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Thirty-fourth Congress of the American
Ornithologists' Union
The thirty-fourth Annual Congress of
the American Ornithologists' Union was
held at the Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, November 13-16, 1916.
The Congress was largely attended and
the courtesies extended the visiting members
by the Academy of Sciences and the
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club in
addition to the attractions of an unusually
interesting program made it one of the
most enjoyable in the history of the Union.
At the business meeting of Fellows and
Members the existing officers of the Union
were re-elected and the following Members
were elected Fellows: James H.
Fleming, Toronto, Canada; Harry S.
Swarth, Berkeley, California; W. F.
Clyde Todd, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The following were elected Honorary
Fellows: Sergius Alexandrovich Buturlin,
of Wesenberg, Esthonia, Russia; Prof.
Dr. Max Fiirbringer, Heidelberg, Germany;
Dr. Hans Friedrich, Gadow, Cambridge,
England.
The Corresponding Fellows elected
were: Wm. L. Abbott, Philadelphia,
Pa.; David Armitage Bannerman, London,
England; Dr. Valentine Bianchi, St.
Petersburg, Russia; Dr. Roberto Dabbene,
Buenos Aires, Argentina; Alwyn Karl
Haagner, Pretoria, South Africa; Robert
Hall, Hobart, Tasmania; Dr. Einar
Lonnberg, Stockholm, Sweden; Dr. Percy
R. Lowe, Windsor, England; D. Auguste
Men6gaux, Paris, France; Harry Forbes
Witherby, Hampstead, England.
There were also elected 167 Associate
Members.
PROGRAM
In Memoriam— Daniel Giraud Elliot. Dr. Frank
M. Chapman, New York, N. Y.
In Memoriam—Wells Woodbridge Cooke. Dr.
T. S. Palmer, Washington, D. C.
A New Name for an Old Friend. Harry C. Oberholser,
W^ashington, D. C.
The Life and Writings of Professor F. E. L. Beal.
W. L. McAtee, Washington, D. C.
Bird Migration in Central .Africa. James P.
Chapin, New York, N. Y.
Bird Casualties. Mrs. E. O. Marshall, New
Salem, Mass.
Meadowlark Duets. Illustrated by whistled songs
of Mcadowlarks. Hcnrv Oldys, Silver Springs,
Md.
Notes from Field and Study 375
Woodcraft and Sparrow-proof Bird Boxes. Ernest
Thompson Seton, Greenwich, Conn.
In Audubon's Labrador. Illustrated by lanternslides.
Dr. Chas. W. Townsend, Boeton, Mass.
Photographing Gulls at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition. Illustrated by lantern-slides. Joseph
Mailliard, San F'rancisco, Cal.
Concerning Bird Banding. Illustrated by lanternslides.
Howard H. Cleaves, New Brighton,
N. Y.
What Determines the Length of Incubation. Dr.
W. H. Bergtold, Denver, Col.
\ Review of the Diving Petrels (Pelecanoididae).
Robert Cushman Murphy, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and Francis Harper, Washington, D. C.
Exhibition of Hybrid Ducks, with Comments.
Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Ithaca, N. Y.
Notes on some British Guiana Birds. C. William
Beebe, New York, N. Y.
Attempts to record with the camera the foo