a female Pintail at Cubit's Gap, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, in December 1912, that had a band on the right leg, marked 186A. It will be of interest to know where this bird was tagged.— A. K. FISHER, U. S. Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. American Egret (Herodias egretta) at Martha's Vineyard, Mass.On July 22, 1913, I was attracted by the sight of an American Egret in the Black-Crowned Night Heronry at Squibnocket Pond, Martha's Vineyard. This wanderer from the south seemed to live in perfect harmony with his cousins. The bird remained in the colony during my entire week's stay. At times he would circle with the immature herons a few rods above my head; again he would sail leisurely out to the edge of the pond and stand motionless as if awaiting an opportunity to seize some finny loiterer. But not once did I notice any quarrelling or wrangling between the egret and his less ornate relatives.-G. KINGSLEY NOBLE, Cambridge, Mass. The Willet in Central New York.- On August 20, 1913, I observed two large shore birds on the beach at the east end of Oneida Lake in the town of Verona, N. Y. From a distance I took them to be Greater Yellow |