the fifty-ninth stated meeting of the american ornithologists` union

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H•c•s,Fifty.ninth
Meeting
of theA. O. U.
FIFTY-NINTH
STATED
AMERICAN
MEETING
ORNITHOLOGISTS'
BY
LAWRENCE
E.
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OF
THE
UNION
HICKS
THE first meetingto be held in the Denver area took placeSeptember 1-6, 1941. Headquarterswere at the Hotel Cosmopolitanin
Denver and most oœthe businesssessions
were held there. The public sessions
were held in the splendidauditorium of the Colorado
MuseumoœNatural History.
Business
Sessions.--The
meetingson Monday,September1, included
two sessions
oœthe Council,a meetingof the Fellowsat 4 p.m., and a
meetingoœthe Fellowsand Membersat 8 p.m. The eveningbusinesssession
was attendedby 16 Fellowsand 19 Members--atotal oœ
35 present.
There were electedthree Fellows,two CorrespondingFellows,two
Honorary Fellows,10 Membersand 256 Associates.On October 1,
1941, vacanciesin the various membershipclasseswere as œollows:
Fellows,0; Honorary Fellows,2; Corresponding
Fellows,20; Members, 13.
The Treasurer'spreliminaryreport wasacceptedand the meeting
authorizedthe FinanceCommittee (actingwithout the Treasurer)
to reviewand approvethe final auditedreport whichwould be available at the end oœthe current fiscalyear (September30). This final
report (approvedon November10) appearsœartheron.
The InvestingTrustees'preliminaryreport was acceptedand the
FinanceCommitteewas authorizedto review and approvethe final
audited report which would be available as oœSeptember30, the
end of the current fiscal year. This final report, approved on
November 10, 1941, showed that the Endowment Fund had a value
oœ$30,784.50, and that it was in excellent condition.
The Secretary'sreport, revised to September30, 1941, indicated
that the Union's membershipwas distributedas œollows:
Patrons,3;
Fellows,50; EmeritusFellows,2; Honorary Fellows,23; Corresponding Fellows,80; Members,137; Associates,
1426;Associates-elect,
3.
Total excludingduplications,1722. There were in addition, 187
subscribers.This representsa small decreaseoœeighteenmembers,
comparedwith the previousyear. Due to world conditions,particularly affectingCanadian and œoreignsubscribers,the number
oœsubscribers
has decreased
from 201 to 187. Twenty-fiveresigna-
tionshad beenaccepted
duringthe yearand 256 Associates
elected.
Roll call was held œor the 29 members deceased since the last meet-
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ing: I FellowEmeritus,1 HonoraryFellow, I Corresponding
Fellow,
1 Member,
and 25 Associates.
The retiring membersoœthe Council (W. L. McAtee, Robert T.
Moore, and John T. Zimmer) were replacedfor a three-yearterm
by FrederickC. Lincoln, HoyesLloyd, and GeorgeM. Sutton. All
oœ the other
officers were re-elected.
Two new amendments
to the By-Lawswere passedand laid on the
table for final considerationat the 1942 meeting in Philadelphia.
The first abolishesthe classoœCorresponding
Fellowsby combining
it with the classof Honorary Fellowsso that all ForeignFellowswill
receive'The Auk.' Sincethesetwo classes
previouslyhad a combined
membershiplimit oœ125, the new membershiplimit for the classoœ
Honorary Fellows now becomes125 and Honorary Fellows may be
electedfrom any countryexceptthe United Statesand Canada. The
secondproposalpermitsAssociates
to recommendto the Council
throughthe Secretarythe namesof candidates
for Associate
membership. Final and favorableaction was taken on a new amendment
which makesall publicationsissuedduring the six calendaryears
precedinga given A. O. U. meeting,eligible for BrewsterMedal
awards.
The Council empoweredthe FinanceCommitteeand the PublicationsCommitteeto proceedwith the publicationoœthe 1931-40Tenyear Index of 'The Auk' and empoweredthe FinanceCommittee,
in conference with
the Publications
and Check-list Committees, to
arrangefor promptpublicationof the 5th editionof the 'A. O. U.
Check-listof North American Birds,' as soon as the manuscriptis
completed.
The Council authorized the Endowment Committee to proceed
with its drive for increased endowment funds for the A. O. U. and
voted $200 for its campaign.
The
Council voted to limit
each edition
of 'The
Auk'
to 300
copiesin excess
of currentneedsand to use no coloredplatesin
'The Auk' in 1942 unless contributed.
The 1941 award of the Brewster Medal was made to the late Donald
R. Dickeyand to A. J. van Rossem
in recognition
of their volumeon
'Birds of E1 Salvador'which was publishedby the Field Museum
in 1938.
The presentTrustees(GeorgeStuart,3rd, and C. H. Riker) were
re-elected
and StephenS. Gregory,Jr., waselectedasthe third trustee
to fill the vacancy
createdthroughthe deathof EdwardNorris. Also,
GeorgeWillett wasre-elected
as Editor of the Ten-yearIndex of
'The
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The Union voted to acceptthe report of the Committeeon Bird
Protection(Victor Cahalane,ClarenceCottam,William Finley, and
Aldo Leopold). The full report will appearin a later issueof
'The
Auk.'
The Union adoptedthereportof the Resolutions
Committee(Alden
H. Miller, GeorgeM. Sutton,and J. Van Tyne). This expressed
appreciationto the following for their contributionsto the 1941 meeting: the Local Committee (Alfred M. Bailey, Chairman, Fred G.
Brandenburg,Edwin R. Kalmbach,Robert J. Niedrach, Horace G.
Smith, and CharlesC. Sperry);the officersof the Union; the Ladies'
EntertainmentCommitteeconsistingof wivesof the membersof the
Local Committee and Mrs. John Evans, Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps
and Mrs. Verner C. Reed; the Board of Trustees of the Colorado
Museumof Natural History and particularlyits President,Mr. C. H.
Hanington;and to manyotherornithologists
of Coloradowhohelped
in makingpreparations
andwhosohospitably
caredfor visitorsfrom
out of State during meetingsand on the field trips to Mt. Evansand
the Coloradoplains.
Public rneetings.-The public meetingsopenedon Tuesday morning with an addressof welcome by C. H. Hanington, President of
the Board of Trusteesof the Colorado Museum of Natural History,
and a response
by PresidentJamesP. Chapin. The programincluded
45 papers,four of whichwerereadby title, and asusualcovereda wide
range of subjects,both popular and technical. Classifiedas to content, the paperscoveredthe followingsubjects:life history,12; behavior,6; faunas,10; ecology,4; conservation-education
or protection,
2; biography,1; distributionand migration,10; bird-banding,3; exploration, 8; techniques,7; taxonomy,3; predation, 3; disease,2;
anatomyand physiology,
2; management,
5; bird song,2; waterfowl,1.
Socialevents.-On Tuesdayevening,232 personsattendeda buffet
supper and an open house at the ColoradoMuseum of Natural
History. This event affordeda welcomeopportunityfor visitswith
friends while reviewing the interestingvertebratecollections. Following this, the group retired to the auditoriumwhere a public
session
with four kodachrome-film
presentations
attractedan audience
of 657. Wednesdayeveningwas occupiedby the annual dinner at
the Cosmopolitan
Hotel with 173 present. The highlightof the
eveningwas a 'review around the world' by PresidentChapin of
prominentornithologists
and their current activitiesduring wartime, and a specialfloor showwith all the trimmingsarrangedby
the Local Committee. On Tuesday,Wednesdayand Thursdaynoons
groupluncheons
wereheldin the basement
of the Museum. Wednes-
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day noona groupphotographwastakenof the 117memberspresent
at that time. A secondpublic session,
Thursdayevening,with six
kodachrome-filmpresentations,attracted an audienceof 748.
Excursions.--Friday,
September5, 116 personsparticipatedin an
all-day field trip to the top of Mt. Evans,one of the highestscenic
highwaysin the world (14,260feet). Stopsweremadein the various
'life zones,'includingEcho Lake (10,600feet) and Summit Lake
(12,740feet). Many of the easternvisitorsthoroughlyenjoyedtheir
first real contactswith high altitudes and western mountain birds.
A number of ptarmigans,leucostictes
and five mountain sheep,were
observed. On Saturday,54 personsparticipatedin an all-day trip to
the level prairie countryeastof Denver to observeMountain Plover
and other shorebirds,waterfowl and various prairie speciesand
habitats.
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PROGRAM
Papersare arrangedin the order in which they were presentedat
the meeting. Starred papers were illustrated by lantern slides;
thosewith a doublestar were illustratedby motion pictures.
TUESDAY MORNING
Welcomeby C. H. HAN1N•rON,
Presidentof the Board of Trusteesof the Colorado
Museum of Natural History.
Responseby JAMESP. CI•t•IN, President,American Ornithologists'Union.
Roll Call of Fellows and Members, Reports of the BusinessMeeting, Announcement
of the Result
of Elections.
Report of the Local Committee on Arrangements. EDWINR. KALMBACH.
1. A Studyof Kirtland'sWarbler. J. VAN TYNE,Museumof Zoology,University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2. •Further News of Afropavo. JA•am P. CI•A•'IN,American Museum of Natural
History, New York City.
3. •Bald EagleDistributionalongthe Lower Mississippi
River. ALSERrF. GAN1ER,
Nashville, Tennessee.
4. Birdsof the GomezFargasRegionof Southwestern
Tamaulipas. A Reporton
the Cornell University-Carleton
CollegeOrnithologicalExpedition. GEORGE
MIKSCH
SUTTON
and OLINS. PEr'rINGXLL,
JR.,CornellUniversity,Ithaca, New
York, and Carleton College,Northfield, Minnesota.
5. Songin FemaleBirds. MAltGAR•r
M. NICE,Chicago,
Illinois. (Readby title.)
6. In Memoriam:JosephGrinnell. J•N M. LINgDALE,
Frances
S. HastingsNatural
History Reservation,Monterey,California. (Read by title.)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
7. Densityand Distributionof the Prairie Falconin Colorado. HAaOLD
WESST•E,
JE., Denver, Colorado.
8. •A Review of Differentiation Centers for Birds in the Western Great Basin
Region. ALDENH. MILLER,Museumof VertebrateZoology,Berkeley,
California.
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9. *PredatoryBird Populationsat Stillwater, Oklahoma. FREDERICK
M. BAUMGARTNER,
OklahomaA. and M. College,Stillwater, Oklahoma.
10. *Apparatusfor ColoringWild Animals. JAMESMOFFITT,CaliforniaAcademy
of Sciences, San Francisco, California.
11. *Display and Sexual Behavior of the Brandifs Cormorant. LAIDLAWO.
WILLIAMS, Carmel, California.
12. **Wings to the North--Blue and SnowGooseMigration in WesternMinnesota-16-mm. Kodachrome. RALV}•A. WOOLSEY,
MinnesotaDepartment of Conservation, St. Paul, Minnesota.
15. A Cliff SwallowColonyand its Uninvited Guests. W.J. BAERG,
Dept. of Entomology,University of Arkansas,Fayetteville,Arkansas. (Read by title.)
TUESDAY
14. **Color
in the Southwest.
EVENING
ALFRED M. BAILEY, Colorado Museum of Natural
History, Denver, Colorado.
15. **Horned Grebesand the NorthernRed Fox. CLeVELAND
P. GRANT,
Covington,
Kentucky.
16. **Birds of the Pacific Coast. ED N. HARRISON,Encinitas, California.
17. **Bird Magic in Mexico--TheStoryof the Cornell University-Carleton
College
Expedition--16-mm. Kodachrome. GEORCEMIKSCH SUTTONand OLIN S.
PETTINGILL,
JR., Cornell University,Ithaca, New York, and Carleton College,
Northfield, Minnesota.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
18. More Progressin Bird-soundRecording (with phonographrecords). ARTam
A. ALLEN,CornellUniversity,Ithaca, New York (presented
by GEORGE
M.
SUTTON).
19. Throat Lesionsoccurringin Mourning Doves. CARLTON
M. HERMAN,LOS
AngelesWildlife DiseaseResearchStation,Los Angeles,California.
20. Work with Birds on the HastingsNatural History Reservation.JEANM.
LINSDALE,
FrancesS. Hastings Natural History Reservation,Monterey,
California.
21. *The Life Equation of the Ring-neckedPheasant.LAWRENCE
E. HICKSand
DANIELL. LEEDY,Ohio Wildlife ResearchStation,Ohio StateUniversity,
Columbus, Ohio.
22. More Lossof Bird Song. W.F.. SAUNDERS,
London,Ontario.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
23. Birds of Rocky Mountain National Park. FREDM. PACKARD,
Passaic,
New Jersey
(readby LAWRENCE
E. HICKS).
24. The Wild-bird Plumage-trafficCampaign. JO}•NH. BAKER,National Audubon
Society,New York City.
25. Noteson the Nest History of the Gadwall. MmmiLL C. HAMMOND, Lower Sourls
Refuge, Upham, North Dakota.
26. *Tagging the Black-lootedAlbatross.LOYEMILLER,Universityof California
at Los Angeles,Los Angeles,California (presented
by ALDENH. MILL•R).
27. **The Western Grebe: a Life-history Contribution--16-mm. Kodachrome.
W. F. KUBIC•EK,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,Washington,D.C.
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28. *Which Subspecies
of Turkey Vulture is found in Western United States?
DeANA•tADON,
AmericanMuseumof Natural History, New York City.
29. SpecificRelations of the Yellow and Golden Warblers. JOHNW. ALDRICH,U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service,Washington, D.C.
30. The Induction of Northward Migration in the Oregon Junco in Winter.
ALBERT
WOLFSON,
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology,Berkeley,California.
31. Southwestern
Utah as a Biotic Area. WILLIAMH. BEHL•,Dept. of Biology,
Universityof Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
32. How Woodlots and Fencerows Function in Bird Production.
DANIEL L LEEDY,
Ohio Wildlife ResearchStation, Ohio State University,Columbus,Ohio.
33. **Photographingthe Saw-whetOwl--16-mm.Kodachrome. FREDG. BRANDENBtam,The ColoradoMuseum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
34. *Bird Populationsin Relation to the Composition
of Vegetation.FRANK
A.
PITELKA,Museum of Vertebrate Zoology,Berkeley,California.
35. Behavior and Distribution
of Brandt's and Double-crested
Cormorants on San
FranciscoBay. GEORGEA. BARTHOLOMEW,
JR., Museum of Vertebrate
Zoology,Berkeley,California.
36. **Wild-bird
Production
at Audubon
Sanctuaries in 1941--16-mm.
Kodachrome.
JOHNH. BAKER,National AudubonSociety,New York City.
37. **Notes on the Birds of the Mandel GalapagosExpedition--16-mm.Kodachrome.
RUDYERD
BOULTON,
Field Museumof Natural History,Chicago,Illinois.
38. **Social Behaviorof the SageGrousein the Mating Cycle--16-mm.Kodachrome.
JOI•N W. SCOTT,ZoologyDepartment,University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming.
39. Progressand Potential Value of the Audubon Breeding-birdCensus. JosEPI•
j. HICKEYand ROGERT. PETERSON,
National Audubon Society,New York
City. (Read by title.)
THURSDAY
EVENING
40. **OrnithologicalMiscellany--16-mm.
Kodachrome. PAULKELLOGG,
CornellUniversity,Ithaca, New York (presentedby GEORGE
M. SUTTON).
41. **Color in the High Country. ROBERT
J. NIEDRAGH,
The ColoradoMuseum of
Natural History, Denver, Colorado.
42. **Colorado Birds--16-mm. Kodachrome. LOWELLMILLS, Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
43. **Mating of the Sharp-tailedGrouse. CLEVErAND
P. GRANT,Covington,Kentucky.
44. **Let 'em Live--colonialBird Life on an Islandof the BowdoinLake Refuge,
Montana--16-mm.
Kodachrome.
W. F. KUBIGHEK, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife
Service,Washington, D.C.
45. **GalapagosBirds. A Pictorial Record of the Lack-Venables
GalapagosExpedition of the ZoologicalSocietyof London,with introductoryremarks
by ROBERT
C. MILLER,California Academyof Sciences,
San Francisco,California.
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ATTENDANCE
The 1941 meeting,the first to be held in the Denver area, had a
registeredattendanceof 116 members(all classes)
and 96 visitorsa total of 212, in addition to an attendance of 657 and 748 at the
two public eveningsessions.The list of thosepresentin 1941 included 18 Fellows, 24 Members and 74 Associates.
Memberswere presentfrom 34 Statesand Provinces. One hundred
and four membersand 73 visitorsregisteredfrom localitiesoutside
of Colorado. Exclusiveof visitorsthe eight largestdelegationswere:
California, 20; New York, 14; Colorado,12; Washington,D.C., 8;
Ohio, 6; Nebraska,5; Pennsylvania,
5; and Illinois, 5.
The six memberstravelingthe greatestdistanceswere: Per Host,
Lake Placid, Florida; Herbert Stoddard,Thomasville, Georgia; E.
Milby Burton, Charleston,SouthCarolina;and JamesC. Greenway,
Jr., Cambridge,Massachusetts.
CALIFORNIA,
20--Fellows,Alden H. Miller, Berkeley;Loye H. Miller, Los Angeles;
Robert T. Moore and Adriaan J. van Rossera,Pasadena;GeorgeWillett, Los
Angeles. Members,LaurenceM. Huey, San Diego;Jean M. Linsdale,Monterey.
Associates,
Mrs. E. K. Austin, Piedmont;GeorgeA. Bartholomew,Jr., Berkeley;
Walter W. Bennett, Los Angeles;Ed N. Harrison, Encinitas; Junea W. Kelly,
Alameda; Robert C. Miller, James Mottitt, San Francisco;Frank A. Pitelka,
Berkeley; Frances F. Roberts, Encinitas; John B. Robertson, Buena Park;
Charles P. Smith, Saratoga; Laidlaw O. Williams, Carmel; Albert Wolfson,
Berkeley.
COLORADO,
12--Fellows,Alfred M. Bailey, E. R. Kalmbach, Denver. Associates,
Gordon Alexander,Boulder; Fred G. Brandenburg,Denver; ThompsonG. Maul
Lowell J. Mills, ColoradoSprings;JohnsonA. Neff, Robert J. Niedrach, Robert
N. Randall, Horace G. Smith, CharlesC. Sperry,Robinia C. Storrie, Denver.
FLORIDA,1--Associate, Per Host, Lake Placid.
GEORGIA,l--Fellow, Herbert Stoddard, Thomasville.
IDAItO, l--Associate, William H. Marshall, Boise.
ILLINOIS,5--Members, Rudyerd Boulton, H. B. Conover, Chicago. Associates,
Marion Clow, Lake Forest; Karl Plath, Flora S. Richardson, Chicago.
IOWA,1--Associate,Jean Laffoon, Sioux City.
KENTUCKY,l--Associate, Cleveland P. Grant, Covington.
LOUISIANA,
2--Member, George H. Lowery, Baton Rouge. Associate,S. Elizabeth
Hewes, New Orleans.
MAINE, 1--Associate, Edward F. Dana, Portland.
MASSAC•tSS•;TTS,
l--Member, JamesC. Greenway,Jr., Cambridge.
MICroCAN,4--Fellow, J. Van Tyne, Ann Arbor. Members, Pierce Brodkorb, Frederick N. Hamerstrom,Jr., Ann Arbor. Associate,Harry W. Harm, Ann Arbor.
MINNESOTA,
2--Member, Olin S. Pettingill, Jr., Northfield. Associate,OscarOwre,
Jr., Minneapolis.
MIsslssIeeI,l--Associate,Merriam L. Miles, Vicksburg.
MIssotmI,1--Associate,
JamesW. Cunningham,KansasCity.
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NEBRASKA,
5--,4ssociates,
A.M. ]Brookings,
Hastings;Emma M. Ellsworth,Mary E.
Ellsworth,Omaha;Marvin S. McMurtrey,Lincoln;R. Allyn Moser,Omaha.
NEW MEXICO,2--,4ssociates,
A. E. Borell, LawrenceV. Compton, Albuquerque.
NEW YORK,14--HonoraryFellow, Jean Delacour,New York City. Fellows,James
P. Chapin, New York City; GeorgeM. Sutton,Ithaca. Members,FrancisL.
Jaques,T. Gilbert Pearson,Austin L. Rand, New York City; JamesSavage,
Buffalo;DaytonStoner,Albany. ,4ssociates,
DeanAmadon,JohnH. Baker,Ruth
Trimble Chapin,EugeneEisenmann,
New YorkCity; Mr. and Mrs.Carll Tucker,
Mt.
Kisco.
NORTHDAKOTA,1--,4ssociate,Merrill C. Hammond, Upham.
OHIO, 6--Fellow, Lawrence E. Hicks, Columbus.
Member, Milton
B. Trautman,
Put-in-Bay. ,4ssociates,
David T. Katz, Daniel L. Leedy, Robert H. Mills,
Columbus; William C. Herman, Cincinnati.
OKLAHOMA,
3--,4ssociates,
F. M. Baumgartner,JosephC. Howell, Stillwater; Seth
H. Low, Cherokee.
ONTARIO,
3--Fellows,Hoyes Lloyd, Ottawa; W. E. Saunders,London. Member,
L. L. Snyder,Toronto.
ORECON,
2--Fellow, Stanley B. Jewett, Portland. Member, William L. Finley,
Portland.
PENNSYLVANIA,
5--,4ssociates,
J. Frank Cassel,Wyomissing;EleanorC. Emlen, Philadelphia;RobertW. Glenn,GeorgeB. Thorp, Pittsburgh;Dale Rudert,Saxonburg.
SOUTH
CAROLINA,
1--,4ssociate,
E. Milby Burton,Charleston.
TENNESSEE,
1--Member, Albert F. Ganlet, Nashville.
TEXAS,3--,4ssociates,
A. R. Shearer,Mont gelview; Philip F. Allen, Amarillo; George
B. Saunders, Brownsville.
UTAH,1--Member,William H. Behle,Salt Lake City.
VIRGINIA,1--Member, Wesley F. Kubichek, Arlington.
WASHINGTON,1--,4ssociate, Elizabeth L. Curtis, Seattle.
WASHINGTON,
D.C., 8--Fellows, Ira N. Gabrielson, Frederick C. Lincoln.
Members,
John W. Aldrich, ClarenceCottam,Herbert G. Deignan. ,4ssociates,
CharlesH.
M. Barrett, Hartley H. T. Jackson,Robert C. McClanahan.
WESTVIRGINIA,1--Associate,
GeorgeH. Breiding,Wheeling.
WISCONSIN,
2--,4ssociates,
Walter J. Mueller, Elizabeth A. Oehlenschlaeger,Milwaukee.
WYOMING,2--Member, O. J. Murie, Jackson. •lssociate,John W. Scott, Laramie.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The electionof officersfor 1942resultedasfollows:President,James
P. Chapin; Vice-Presidents,
GeorgeWillett and J. L. Peters;Secretary,
LawrenceE. Hicks; Treasurer,Rudyerd Boulton. Members of the
Council (in addition to officersand ex-presidents),
for three years:
HoyesLloyd,GeorgeM. Suttonand FrederickC. Lincoln.
The Council electedGlover M. Allen, Editor of 'The Auk'; Rudyerd
Boulton,Business
Manager;GeorgeH. Stuart,3rd, C. H. Riker and
StephenS. Gregory,Jr., Trustees;andJ.P. Chapin,S.S. Gregory,Jr.,
Rudyerd Boulton, W. L. McAtee, LawrenceE. Hicks, Boardman
Conover and Ludlow Griscom, members of the Finance Committee.
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ELECTION OF FELLOWS, MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
FELLOWS,
õ--Alfred M. Bailey, Denver, Colorado; Lawrence E. Hicks, Columbus,
Ohio; JamesA. Munro, OkanaganLanding, British Columbia.
HONORARy
FELLOWS,
2--David A. Bannerman,London, England; and Rear-Admiral
Hubert Lynes, Oxford, England.
CORRESPONDING
FELLOWS,
2-Julian S. Huxley, London, England; Bernard W.
Tucker, Oxford, England.
MEMBERS,
10--johnW. Aldrich,Washington,
D.C.; WilliamH. Behle,SaltLake
City, Utah; Ian McT. Cowan, Vancouver, British Columbia; David E. Davis,
Wilraette,Illinois;Philip A. DuMont,Arlington,Virginia;JohnT. Emlen,Davis,
California;F. N. Hamerstrom,Jr., Pinckney,Michigan;Hamilton M. Laing,
Comox P. O., British Columbia; Robert T. Orr, San Francisco, California;
Edward S. Thomas, Columbus, Ohio.
DECEASED MEMBERS
During the year the Union lost 42 membersby death: 1 Fellow Emeritus,2
Honorary Fellows,3 CorrespondingFellows, 1 Member and 35 ASsociates.
NAT}•ANCLIFFORD
BROWN,Fellow Emeritus and Founder, died in his 85th year at
Portland, Maine, March 20, 1941.
HENRYELIOTHOWARD,
• Honorary Fellow (1930,1938),aged67, died at Worcestershire, England, December26, 1940.
DR. ANTONKEICI•NOW,Honorary Fellow (1884),of Hamburg, Germany,died .in
July 1941.
EDWINAs}mY,CorrespondingFellow (1918), died at Adelaide, Australia, in 1941.
DR. CLAUDBUC}•ANAN
TICr•Im•ST,
2 CorrespondingFellow (1922), aged 60, died at
Kent, England, on February 17, 1941.
EMMA LOUISATURNER,CorrespondingFellow (1920), died at Cambridge,England,
August 13, 1940.
PROFESSOR
MYRONHARMON
SW•K, Member (1904,1920),died in his 58th year at
Lincoln,Nebraska,July 17, 1941.
FRED•ICKH. B•ame•r, Associate(1939),died at Toronto, Ontario, December3, 1939.
MRS.C•RI•
C. B•OOM•mLD,
Honorary Life ASsociate(1901),died in her 91st year
at Jackson,Michigan,February3, 1941.
M•ciA
B. C•¾,
ASsociate,died at North Bristol, Ohio, on March 11, 1941.
ALBE•TAS•¾ C•toss,
2Associate(1918),died at Huntington,Massachusetts,
April 15,
1940.
MissEMMAGERTRUDE
CUMMINGS,
ASsociate(1903),died at Brookline,Massachusetts,
in 1941.
WILLIAMOTro EMERSON,
Life Associate(1916),aged84, died at Hayward, California,
December 24, 1940.
ARTHUR
COPEEMLEN,
• Associate(1921),aged59, died at Jacksonville,
Florida,January 26, 1941.
COL.ROBERT
TEMPLEEMMET,Life Associate(1926),died at Schenectady,
New York,
October 25, 1936.
PROFESSOR
MILt•aU) C•¾TON ERNSBERGER,
Associate(1934), died in his 78th year
at Ithaca, New York, January1940.
For obituary notice, see Auk,
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FRANKBRISBIN
FOSTER,
Associate(1916),aged67, died at BroadwaterFarm, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania,
July 1941.
REV.EUGENE
O. GOELLNER,
Associate(1928),aged43, died at Gabriels,New York,
August 18, 1941.
WiLTF• W•LLISGRaNgER,
HonoraryLife Associate(1891),died in his 69th year at
Lusk, Wyoming,September6, 1941.
SAMUELHENSHAW,
Associate(1924), aged 89, died at Cambridge,Massachusetts,
February 5, 1941.
GEORCE
EDWARD
H•x, Associate(1904),died at Brooklyn,New York, November23,
1941.
EDWARD
CARLTON
HOFFMAN,Associate(1928), died in his 57th year, at Cleveland,
Ohio, March 18, 1941.
MRS.GERTRUDE
W. HOWELLS,
Associate(1935), died at Mesilla Park, New Mexico,
in August 1939.
DR. E. W. JOHNS,
Associate(1939),died at Albuquerque,New Mexico,in March (?),
1941.
M•ss JESSIEEMMa KLOSEMAN,
• Associate(1909), aged 65, died at Boston, Massachusetts, October 25, 1940.
MFaUUAM
GARRETSON
LEW•S,
e Associate(1924),died at Salem,Virginia, January 5,
1941.
DR. GLADWYN
KINGSLEY
NOBLE,
* Associate(1938), aged 46, died in New York City,
December 9, 1940.
EDWARD
NORRIS,
Associate(1916),died at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,
January1941.
W•LLARDB. PORTER,
Associate(1922), died at Salem, Massachusetts,
May 12, 1941.
SAMUELELLIOTTPERKINS,III, Associate (1923), died at Indianapolis, Indiana,
January 31, 1941.
PHILIPBERNARD
PmLL•P,Life Associate(1907),aged 63, died in New York City,
July 11, 1941.
WILLARDBROWNPORTER,
Associate(1922),died at Salem, Massachusetts,
May 12,
1941.
MARCUS
CHARLES
RIC•{,Associate(1931),died in New York City, New York, November, 1941.
EUGENE
ROS•ER,
Associate(1927),died at Geneva,Switzerland,in 1941 (?).
DR. BOYDPARKER
ROTHROCK,
Associate(1925),died at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
July 29, 1939.
EDWARD
ALEXANDER
S•MONS,
Associate(1928), died at Charleston,South Carolina,
December
1939.
Hugh MCCORMICK
SMITH,Honorary Life Associate,died in his 76th year at Washington, D.C., September28, 1941.
ELLISON
ADgERSMYTH,JR.,HonoraryLife Associate(1892),died at Salem,Virginia,
in August, 1941.
EDWARD
STURTEVANT,
Honorary Life Associate(1896),died at Newport, Rhode Island,
January 1938.
HERBERT
LANDOTHOWLESS,
Associate(1919),aged69, died at Newark, New Jersey,
December
1940.
DR. CHARLES
VETTER,
HonoraryLife Associate(1898),died at Grand View, Nyack,
New York, on August 28, 1941.
BURT•S
H. W•LSON,Associate(1939), died at Chicago,Illinois, September10, 1941.
For obituary notice, see Auk, 58: 449, 194•.
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58: 450--451, 1941.