the fifty-ninth stated meeting of the american ornithologists` union
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the fifty-ninth stated meeting of the american ornithologists` union
Vol. 50'[ •94• a THE H•c•s,Fifty.ninth Meeting of theA. O. U. FIFTY-NINTH STATED AMERICAN MEETING ORNITHOLOGISTS' BY LAWRENCE E. 145 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- l z•z• H•cKs, Fifty-ninth Meeting of the.4. O.U. I'Auk L Jan. 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 Auk.' Vol. 59] •94 •, .• HXCKS, Filty-ninth Meeting o! the•1.O. U. 1'•S 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- 1'i6 HicKs, Fifty-ninth Meeting of theA. O. U. [Auk L Jan. 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. Tr• 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. VoL •g-[ 1942 .• HicKs, Fifty-ninth Meeting of the.4. O. U. 7 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. HICKS, Fifty-ninth Meeting o[ the.4.O. U. THURSDAY i'Auk L Jan. MORNING 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. Vol. •9-.sI 194• HICKS, Fifty-ninth Meeting of theA. O. U. 149 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. 150 FAuk HICKS, Fifty.ninth Meeting o!the,4.O.U. I.Jan. 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. Vol. 59] •94• a HICKS, Fifty-ninth Meeting o! thed. O. U. 151 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, .... " " ........ ........ 58: 58: 58: 58: 443, •94t. 443-444, •94•. 448, •94L 623, •94•. 152 HmKs, Fifty-ninth Meeting o] theA. O. U. [-Auk L Jan. 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•. ........ 58: 450, 1941. , ....... 58: 450--451, 1941.