It will be seen that the most southern birds are the largest and lightest; the northern smallest and darkest while those from lower British Columbia are intermediate, though closer to the southern than the northern race. The Mackenzie form, being represented by but a single specimen in not very high plumage, cannot be definitely placed in the series though it agrees closely with the Montana and Idaho specimens. No specimens from the type locality of richardsoni (the northeast corner of Rocky Mountain Park, Lat. 53°, Long. 115°) being obtainable I assume from the above that it ranges up the east side of the Rocky Mountains and through them south of the International Border in unmodified form while the intermountain birds, flemingi, as they distribute northward from the boundary, become smaller and darker. It is possible that on examination, birds from further north of Teslin Lake will exhibit these characters in a still more marked degree.

AN UNDESCRIBED GALAPAGOS RACE OF OCEANO

DROMA CASTRO.

BY JOHN TREADWELL NICHOLS.

In his Monograph of the Petrels (London 1907-10), Godman says in regard to Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt): "This species is a form of O. leucorrhoa, with which it has often been confounded," etc. To the writer this seems an undervaluation of the species castro. He also thinks that too little emphasis has here been placed on the hair-like black shafts in the white upper tail coverts of Leach's Petrel,- otherwise an excellent comparison of castro and leucorrhoa is given.

The unfortunately small amount of material at hand for comparison indicates the existence of three recognizable races of castro. Pacific birds have a slightly more forked tail, and the Galapagos

one a heavier bill with stronger hook. The following table shows the tail differences; the bill differences are perhaps better shown by the figures.

Whereas Atlantic and Pacific birds have little chance to interbreed, the differences are so slight that intermediates would be expected and the relationship is best expressed by considering them subspecifically distinct.

Oceanodroma castro bangsi ssp. nov.

Type. No. 12413. Collection of E. A. and O. Bangs. . Collected 1° N. 93° W., February 6, 1901, by R. H. Beck.

Bill heavier and more strongly hooked than usual in the genus. Sooty black, wing coverts slightly browner. Bases of tail feathers, except middle pair, broadly white, the shafts of the feathers pale. Upper tail coverts are almost all lacking in the type specimen, two or three remaining ones white to the end. Probably the coverts were much as usual in the species, and the remaining feathers very likely have had black tips worn off. Bill and feet black. Length (skin) 7.1 in.; wing 6.2; tail 3.6; bill 0.6; tarsus .95; middle toe and claw 1.0.

The only other specimen at hand, from Cocos Island, has wings moulting and not comparable. The tail and its coverts are also in

O. c. bangsi.

O. c. cryptoleucura.

poor condition. Some of the latter have sharp black tips as usual in the species. Its bill is not dissimilar to that of the Galapagos bird.

Named for Mr. Outram Bangs, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, to whose appreciation of slight differences our knowledge of racial variation is indebted.

THIRTY-SECOND STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION.

THE Thirty-second Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union convened in Washington, D. C., Monday evening, April 6, 1914. The business meeting was held at "The New Ebbitt,' 14th and F Sts., and the public sessions, commencing Tuesday, April 7, and lasting two days, were held in the Auditorium of the new building of the U. S. National Museum.

BUSINESS SESSION: The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Frank M. Chapman. Twenty-six Fellows were present. The Secretary's report gave the membership of the Union at the opening of the present Stated Meeting as 1101, constituted as follows: Fellows, 50; Retired Fellows, 4; Honorary Fellows, 14; Corresponding Fellows, 57; Members, 74; Associates, 902.

Since the last meeting (November, 1913) the Union lost twenty

seven members, three by death, and twenty-four by resignation. The deceased were:

Dr. Ora Willis Knight, a Member, who died in Portland, Maine, November 11, 1913, aged 39 years; also the following Associates: Charles S. Welles, of Elwyn, Pa., who died Feb. 24, 1914, and Henry W. Beers, who died in Bridgeport, Conn., April 2, 1914, aged 47 years.

The report of the Treasurer showed the finances of the Union to be in a satisfactory condition, the accounts being audited by a Certified Public Accountant.

Albert K. Fisher was elected President; Henry W. Henshaw and Witmer Stone, Vice-Presidents; John H. Sage, Secretary; Jonathan Dwight Jr., Treasurer; Ruthven Deane, William Dutcher, Frederic A. Lucas, Wilfred H. Osgood, Chas. W. Richmond, Thos. S. Roberts, and Joseph Grinnell, members of the Council.

Egbert Bagg, Utica, N. Y.; Dr. Thomas Barbour, Cambridge, Mass.; Robert Thomas Moore, Haddonfield, N. J.; Robert C. Murphy, Brooklyn, N. Y., and John Treadwell Nichols, of New York City, were elected to the class of Members, and the following twenty-six persons were elected Associates:

Miss Gertrude Mary Allen, New York, N. Y.

G. A. Bolden, Charleston, W. Va.

J. J. Boyle, Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Edward Gay Butler, Berryville, Va.

Miss Stella Risley Clemence, New York, N. Y.
Miss E. S. Day, Brooklyn, N. Y.

D. Douglas Findlay, Ontario, Canada.

Joseph A. Hagar, Newtonville, Mass.
Miss Helen E. Haynes, Lebanon, N. H.
Frank Hennesy, Ottawa, Ont.

Miss Mabel Hotchkiss, Waterbury, Conn.

Wilbur Wallace Johnson, East Orange, N. J.

Frank H. Main, New York, N. Y.

O. J. Murie, Portland, Oregon.

Free Ottemiller, York, Pa.

Neill Pennell Overman, East Orange, N. J.
Charles Phillips, Minneapolis, Minn.

Miss Anna H. Pierpont, Waterbury, Conn.

E. F. Pope, Colmesneil, Texas.

Charles A. Robbins, Onset, Mass.

Mrs. Stilwell, Philadelphia, Pa.

C. W. Tate, East Orange, N. J.

Titus Ulke, Washington, D. C.

A. W. Upham, Boston, Mass.

Mrs. Kate P. Vietor, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lem Williams, Shonkin, Montana.

Drs. Allen, Chapman, Dwight, Jos. Grinnell, Merriam, Palmer, Richmond and Stone, and Messrs. Brewster, Nelson, Oberholser and Ridgway were appointed 'Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds.'

The following amendment to the By-Laws proposed at the last Stated Meeting of the Union was adopted:

Article I, Section 7, now reads:

"Associates shall be residents of America, and shall not be limited in number."

The object of the change was to permit residents of South and Central America to become Associates.

PUBLIC SESSIONS. First Day. The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Fisher.

The papers read during the morning session were as follows:

'Some Letters from Robert Kennicott,' by Ernest Thompson Seton. Remarks followed by Dr. D. G. Elliot who personally knew Mr. Kennicott.

more.

'On the Zonary Stomach in the Euphonias,' by Alexander WetRemarks followed by Messrs. Fuertes and McAtee. 'Visits of Pine and Evening Grosbeaks,' by Mrs. E. O. Marshall. Remarks followed by John T. Nichols.

'A Note on the Herring Gull,' by John Treadwell Nichols. Remarks followed by Mr. Rogers, and the author.

'Side Light on the Saw-whet Owl,' by Ernest Thompson Seton. The following papers, all illustrated by lantern slides, were presented at the afternoon session.

'Notes on Lower California Birds,' by Dr. Paul Bartsch. 'Notes on the Distribution of Breeding Egrets in the United States,' by T. Gilbert Pearson. Remarks followed by Dr. Bartsch. 'Winter Feeding of Birds,' by B. S. Bowdish.

In the evening the members of the Union and their friends met at dinner at the Wallis Café.