24 'THE CONDOR Vol. IV Nineteenth Annual Congress of the Amer- ican Ornithologists' Union. The A. O. U. held its Nineteenth Annual Congress at the American Museum of Natnral History, Nov. tt-x4, t9ot. The attendance was good at all the meetings and the program was varied and interesting. The following officers were elected: President, C. Hart Merriam; Vice-Presidents, Charles B. Cory, C. F. Batch- elder; Secretary, John H. Sage; Treasurer, Win. Dutcher; Me?nbers of the Council, Frank M. Chapman, Ruthven Deane, Jonathan Dwight Jr., A. K. Fisher, E. W. Nelson, Thomas G. Roberts, Witmet Stone. The amendments to the by-laws recommend- ed at the Eighteenth Congress were adopted with the exception of the increase in the num- ber of Fellows. The old class of Active Mem- bers became Fellows, restricted in number to fifty. A class known as Members, the number of which is restricted to seventy-five, was created, intermediate between Associates and Fellows. The following Fellows were elected: Outram Bangs, F. E. L. Beal, L. B. Bishop, Joseph Grinnell, T. S. Palmer. Fifty-five Members were elected as follows, leaving twenty va- cancies: Allen, F. H., Mass. Artwater, H. P., Texas. Bailey, Mrs. F. M., Dist. Col. Bailey. Vernon, D.C. Bally, W. L. Penn. Barlow. C., Calif. Beyer, G. E., La. Bond. Frank, Wvo. Brimley, C. S., No. Car. Brown, Herbert, Ariz. Bruner, L., Nebr. Bryan, Win. A., Hawaii. Burns, F. L., Penn. Butler, A. W., Ind. Cherrie, Geo. K., N.Y. Clark, J'. N., Conn. Daggett, F. S., Calif. Deane, Walter, Mass. Evermann, B. W., D.C. Fanniu, John, Brit. Col. Fisher, W. K., Calif. Fl?ming, J. H., Canada. Fuertes, L, A., N. Y. Hardy, M., Maine. Hoffnmn, R., Mass. Jeffries, W. A., Mass. Job, H. K., Conn. Jones, Lynds, Ohio. Jordan, Dr. D. S., Calif. Judd, S. D., D.C. Mackay, Geo. H., Mass. . Mailliard, Jos., Calif. Mailliard, Jno. W., Calif. McGregor, R. C., Calif. Miller, G. S. Jr., D.C. Miller, Mrs. Olive T., N.Y. Murdoch, J., Mass. Oberholser, H. C., D. C, Osgood, W. H., D.C. Pennoek, C. J., Penn. Preble, E. A., D.C. Price, W. W., Calif. Ralph, Win., D.C. Rhoads, S. N., N.J. Rives, Dr. W. C., D.C. Robinson, Capt. Wirt, N.Y. Sornberger, J. D., Mass. Stephens, F., Calif. Thayer, A. H., N.Y. Thompson, Ernest S., N.Y. Todd, W. E. C., Penn. ' Torrey, Bradford, Mass. Townsend, C. H., D.C. Trotter, Dr. S., Penn. Wright, Mrs. M. O., Conn. Program of the Nineteenth Annual Con- gress of the A. 0. U. The Present Outlook for Stability in Nomen- clature. J, A. ALt,EN. (t5 min.) The Plumages of the American Goldfinch (Spi?zus IrisIls). JONATHAN Dwmt?, Jr. (20 min.) Routes of Bird Migration across the Gulf of Mexico. W.W. COOKE. On Methods ' in Museum Bird Exhibits. FRANK M. CHAPMAN. (I 5 min.) Ornithological Notes from Northern New Hampshire. JOHN N. CLARK. 20 min.) Some Impressions of Texas Birds. Louts AGASSIZ FUERTES and H. C. OBER- HOLSER. (50 min.) The White-winged Crossbill in Captivity. JaMEs H. HtLL. (to min.) The American and European Herring Gulls. J. A. ALLEN. (IO min.) Auduboniana. RUTHyEN DEANE. (t 5 min.) The Moults and Plumages of the North American Ducks (A?atid?e). JONATHAN DWtGHT, Jr. (30 min.) A Naturalist in Yucatan. Illustrated by lan- tern slides. E.W. NELSON. (45 min.) Photography in North Dakota Bird Colonies, et cetera. Illustrated by lantern slides. HERBERT K. JOB. (45 min.) A Reconnaissance in Manitoba and the North- west. Illustrated by, lantern slides. FRANK M. CHAPMAN. (45 min.) Are Hummingbirds Cypseloid or Caprimul- goid? HUBERT LyMAN CLARK. (5 nlin.) List of Birds of Wequetonsing. Mich. OTTO WIDMANN. (IO min.) Notes on the Ornithological Observations of Peter Kalm. SPENCER TROTTER (15 mill.) Report of the Committee of the Protection of
