proceedings of the ninety-third stated meeting of the american

proceedings of the ninety-third stated meeting of the american

PROCEEDINGS
STATED
AMERICAN
OF
THE
MEETING
NINETY-THIRD
OF
ORNITHOLOGISTS'
THE
UNION
GEORGEE. WATSON•SECRETARY
T•E Ninety-third StatedMeeting of the AmericanOrnithologists'
Union was
held 25-29 August1975 at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada,under
the sponsorshipof the University. Additional contributors were Environment
Canada,Manitoba Department of Mines, Resourcesand EnvironmentalManagement, the Natural History Division of the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature,
and the Manitoba Naturalists Society. Businessand technical sessionswere held
in the University Centre and the social sessionswere held there or in Pembina
Hall adjacent to Mary SpeechlyHall where most participantswere housedon
the campus.Field trips were taken to variousplacesabout Winnipeg.
BUSINESS
SESSIONS
The Councilmet in the morningand afternoonon 25 Augustand againin the
afternoon of 27 August. The Fellows met in the late afternoon of 25 August
and again in the late afternoon of 28 August. Fellows and Elective Members
met in the eveningof 25 August. A summaryof the important actionsat these
meetingsfollows:
Future raeetings.--The Ninety-fourth Stated Meeting will be held at Hayerford College,near Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,9-13 August1976at the invitation
of the Academyof Natural Sciences
of Philadelphiaand Hayerford College.At
the invitation of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of
Vertebrate Zoologythe Ninety-fifth Stated Meeting will be held at Berkeley,
California,in late Augustor early September1977. The Union has alsoaccepted
an invitation from the American Museum of Natural History, the National
AudubonSociety,the New York ZoologicalSociety,and the LinnaeanSociety
of New York to hold its CentennialMeeting in New York City in 1983.
The PhaseI PlanningCommitteefor the A.O.U. Centennialsuggested
several
publicationsthat might be issuedto celebratethe Centennial. First amongthem
was a history of American ornithology. The Council also consideredmethods
for financingthe Centennial.
Election of officers.--At the meetingof Fellowsand Elective Members,John
T. Emlen, Jr., was electedPresident;Wesley E. Lanyon was advancedto First
Vice-President;
KennethC. Parkeswas electedSecondVice-President;George
E. Watson was reelectedSecretary; John A. Wiens was reelectedTreasurer;
ThomasR. Howell, Harrison B. Tordoff, and Glen E. Woolfendenwere elected
to three-yearterms on the Council; and EugeneEisenmannwas electedto fill
the two-year term vacated by the electionof Parkes to SecondVice-President.
Awards.--TheWilliam BrewsterMemorialAwardwas madeto Ji•rgenHaffer
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for his seriesof brilliant paperson the ornithogeography
of South America. The
Elliott CauesAwardswere presentedto Walter Back for his anatomicalstudies
of avian skeletaland muscularsystemsand to Richard F. Johnstonand Robert
K. Selanderfor their studieson evolutionarychangesin New World populations
of House Sparrows. (For citationsseepp. 161-163.)
The Committee on Student Awards announced that Marcia Brady Tucker
Travel Awards in support of travel to the A.O.U. meeting in Winnipeg were
made to Phillip F. Elliot, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas and to
JosephL. Suchecki,University of Connecticut,Storrs, Connecticut,both of
whom presentedpapersat the meeting. One-year membershipsin the A.O.U.
were awardedto 39 students(29 graduatestudents,4 seniors,5 juniors,and 1
freshmen) enrolledin 32 institutionsin 22 statesand 3 Canadianprovinces.
The Committee on Researchmade JasslynVan Tyne ResearchAwards to six
persons,as follows: Jeffrey Burns, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota: The breedingbiologyof the Short-billedMarsh Wren (Cistothorus
platensis),$475; Juan Guzrnan,Universityof Calgary,Calgary,Alberta, Behavioral aspectsof the ecologyof the Sooty Shearwater(Puffinus griseus)off the
coast of British Columbia in summer, $475; David S. Messinger,Ohio State
University, Columbus,Ohio: Walking and swimmingin the duck, $175; Lynne
M. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,New Jersey: Nesting adaptations and breedingbiology of the Glossy Ibis, $250; David W. Steadman,
Department of Zoology,University of Florida, Gainesville,Florida: A study
of early Pleistoceneavifauna of the Inglis 1A Site, Florida, $150; and Joseph
M. Wunderle, Jr., Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Intra-island polymorphismin the Bananaquit, $300.
The awardfor the beststudentpaperpresentedat the meetingwent to Douglas
W. Mock, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,Minnesota,who spokeon "Gradedand discretesignalsin heron cammunication."
Membership.--The Treasurer's report on membershipshowedthat at the
end of July 1975 there were 3660 members,an increaseof 247 from last year.
Numbers
in various
Members
Elective
classes were:
................................................
Members
Fellows
.......................................
.................................
CorrespondingFellows ....................................
Honorary Fellows ...................................
3228
237
108
69
18
Total membership
includes1 Benefactor(+ 3 deceased),15 Patrons(+ 21
deceased),471 Life Members,82 Life Elective Members,and 58 Life Fellows;
41 membersresignedduring the year, and 250 were suspended.
During the year betweenmeetingsthe officers learned of the deaths of 12
Members,2 ElectiveMembers,1 Fellow, 1 Corresponding
Fellow,and 1 Honorary Fellow as follows:
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John Innes Beattie, Member
Loring Conant, Member
Orville W. Crowder, Member
Rowley Frith, Life Member
Sam Gadd, Member
Earle R. Greene, Elective Member
Margaret Jean Hailer, Life Member
CharlesW. Hamilton, Life Member
Sir Julian S. Huxley, Honorary Fellow
Peter Paul Kellogg, Life Elective Member
Cyril Winthrop Mackworth-Praed, Member
Edgardo Moltoni, CorrespondingFellow
Gerald T. Rogers, Life Member
Zella M. Schultz, Member
Edward L. Seeber, Life Member
Clarence Emil Stasz, Member
Charles Vaurie, Fellow
In the meetingsof 25 August, the following personswere elected to special
classesof membership:
PATRON
William H. Pugh
HOnORaRY
FELLOW
Bernard Rensch (Germany)
CORRESPONDING F•LLOW
Phillip A. Clancy (South Africa)
Kai Curry-Lindahl (Sweden)
Eberhard Gwimmer (Germany)
Colin Pennycuick (United Kingdom)
William H. Phelps, Jr. (Venezuela)
John A. Wiens
Larry L. Wolf
ELECTIVE
MEMBERS
Jon E. Ahlquist
Daniel
W. Anderson
James C. Bartonek
Julian J. Baumel
Joanna Burger
Elsie
C. Collias
Ralph W. Dexter
Roger M. Evans
Marshall
FELLOW
Paul
Charles
H.
Alan H.
Baldwin
Brush
A. Howe
F. Leck
Raymond J. Middleton
David N. Nettleship
Mary H. Clench
Richard
Barbara
Wilbur B. Quay
Stephen I. Rothstein
Ralph W. Schreiber
Spencer G. Sealy
Alexander Sprunt, IV
B. DeWolfe
Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
D. Frank McKinney
Val Nolan, Jr.
Ralph J. Raitt
R.
Peter
Stettenheim
Charles
Leslie
M.
R. Haven Wiley
Tuck
H.
Olendorff
Trost
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Finances.--The Investing Trustees,chairedby Cyrus Mark, reported that
the valueof the MergedAssetsAccountas of 31 July 1975was$275,176.63,
anincrease
of approximately
$13,000or 4.9%sincelastyear'sreport.The total
valueincludes
a capitaladditionof $10,000to the generalEndowment
Fund
duringthe year. Net incomewas$12,618.20,
an increase
of $468.03overthe
previous year.
The CouncilelectedMelvin A. Traylor, Jr., Chairman,Cyrus Mark, and
JamesR. Ware as Investing Trustees.
The reportof the TreasurerJohnA. Wiensfor fiscal1975appears
in full
at the conclusionof these proceedings.
Publication
matters.--Oliver
L. Austin,Jr., Editorof The Auk, reportedthat
the first three numbersof Volume 92 (1975) containa total of 684 pagesplus
a 27-pagesupplement.
In mid-Julyhe had 214 unpublished
manuscripts
in
variouseditorialstages(30 morethan a year ago). He pointedout that the
typewriter-format
offsetsupplement
to theJulyAukrepresented
a considerable
savingin pagecostsandaskedthe Councilto approveadditionalsupplements.
The Councilagreedto havetheConservation
Committee
reportandthe Recent
Literaturesections
published
as supplements,
as recommended
by an ad hoc
Committeeon Auk finances,but votedto retain the Secretary'sand the Treasurer'sreportsas integralpartsof The Auk. The Councilalsoauthorized
the
Editorto requestpagecostsfromall authorsandto assess
obligatory
charges
on papers over 12 pages.
OliverL. Austin,Jr., wasreelected
Editorof The Auk; the Periodical
Literature and Book Review sectionsand Index will continue under AssociateEditors
Herbert W. Kale II, Walter Bock,and JamesJ. Dinsmorerespectively.
A number of back issuesof The Auk are in such abundant supply that they
will be offeredto members
at a specialdiscount
thisyear andat the Hayerford
meeting.Becausethe large numberof new memberswho joinedafter the
beginning
of the calendar
year had depletedthe supplyof Januaryand April
1975 Auks, Council authorized reprinting them.
An ad hoccommittee,
withThomasR. HowellasChairman,
hasbeenformed
to considerthe future of ornithological
publicationsin North America. The
committeeincludesrepresentatives
of the Wilson and CooperOrnithological
Societiesand the NortheasternBird-bandingAssociation.
J. W. Hardy, Editor of Ornithological
Monographs,
reportedthat two Mono-
graphs
werepublished
duringtheyearandoneothershouldappearbeforethe
end of 1975. Sevenadditionalmanuscripts
are beingrevisedby authorsor are
out for review,threeothersare moribund.The Editorhopesto publishat least
two phonograph
discsin the Monographseries.
EugeneEisenmann,
Chairmanof the Committee
on Classification
andNomenclature,reportedthat the committeeplannedto publisha new supplement
to
the A.O.U. check-listsoondealingwith somenomenclaturalchanges.Kenneth
C. Parkes was elected Vice-Chairman and Lester L. Short was added to the
committeeas Secretaryin placeof Dean Amadonwho resigned.
RalphS. Palmer,Editorof the Handbookof North AmericanBirds,reported
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that the two waterfowl volumes and a reprint of volume 1 will be published
by spring 1976.
Researchand collectionmatters.--The Councilacceptedthe report of the ad
hoc Committee on Scientific and Educational Use of Wild Birds, which was
publishedas a supplementto the July Auk, and authorized the President to send
it to the National ResearchCouncil and to appropriategovernmentagencies.
The A.O.U. has submittedan applicationto the National ScienceFoundation
ior fundingto conduct"A workshopon a nationalplan for ornithology"in 1976
and 1977. JamesR. King and Walter Bock, conveners,held an informational
meetingfor workshopnomineesWednesdayeveningduringthe StatedMeeting.
The Council authorized the President to form a Committee
on Public Re-
sponsibilities
to adviseofficers on action the A.O.U. ought to take on public
issuesandproposed
government
programsthat affect the scienceof ornithology.
Amendments
to theBylaws.--TheFellowsvotedfinal approvalto five changes
in the Bylawsthat receivedpreliminaryapprovala year ago. These changes
(1) establishthe office of President-electand set the terms of office of President
and President-elect,(2) removethe requirementthat the Treasurerbe an Elective
Member, (3) alter the procedures
for amendingthe Bylawsso that changes
need
not be madein haste, (4) establishcriteria for enrollmentin specialclassesof
membership,(5) add the Editor of OrnithologicalMonographsto the Council.
The specific amendmentsare as follows:
(1) President-elect
Article II, Section 1. For present first sentence,substitute: "The officers
of the Unionshallbe a President,a President-elect,
a Vice-President,
a Secretary,
a Treasurer, and nine Elective Councilors."
Article II, Section 2. For present second sentence,substitute: "In case
of the President'sabsenceor inability to act, the President-elect--or,if the
latter is unavailable the Vice-President--shall dischargethe duties of the
President."
Article IV. ReplacepresentSections1-3 with the followingnew or reworded
Sections
1-7.
"Section 1. The President-elect,the Vice-President, the Secretary, the
Treasurer,and three Elective Councilorsshallbe electedby vote of the Fellows
and Elective Members assembledat Stated Meetings. All electionsshall be by
ballot except that with unanimousconsentthe reelectionof a Secretaryor a
Treasurer may be made by open vote.
"Section 2. Each Fellow and Elective Member
shall be invited in advance
of the StatedMeeting at which an electionis to be held, to nominate,in writing
to the Secretary, one person for President-elect,one person for Vice-President,
and three personsfor Elective Councilors.Thesenominationsshallbe presented
at the Stated Meeting of Fellows and Elective Members. Additional nominations may be made from the floor. For each office, Fellows and Elective Members may vote for as many candidatesas there are positionsto be filled. Those
candidateswho receive the votes of a majority of the Fellows and Elective
January 1976] Proceedingso! the Ninety-third Stated Meeting o! A.O.U.
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Members voting shall be declared elected, unless the number of persons receiving such a majority exceedsthe number of vacanciesto be filled. In that
event, only the candidatesreceiving the highest majorities up to the number
still eligible for election shall be declared elected. Additional ballots may be
taken as necessaryuntil all positionsare filled.
"Section 3. A President-electshall be elected every two years. The term
of the President-elect shall begin at the close of the Stated Meeting at which
he is elected and end at the close of the second Stated Meeting thereafter.
After completionof this term of office, the President-electautomaticallybecomesPresidentfor a similar two-year term. In the caseof the death or incapacitationof the President, the President-electshall automatically become
Presidentuntil the closeof the next Stated Meeting and shall then serve a full
term as President.
A new President-elect
shall be elected at the first
Stated
Meeting following any such successionof the President-electto President. If,
after the normal term of office, a President-elect declines to succeed to the
office of President, a President shall be elected from the nominees for the
office of President-electpresentedat that Stated Meeting.
"Section4. The Vice-Presidentshall be electedannually and may not succeedhimself. The term of office shall begin at the closeof the Stated Meeting
at which election takes place and end at the close of the next Stated Meeting.
"Section 5. The Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected annually.
Nominations
for these officers
shall be made from
the floor with
consent of
the nominee.Formal electiveballotsshallbe taken,and th• candidatereceiving
a majority of the ballots cast shall be declared elected. If no candidate receives
a majority on the first ballot, additional ballots shall be taken until the offices
are filled.
"The term of office of the Secretary shall begin at the end of the Stated
Meeting at which election takes place and shall continue to the closeof the next
Stated Meeting. Unless otherwisearranged by Council, the Treasurer shall
assumeoffice at the beginningof the fiscal year following election and shall
serveuntil the closeof that fiscal year.
"Section 6. Three Elective Councilorsshall be elected annually by vote
of the Fellows and Elective Members assembled at each Stated Meeting.
The Elective Councilorsshall serve for terms of approximately three years,
beginningat the close of the Stated Meeting at which they are elected and
ending at the close of the third Stated Meeting thereafter. If an additional
vacancy arises, a fourth Elective Councilor shall be elected to fill the unexpired term.
"Section 7. The Editor of The Auk, the Editor of OrnithologicalMonographs,
and the Investing Trustees shall be elected annually by the Council. Their
terms of office shall begin at the close of the Stated Meeting at which election
takes place and shall continue until the close of the next Stated Meeting."
Article IV. Section 4 through 12. Renumber as Sections8 through 16.
Section 9 (renumber as 13). For "Vice-Presidents" substitute "Presidentelect."
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Section10 (renumberas 14). In first sentence,insert, "President-elect,"after
word "President."
(2) Status of Treasurer
Article IV, presentSection10 (renumberedas 14 above). In secondsentence,
delete "Treasurer,"; remove this sectionfrom Article IV and insert it as Section 6 in Article II; adjust numbersof Sections11 and 12 (renumberedas
15 and 16 above) of Article IV.
(3) Amending Bylaws
Article VIII. Replace the presentArticle with the following: "Proposed
additionsand amendments
to the Bylawsmust be submittedto the Secretary
in writing, signedby two Fellows,at least ninety days prior to a Stated Meeting. The Secretarywill notify Fellowsof the proposalsat least two weeksin
advanceof the StatedMeetingat whichthey are to be considered.Proposed
amendments
shallbe read at a sessionof the Fellowsin a StatedMeeting of
the Unionand if acceptedin principleshallbe referredto the Councilfor consideration.The Councilshall report any recommended
action to the Fellows
at the sameStated Meeting, and the proposaland recommendations
shall then
be consideredby the Fellows. Any proposalapproved for adoption by a
majority of the Fellowsin attendanceshall be publishedin The Auk in the
Proceedings
of the Union and shallbe voted uponby the Fellowsat the next
StatedMeetingunlessfurther amended,in which caseit shall be republished
and voted uponat the next Stated Meeting. A proposalreceivingtwo-thirdsof
the votescastat this time shallbe declaredadoptedand shallbecomeeffective
at the closeof the StatedMeetingat whichadoptedunlessotherwisestipulated
by the Fellows.
"AbsentFellowsmay sendtheir voteson pendingchangesin the Bylawsto
the Secretaryin writing, and suchvotes shall be countedas if the Fellow were
present, unless the proposal has been amended."
(4) Enrollment in SpecialClassesof Membership
Article II, Section7. For the presentsectionsubstitute: "Fellows-electand
ElectiveMembers-elect
shallbe enrolledin the statedclassuponnotifyingthe
Secretaryof acceptance,providedsuchacceptanceis receivedwithin six months
after election."
(5) Editor of OrnithologicalMonographson Council
Article II, Section1. In secondsentencebetweenthe words,"Editor of 'The
Auk'" and "the Ex-Presidents,"insert, "the Editor of OrnithologicalMonographs."
The Fellowsalso consideredbut rejected three newly proposedamendments
that would have removedthe limitation on the number of Elective Members,
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149
recognizedthe SecondGeneral Meeting in the Bylaws, and clarified the review
and voting procedureson resolutions.
ATTENDANCE
Registrationat the meetingtotaled435 people,from 8 provincesof Canada,
34 statesand the District of Columbia of the United States,and from Australia
and Austria. The largestgroupsof attendeeswere from Manitoba (97), Ontario
(23), California(25), Florida (21), Minnesota(33), and New York (25). The
list of thoseattending(without addresses)may be obtainedfrom the Secretary
for $I.00.
Pvm.ic
SESSIONS
Generalsessionsand paper sessionswere held in the Manitoba Room of the
University Centre. Tuesdaymorning,J. Clayton Gibson,Vice-Presidentof the
University of Manitoba, welcomedthe A.O.U. to Manitoba and PresidentDonald
Farher respondedfor the Union. SecretaryGeorgeE. Watsonsummarizedthe
business
sessions
of the previousday. SpencerG. Sealy,Chairmanof the Local
Committeeon Arrangements,made severalgeneralannouncements.
The following paperswere presentedin concurrentsessions:
TUESDAY
CONCURRENT
MORNING
PAPERS SESSIONS
CONCURRENT
SESSION A
SESSION B
Physiology
and Energetics
ReproductiveStrategies
Reproductive
Adaptations
of the Magnificent
Frigatebird
(Fregata
magnificens).
T}•OMAS
R. HOWELL.
Dept.of Biology,University
of California,
LosAngeles
90024.
Reproductive
Success
of theBrown
Pelican
(Pelecanus
occidentalis
), Tarpon
Key,Pinelias
County,
Florida
1969-1975.
Seasonal
Changesin PlasmaLipidsand Liver MMic Enzyme
Activity in White-crownedSparrows.Wm•M A.
Dept. of Biology,Universityof Nebraskaat Omaha 68101.
33612.
Development
of Thermoregulation
in Nestling
HouseWrens,
EggSize,Hatching
Asynchrony,
andNestling
Success
in the
CommonGrackle. HENRYF. HOWE. Museumof Zoology,
in Relationto BroodSize. EmcaH. Du•. Long PointBird
Observatory,P.O. Box 160,Port Rowan,Ontario NOE 1MO.
University
of Michigan,
AnnArbor48104.
Breeding
Adaptations
of the Common
Eider (Somateria
mollisima)
on the Beaufort
SeaCoastof Alaska.Dou½•s
Scu•-M•[.University
of Alaska,Fairbanks99701.
FastingMetabolism
of Adult MallardsDuringBreedingand
Molt in Response
to Temperature.HaaozvH. Pm•c•. Dept.
of Fisheriesand Wildlife, MichiganState University,East
Lansing 48824.
Intra-specific
NestParasitism
asa Reproductive
Strategy
in
Metabolicand BehavioralResponses
to Fasting in whitecrownedSparrows(Zonotrichialeucophrys
gambelii). E•[•
D. Kg•:r•Rso•x• JAM•SR. Kx•c. ZoologyDept., Washington State University,Pullman 99163.
RALP•W. SC•E•Fm.Seabird
Research,
Inc.,Tampa,Florida
the LesserSnowGoose.G•oRc•FI•NE¾.Dept. of Biology,
Queen's
University,
Kingston
K713N6.
FactorsInfluencingKirtland'sWarblerNestingSuccess.
WALTEl
•. L. ANDERSON
ANDROBERT
W. STORER.
Museumof
Zoology,
University
of Michigan,
AnnArbor48104.
Reproductive
Strategy
andParasite-Host
Interactions
Between Cowbirdsand Cedar Waxwings.S. I. RO•JS•L'•.
University
of California,
SantaBarbara93106.
Evidence
ofHostSpecialization
bytheBrown-headed
CowbirdAmong
ThreePrairie,Ground-nesting
Species.
Pmt•
F. ELLm•:r.Kansas
StateUniversity,
Manhattan
66502.
Hormones
andPlumageColorin Ptarmigan;
the Thyroidin
White-tailedPtarmigan.E. O•:roI't6a•. Dept. of Physiology,
Universityo[ Alberta,EdmontonT6G 2H7.
Popular/onEnergetics
of the White Ibis. JA.xl•sA. Kus•m•.
U.S. NationalParkService,EvergladesNationalPark,Homestead,Florida 33030.
ForagingEnergeticsof Black-throated
Blue Warblersin a
NorthernHardwoods
Forest.CRamPa•mcKB[•c•. Dept.of
BiologicalSciences,Dartmouth College, Harmvet, New
Hampshire03755.
SeasonalEnergeticsof a Woodland Avifauna in Northern
Connecticut.
Jos•,uL. Suc•cra. Biological
Sciences
Group,
Universityof Connecticut,Storrs06268.
The Adequacyof Air Temperatureas a Measurementof the
Thermal
M•o•
Environment
Under Field Conditions.
aNi)JaM•SR. K•.
Smyrna A.
Oept.of Zoology,washington
State University,Pullman 99163.
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CONCURRENT
SESSION
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PAPERS SESSIONS
CONCURRENT
A
SESSION
B
Evolutionand Systematics
Breeding Behavior
SexuaIandGeographic
SizeVariationin Long-biIIed
Curlews.
DL'•NISM. FORs¾'rHE.
Dept.of Biology,TheCitadel,Charles-
CourtshipBehaviorof Great Egrets(Ca*n•rodiusalbus).
JOCIIEN
H. WI•SE. Tall TimbersRescaretStation,Tr. I, Box
ton, South Carolina 29409.
160, Tallahassee,Florida 32303.
of the RosyFinches(Leucosticte)in North
PursuitFlightsandtheBreeding
Ecology
of NorthAmerican Biosystenmtics
Dept. of Zoology,WashingDucksof the genusARas-R. D. TIT•IANANDN. R_SEY3,IOUB, America.BICHA•VE. JOHr•SO•.
MacdonaldCollegeof McGill University,Quebec.
ton State Univer•qty,Pullman 99163.
RapeFlightsandRapingActMtyin Breeding
Pintails(ARas
acura).SCOTT
B. DF,
RmCXSOX.
Dept.of Ecology,
BellMuseumof NaturalHistory,University
of Mimmsota,
Mimw•
Biochemicaland hnmunologicaI
IdenBty of Homologous
Genesin Arian and CrocodilianEgg White: StoneEvolutionaryImplications.ALANH. BRUSH
ANDMARKA. LEVINE.
BiologicalSciences
Group,Universityof Connecticut,Storrs
apolis 55455.
06268.
NestAggregation
in theSparrow
Weavers
(PIocepasserinae).
TurnagraResolved:A New ZealandBowerbird.SrORI•S
L.
N. E. COLLIASAND ELSIE C. COLL1AS.Univemity of Cali-
fornia,Lo.sAngeles
90024
ant[LosAngeles
County
Muaeum
of Natural History.
OLSON, MARY I'tEIMERD1NGER
CLENCH AND KENNETH C.
PAa•ms.National Museumof Natural History,Smithsonian
Institution,Washington,D.C. 20560,and CarnegieMuseum
of Natural Hiatory,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania15213.
Head-scratching
of NorthAmerican
WoodWarblers
(Parulidae). Enwan•H. BurTT,JR.•N• JACK
P.Ho.tL-x/Ar•q
Dept.of
QuanBtativeAssessment
of Allopatricand Sy•npatricPopuZoolo[zy,
University
of Wk•consin,
Madison53700.
Habitat Variationand Colonialtryin the Upland Sandpiper.
DANIELE. BOWEN.
Divisionof Biology,Kat•a.sStateUniversity, Manhattan 00506.
lationsof "Trails"Flycatchers
in Ontario.JoN C. B^•ow
A•tv RossD. JAMES.Dept. of Ornithology,Royal Ontario
Museum,100 Queen'sPark, Toronto.
SocialStatusof Male PinonJays. RussELL
P. B•r,•A. Dept.
EvoluBon and Covariation Patterns in the Skeletonsof Moas:
A FactorAnalyticStudy.JoELC•Ac•Art.Dept.of Anatomy,
ofBiological
Sciences,
Northern
Arizona
University,
Flagstaff Universityof Illindiaat the MedicalCenter,Chicago60680.
86001.
Dominancein the Florida ScrubJay. GLeNE.
A, Jott,W. FiVzrATnlCK.
Dept.of Biology,
University
of
An AnatomicalSlmdyof the Relationships
of the VireoRid
Assemblage.
ROBERT
J. BAI•OW.Dept.of Biology,Ur•iversit
9
of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
15260.
SouthFlorida,Tampa33620andPrinceton
University,
Prince- The Plio-PIeistocene
Ancestry
of the Torkey(Meleagrisgalton, Nelc Jersey08540.
lopavo). DAyinW. S'r•AVMAN.
Dept. of Zoology,University
CoIorSelection
ot NestingMaterialby Killdeer(Charadrius of Florida, Gainesville32611.
vociferus).RO}•EnX
C. KUI,L.JR. UNCC Station,Biologll
Dept.,University
ofNorthCarolina
at Charlotte
28223,
WEDNESDAY MORNING PAPERS SESSION
Invited
Lectures
Overlapin FoodResource
UtilizaBonBetweenthe American
Redstart(Setophagaruticilla) and the Least Flycatcher
(Empidonax
miRlinus)
in a Northern
Hardxvoods
Ecosystem.
A Model for the Evohltionof PerchingBirds, J.
FEI)VCCIA.
Dept. of Zoology,Univerdtyof North Carolina,
Chapel Hill 27514.
Molecular Evoluhonin Birds. ALLANC. WILSOn. Dept. of
Biochemistry,
Universityof California,Berkeley94720.
SpeciesDiversity and CommunityOrganization.MA•qYF.
WILLSON.
Dept. of Ecology,EthoIogyand Evolution,Universityof lllinois,'Urbana61801.
T•oM•s W. SHEa•Y_
Dept.of Biological
Sciences,
Dartmouth
College,Hanover,New Hampshire03755.
Resource
Availabilityand Resource
utilizationby a Com•
mt•nityof Four SwallowSpecies
and the EasternKingbird.
GEOFFREY
L. HOLROYD.
Dept. of Zoology.Universityof
Toronto, Ontario.
Foraging
Behavior
of American
Redstarts
in Relation
to the
Diurnal and Vertical Distributionof Flying Insects.R. T.
HoL-xiEs
ANYT. W. SngnR¾.
Dept. of BiologicalSciences,
Dartmouth College,Hanover, New Hampshire 03755.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PAPERSSESSIONS
CONCURRENT
SESSION
CONCURRENT
A
SESSION
B
Morphology
Resource Utilization
IsolationandStructural
Adaptation
in SomeDenOn Optimization,
CompetiBon,
andVariableEnvironments. Ecological
JoHN
A. WIE•S.Dept.of Zoology,
Oregon
StateUniversqty, drocolaptidaeand Fnrnariidae.RicH•mVL. Zvsr. National
Museumof NaturalHistory,Smithsonian
Institution,
WashCorvallis 97331.
ington, D.C. 20560.
Spatial
andTemporal
PatteRns
of Utilization
of Intertidal
of theCana•'sIncubationPatch:Preliminary
Feeding
Habitats
byMigrating
Shorebirds.
Joah'Na
BUaCER,Ultnrstmcture
MARSHALL
HOWE,D. CALDW'ELL
HAHNANDJULIACtIASE.
Dept.ofBiology,
Rutgers
University,
NewBrunswick,
New
Report. MICHAEL
D. Kgrc•ANDLAL'RA
CORUZZI.
Dept. of
BiologicalSciences',
FordhamUniversity,Bronx,New York
Jersey
08903and NationalFishand •VibllifeLaboratory, 10458.
NationalMuseumof Natural History,Washington,
D.C.
TrachealElongationin Birdsof Paradise.M^R¾
20560.
UrNCER
CLE•Cn.CarnegieMuseumof NaturalHistory,Pitts-
Ecological
RelaBonships
ofSn•alI
Antbirds
inAmazonian
Bird
burgh, Pen•wlvania 15213.
CommuniBes.
D^vloL P•ARSON.
Dept.of Biology,
Pennsyl- What, If Anything•Is a PamprodactylFoot? CHASLES
T.
vaniaStateUniversity,Univers•typark 16802.
COLI,
I:qS.CaliforniaStateUniversit!t,
LongBeach 90840.
Resource
Partitioning:
NestSiteSelection
in MixedSpecies The Avian Abdomina]-CostaI Musculature. WA•TER BoeR.
Coloniesof Herons. JoA:q:q^
Bvacgm Dept. of Biology, Dept. of BiologicalSciences,
ColumbiaUniversity,New York
Livingston
College,
Rutgers
University,
NewBrunswick,
New
Jersey08903.
Foraging
Gtd]dStructure
of SomePineland
BirdCommu-
RiBes.Joa• T. E,XxLF•'•.
ZoologyDept.,University
of
consin,Madison53706.
10027.
Nomina An,ttomicaAvimn. JuL•r• J. BAUMr•L.Dept. of
A•mtomy,Schoolof Medicine.CreightonUniversity,Onwha,
Nebraska
6817s•
January 1976] Proceedings
of the Ninety-thirdStatedMeetingof A.O.U.
THUB.SDAY
CONCURRENT
MOB. NING
PAPERS
SESSIONS
SESSION A
CONCURRENT
Communication and Vocalization
SESSION B
Techniques
andAppliedBiology
The Inheritanceof BoomingDisplayComponents
in Male
F• LesserPrairieChicken(Tympanuchus
pallidicinctus)x
GreaterPrairie Chicken(Tympanuchus
cupido) Ilybrids.
ROVE•S,SHARP•.
Dept,of Biology,University
of Nebraska
at
Omaha
151
68101.
Comparative
Displays
of Yearlingand AdultMale Wood
Ducks,
Dams,RivefinePlantSuccession
andArianSpecies
Diversity
in GrandCanyonNationalPark, B, RoYJO•NSON
ANt•SrEVES
B, CAROr•E•S,
NationalParkService,
Grarwl
Canyon,
Arizona
86023and Harold S, ColtonResearch
Center,Museumof
NorthernArizo•m,Flegataff86001,
PreliminaryInvestigations
of the Avffaunaon ReclaimedSur-
CARL E, KO•4SCHGEN
AND LEma H, F}/EDRICKSO'<, faceMinedLandsin EasternKentucky.PmRRE
N. AJ•LAm•.
School
of Forestry,
Fisheries
andWildlife,GaylordMemorial Dept.of Science
andMathemutics,
LeesJuniorCollege,
JackLaboratory,Universityof Missouri-Columbia,
Puxico,Misson, Kentucky 41339,
souri 63960.
Succession
of BreedingSeabirds
Corcm•unities
on Dredge
Graded and Discrete Signals in Ileron Communication. Islands
in Estuaries
of NorthCarolina.Ro,•RrF, SOOTS,
J•.
DOUVL^S
XV. Mocg. Bell Museumof Natural History, UnixNt• JAMESF. PaRN'•LL,CampbellCollege,BuiesCreek,
versityof Minnesota,
Minneapolis
55455.
North Carolina27506and Universityof North Carolinaat
Development
of Songin a Nm'thernMockingbirdHand- Wilmington 28401,
Rearedfromthe Eggin a Controlled
AuditoryEnvironment.
Bird
Life in Saskatchewan
200Yearsof Change.C,
Sco•rrM. LAS¾ON.
StateUniversityCollegeat Geneseo,
New
York
HoustoN', Saskatoon,SaskatchewanS7N OJS.
14454.
VocalMimicryin White-eyedVireos.C. S. ADdiSSON'.
Dept.
of Biology,
VirginiaPolytechnic
InstituteandStateUniver-
PotentialAdaptabilityof the CommonLoonto a Man-altered
Environment,
JumtuMCINTYRE,
Dept, of Zoology,Univer
sity,Blacksburg24061.
Demonstration
of IndividualRecognition
of Songwith Play
sity of Minnesota,Mirmeapolis55455,
Jays,Steller's
Jays,TheirP• andBackcross
Hybrids,John
Locating White-tailed Kite Roosts, Jous W, ANDERSON.
Boulder,Colorado 80302.
An Analysis
of theFailureof thePredator
ControlProgram
for the Kirtland's
Warbler(Dendroicakirtlandii),DArnEL
Analysis
of NestingRoyalTern Populations
in NorthCarolina.
F. PARNELl.
ANDROBERT
F. SODIS.BiologyDept.,Uniback Techniques,DAvm EwEnr, Dept. of Ornithology, JAMES
versityof NorthCarolinaat lVilmington
•8401andCampbell'
AmericanMuseumof NaturalHisgory,New York 10024,
College,BuiesCreek,North Carolina 27560,
A Studyof VocalRepertoire
in Boulder,Colorado,Blue
Dept, of BiologicalScierwes,
CaliforniaState University,
Sacramento
95819.
S. Mc'G•E•,-,Pontiac,Michigan 48054,
Woodpecker
DependeDGe
onTreesInfected
byFnngalHeart
Rots.Ricux•vN. CO•Ea, Dept.of Biology,
VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUr•iver•ity.
Blacksburg
24061,
Methiocarb--A
Chemical
to MakeAgricnltural
Cropsand
BirdsCompatible,
JEROXm
F. BE•S[a.U,S.FishandWildlife
Service,Wildlife Research
Center,Denver,Colorado80225,
THURSDAY
CONCURRENT
SESSION
AFTERNOON
PAPERS SESSIONS
CONCURRENT
A
"EcologicalSaturation"of Shrub-steppe
Bird Communities,
Jo•N T. ROrENmEaa¾.
Dept. of Zoology,OregonState University,Corvallis97331.
Breeding
BirdPopulations
in Relation
to Habitatin Southern
SESSION B
Systematics
General Ecology
CatalogingMuseumSpecimenData for CompnterRetrieval.
GEORGE
E, WATSON
ANDDAVIDBRIDGE,National Museumof
NaturalHistory,Smithsonian
In*titution,Washington,
D.C.
20560,
The ClassicalCaseof CharacterDisplacement,P. R. G•AN'T.
BiologyDept,, McGill University.Montreal, QuebecH3C
3G1.
Canada. Josgr• B. PLATt. Laboratoryof Ornithology,Cor-
TaxGnomic Significance of Wing Movements in Certain
Tyrannidsand Mimids, BUSTL, MO.•ROE,
J•, Dept, of Biol-
Finch. FRr• B. S•,MSON.Schoolof ForestResources,
Penn-
Autumn Migration over Puerto Rico and the Western At
lantic: A RadarStudy, W. JOHNRmHA•DSO•.
LGL Ltd., 44
Eglinton Ave, W,, Toronto,Ontario M4R IA•.
ogy, Universityof Louisville,Kentucky 40208,
Migration
California 94024.
Migratory Movementsof B'ald Eagles in Interior North
America, JONATHAN•, GEIARABD,
SERGEJPOSTUPALSKy,
DAVIDL. EVANS,
JAMES
W. CRIER,JAMES
B. HOLT,Ja.,ALLEN'
K. JACOBSEN,
CI•ARLE•
R. SINDELAB,
JR.,ANt)DOUGLAS
IV. A.
Wm•r•ELD. Dept. of Wildlife Ecology,Universityof lVisconsin, Madison 53706.
45056.
The Roleof the 'Floater'in MigrantPopulationDynamics.
JOHNH, RAppOLE.
Bell Museumof Natural History,Univerdry of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455,
Physiological
and BehavioralChangesof the Giant Canada
Goose(Branta canadensis
maxim) Prior to Spring Migration. M, ROBERTMCLAN'DBESSAND DEWNIS G. RAVELING. DiD,
of Wildlifeaml Fisheries
Biology,Universityof Californiaat
Davis
95616,
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SPECIAL EVENTS
A motion picture sessionWednesdayeveningfeatured the following films:
"Manana, Island of Birds," R. SHA•,•,ENSERGER,
Hawaiian Division of Fish
and Game, Honolulu, Hawaii.
"Courtship behavior of Blue-looted and Brown Boobies and Magnificent
Frigatebirds,"THOMASR. HOWELL,University of California at Los Angeles,
Los Angeles,California.
"What Good is a Warbler?" L. T. ADAMS,Adams Film Productions,Austin,
Texas.
"Great Gray Owls," R. DALTONMUIR and ROSERTR. TA¾•,OR,Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
"AssiniboineForest,"ROBERT
R. T^¾•,oRfor the WinnipegReal Estate Board,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Over 150 personsviewed a special exhibit of natural history paintings by
Canadianartists at the Loch Art Gallery in St. Vital Tuesday evening.
A numberof bird exhibitswere displayedin the University Centre, including
a displayof researchat the Delta Waterfowl ResearchStation, a fossil Hesperornisfrom Manitoba, bluebird conservationin Manitoba, and carved waterfowl decoys. The newly publishedsecondedition of Ernest ThompsonSeton's
"Birdsof Manitoba" (1891) wasfeaturedto commemorate
the meeting. Another
new publicationof the Manitoba Departmentof Mines, Resourcesand Environmental Management, "Manitoba bird studies, a bibliography of Manitoba
ornithology,"by Martin McNicholl was distributed as a banquet favor.
SOCIAL EVENTS
The Counciland Fellowsheld their symposiumand dinner on Monday evening.
Members attended an informal get-acquaintedparty Monday evening and a
receptionTuesday eveningin the University Centre. Associatemembersparticipatedin afternoontrips to pointsof interestin Winnipegon Tuesdayand
Wednesdayafternoonsand cruisedaboard the "Lady Winnipeg" on the Red
River Wednesday.
The annual banquetof the A.O.U. was held Thursday evening in Pembina
Hall. Hugh Boyd, Director of the Migratory Birds Branch of the Canadian
Wildlife Service,spokeon "Conservationas I see it: socialresponsibilityand
political accountability."
FIELD
TRIPS
Over 100 personsparticipatedin a field trip to Delta Marsh and the Delta
Wildlife ResearchStation on Monday morningand nearly fifty more visited
Oak Hammock
Marsh
the same afternoon.
A checklist of the "Birds
of Oak
Hammock" had beenissuedto commemoratethe A.O.U. meeting. Early morning
field trips in the vicinity of Winnipegwere conducteddaily on Tuesday,Wednesday, and Thursday. Three busloadsof ornithologistsskirted the west side
of Lake Winnipeg on an all-day field trip to Hecla Island Provincial Park on
Friday. Western Grebes, White Pelicans,Sharp-shinnedHawks, and a very
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153
accommodatingGreat-hornedOwl were among the bird highlightsof the trip.
An anticipatedovernightfield trip to Churchillhad to be cancelledbecausetoo
few personsreservedspace.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolutionsconcerningfederal collectingpermits, federal systemof ecological
reserves,environmentalprotection during energy resourcedevelopment,wildlife
protection on Pacific Ocean Islands, federal funding for state conservation
programsfor endangeredand threatenedspecies,damageto seabirdsby gill net
fisheries,and appreciationof arrangements
for the 93rd Stated Meeting were
adoptedat the GeneralSessionheld Thursdayafternoon,27 August1975. The
specific resolutions were as follows:
RESOLUTION
1
Federal Scientific Collecting Permits
Whereas there has been appointed in the Fish and Wildlife Service a governmental
committeeto review the matter of the issuanceof scientificcollectingpermits and other
permits and the regulationsand policiesrelating thereto;
Be it resolvedthat the American Ornithologists'Union commendsthe Director of
the Fish and Wildlife Service for recognizingthat a seriousproblem existsand for
appointing this committee,and offers assistanceto this committeein consideringand
reviewing the various regulationsand policies relating to scientific collectingpermits
and to importation, transportation, and loan of scientificspecimens,having in mind
both bird conservation and the avoidance of unnecessary,unreasonable, and costly
burdens on genuinely scientific activities.
RESOLUTION 2
Federal System of Ecological Reserves
for the Preservation of Natural Diversity
Recognizingthe importance of preservingnot only rare and endangeredspeciesof
organismsbut also areas that represent the natural diversity of the biota of the
United States, and recognizingthe fact that no nationwide system for such preservation
is in effect, the AOU commendsThe Nature Conservancyand the U.S. Department of
the Interior for their publication The Preservation o! Natural Diversity: A Survey
and Recommendations,
and also the Council on Environmental Quality and the Federal
Council for Scienceand Technology for its publication The Role of Ecology in the
Federal Government. The AOU urges that the Congress,in cooperation with the
U.S. Department of the Interior, enact legislationthat would implement the recommendations in these reports by establishing a nationwide system of ecological reserves.
It is further recommendedthat funding be provided for selectionand establishmentof
the reserves.
RESOLUTION 3
Environmental
Protection
and
the
Development of Energy Resources
The urgencyof developingnew sourcesof energymay causefederal agenciesto permit
the hasty exploitation of these sources of energy without due regard for the resulting
environmental impact. The AOU requests that the Secretary of the Interior use all
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E. WATSON
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powersat his disposalto assurethat wise managementof the environmentbe given
full considerationin the developmentof petroleumreserves,coal deposits,natural gas
deposits,and geothermal areas. Since the results of such developmentare often
irreversible and in many caseslittle is known of the ecologicalresourcesin the area
to be developed,we urgethe Secretaryof the Interior to assurethat thoroughecological
studiesbe conductedprior to authorizationby the Bureau of Land Managementand
other agenciesfor such developmentas required by the National Environmental
Policy Act.
Wildlife
Protection
RESOLUTION
4
for
in
Islands
the Pacific
Ocean
Recognizingthat American Samoa, Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands (Marshall, Mariana and CarolineIslands) contain unstudiedendemicpopulations of plants and animals, some of which should be officially recognizedas
endangeredor threatened,the AOU urges that the U.S. Department of the Interior
providethis areawith the samewildlife protectionthat is providedto the fifty states.
In addition,we urgethe United Statesgovernmentto initiate a comprehensive
biological
survey of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands so that conservationneeds can be
identified and appropriate measurescan be taken.
RESOLUTION 5
Federal Funding for State Programs for the
Conservation of Endangered and Threatened Species
Recognizingthat Section 6 of the EndangeredSpeciesAct of 1973 provides for
grant-in-aid funding for state programs for the conservationof endangeredand
threatenedspecieson a matchingbasis; and further recognizingthat funds for such
programshave not been budgetedor appropriated;the AOU urgesthat the executive
and legislativebranchesof the United Statesgovernmentprovide qualifying states
with such funds in the full amount allowed under the law.
RESOLUTION
6
Damage to Seabirds by Gill Net Fisheries
Recognizing
the magnitudeof the seabirdresources
of the United States,particularly
in Alaska,and the presentand potentialdamageto this resourcefrom gill net fisherles•
the AOU urgesthe U.S. Departmentsof Interior and State to fulfill obligationsunder
migratory bird treatieswith Canada, Mexico, and Japan to assurethe welfare of these
resources.The annual mortality of seabirdsin the North Pacific from Japanese
gill net fisherlesis estimatedto be from 200,000to 700,000individuals. This constitutes
a violation
of Article VI
of the "Convention
between the Government
of the United
Statesof Americaand the Governmentof Japan for the Protectionof Migratory Birds
and Birds in Danger of Extinction." The AOU urgesthe United Statesgovernmentto
call this matter to the attention of Japaneseofficials and requeststhat corrective
measures be undertaken.
RESOLUTION
7
Thanks to Local Committee on Arrangements
Whereasthe American Ornithologists'Union has held its 93rd Stated Meeting at
the University of Manitoba in Winnipegand has benefittedfrom the arrangements
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155
for the scientific program, the social events, and the field trips for this meeting,
Therefore, we expressour sincereappreciationto our host institution and the additional organizationsthat contributedto the meeting, Environment Canada, the Manitoba Department of Mines, the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature and the
Manitoba Naturalists Society. We are especially grateful to the Local Committee on
Arrangementsand its chairman• Spencer G. Sealy, for their outstanding efforts on
our behalf.
COUNCIL OF T•E
A•ERICAN
OR•glTttOLOGISTS' U•glO•g FOR 1975-1976
OFFICERS
John T. Emlen, President
Wesley E. Lanyon, First Vice-President
Kenneth C. Parkes, Second Vice-President
George E. Watson, Secretary
John A. Wiens, Treasurer
ELECTIVE
Richard
C. Banks
COUnCiLORS
................ 1976
Brina Kessel
.............. 1976
James R. King ................
Eugene Eisenmann
.............
1976
1977
ADDITIONAL MEmBErS
Burt L. Monroe ...............
Thomas R. Howell
............
1977
Harrison B. Tordoff
Glen E. Woolfenden
1978
1978
...............
........
1978
OF Ti=IE COUNCIL
Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Editor of The Auk
John William Hardy, t•ditor of OrnithologicalMonographs
Past
Presidents
Alexander Wetmore, 1926-29
Dean Amadon, 1964-66
Herbert Friedmann, 1937-39
Hoyes Lloyd, 1945-48
Ernst Mayr, 1957-59
George H. Lowery, 1959-62
Austin L. Rand, 1962-64
Harold F. Mayfield,
A.O.U.
INVESTING
TRUSTEES:
1966-68
John W. Aldrich, 1968-70
Robert W. Storer, 1970-72
Joseph J. Hickey, 1972-73
Donald S. Farner, 1973-75
CO3/[2ViITTEES 1975--76
Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., Chairman. Cyrus Mark, James R.
Ware.
COMMITTEE
ON ARCHIVES:
Gorman M. Bond, Chairman. Dean Areadon, Eliza-
beth S. Austin.
COMMITTEE
ON BIOGRAPHY:
Charles H. Blake and Helen Hays, Cochairmen.
Mary M. Erickson, C. Stuart Houston.
COMMITTEE
ON BIRD COLLECTIONS:
Mary H. Clench, Chairman. Jon C.
Barlow, Robert W. Dickerman,JamesL. Gulledge,John P. Hubbard, JosephR.
Jehl, Jr., Marion Anne Jenkinson,Gary D. Schnell,FrancoisVuilleumier,Richard
L. Zusi.
COMMITTEE ON BREWSTER AND COUES AWARDS: Robert E. Ricklefs, Chairman. FrancoisVuilleumier, Kenneth C. Parkes, Jack P. Hailman, Jared Verner.
COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS CHANGES: Richard C. Banks. Chairman. Lester L.
Short, Richard L. Zusi.
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COMMITTEE FOR A.O.U. CENTENNIAL:
Walter Bock, Chairman. Alan H. Brush,
Stephen T. Emlen, Donald S. Farrier, Frank B. Gill, Frances C. James, James R.
King, Gordon H. Orians, Lester L. Short.
COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE: Eugene Eisenmann, Chairman. Kenneth C. Parkes, Vice-Chairman; Lester L. Short, Secretary;
Richard C. Banks,Emmet R. Blake, ThomasR. Howell, Ned K. Johnson,George
H. Lowery, Jr., Robert W. Storer.
COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION: Warren B. King, Chairman. G. Vernon Bryd,
JosephJ. Hickey, Cameron B. Kepler, William Post, Herbert A. Raffaele, Helen
F. Snyder, Paul F. Springer, Clayton M. White.
COMMITTEE ON ENDOWMENT: William C. Vaughan, Chairman. Winston W.
Brockner, John R. Forbes, Cyrus Mark.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE: John A. Wiens,Chairman. HoyesLloyd, Cyrus Mark,
Burt L. Monroe, Jr., Robert J. Newman, Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., William C.
Vaughan, GeorgeE. Watson.
COMMITTEE
ON FOREIGN
TRANSLATIONS:
Helmut C. Mueller, Chairman.
Dale M. Arvey, Victor Dolnik, Robert S. Hoffman, Sergej Postupalsky,M.D.
F.
Udvardy, George E. Watson.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Frank B. Gill, Chairman. Stephen
R. Wing, Treazurer; John E. dupont, Catherine B. Fessenden, Crawford H.
Greenewalt,ThomasE. Lovejoy III, F. JosephStokes,Jr., Phillips B. Street.
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP:
Laurence C. Binford, Chairman. Kenneth P.
Able, Robert F. Andrle, Lawrence G. Balch, Jon C. Barlow, Delwyn G. Berrett,
Charles T. Collins, David A. Easterla, Charles D. Fisher, Sidney A. Gauthreaux,
C. Stuart Houston, John P. Hubbard, Horace H. Jeter, DouglassH. Morse, David
M. Niles, Dennis R. Paulson, Stephen M. Russell, Robert W. Smart, Jerry B.
Strickling,Paul W. Sykes,Harriet P. Thomas, CharlesH. Trost, John L. ZimmerCOMMITTEE
ON NOMINATION
OF ELECTIVE
MEMBERS
AND
FELLOWS:
Richard T. Holmes, Chairman. Keith L. Dixon, Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
COMMITTEE
ON
NOMINATION
OF
CORRESPONDING
AND
HONORARY
FELLOWS: Donald S. Farner, Chairman; Walter Bock, J. Allen Keast.
COMMITTEE
ON THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: J. Alan Feduccia, Chairman.
Charles H. Blake, Frank
COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC
David G. Ainley, Joel L.
L. Plunkett, Jr., William
COMMITTEE
ON THE
B. Gill, Helmut C. Mueller.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Richard C. Banks, Chairman.
Cracraft, Fred G. Evenden, David B. Marshall, Richard
B. Robertson, Jr., Jared Verner.
FUTURE
OF SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATIONS
IN
AMER-
ICA: Thomas R. Howell, Chairman. Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Jerome A. Jackson,
David W. Johnston,Herbert W. Kale II, Kenneth C. Parkes, Peter Stettenheim,
Harrison
B. Tordoff.
COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AWARDS: L. Richard Mewaldt, Chairman. Carl
E. Bock, Stephen T. Emlen, Mary F. Willson.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS: Marshall A. Howe, Chairman. Elsie C. Collias,
Eugene S. Morton, Warren B. King, Richard L. Zusi.
COMMITTEE
ON SCIENTIFIC
AND
EDUCATIONAL
USES
OF WILD
BIRDS:
John W. Aldrich, Chairman. Jon C. Barlow, Thomas J. Cade, J. W. Hardy,
Thomas R. Howell, Brina Kessell, L. Richard Mewaldt, Burr L. Monroe, Jr.,
Ralph J. Raitt, Harrison B. Tordoff.
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of the Ninety-thirdStatedMeetingo! A.O.U.
COMMITTEE
ON STUDENT
AWARDS:
157
Russell P. Balda, Chairman. David A.
Boag,SidneyA. Gauthreaux,
JamesR. Karr, David A. Manuwal,RobertC. Stein.
CONVENERS
OF WORKSHOP
ON A NATIONAL
PLAN FOR ORNITHOLOGY:
Walter Bock, James R. King.
REPRESENTATIVE
ON A.A.A.S. COUNCIL:
M.D.
F. Udvardy, Representative
to Section F, Biological Sciences.
OBSERVER TO A.I.B.S. GOVERNING BOARD: George E. Watson.
REPRESENTATIVES TO U.S. SECTION I.C.B.P.: JamesC. Greenway,Jr., David
B. Marshall.
REPRESENTATIVE
TO NATIONAL
RESEARCH
COUNCIL:
George E. Watson,
Representativeto Assemblyof Life Sciences.
CHARGE
TO THE A.O.U. COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC
RESPONSIBILITIES
IT hasbecomeincreasingly
clearin recentyearsthat the programsand actions
of governmental
agencies,
private conservation
groups,and industrycan have
significantimpactonbird populations
andon thepracticeof scientificornithology.
The advice of the AmericanOrnithologists'Union is occasionallysoughtin
advanceof actionby suchagencies,
but often the officersof the A.O.U. are
unawareof pertinentissuesuntil it is too late to make a contribution.Accordingly, followingrecommendations
by Joel L. Cracraft,FrancesC. James,and
David B. Marshall and endorsementby the Council,PresidentJohn T. Emlen
establisheda Committee on Public Responsibilitieswith Richard C. Banks as
Chairman (see page 156) with the followingcharge:
To provide liaison between the communityof professionalornithological
scientistsand Federal, State, and Local governments,conservationgroups,
industry, the nonornithological
scientific community,and the public, for the
following purposes:
1. To call the attention of the ornithological community to events and issuesthat
have a significantpotential for impact on birds or on the practice of the scienceof
ornithology;
2. To solicit and to coordinatethe submittal of technical ornithological information
and commentsrelatingto suchissuesto the appropriateauthorities;
3. To suggest
to governmentand industrythe namesof expertsin particularphases
of ornithologywho can advise or consult on specificmatters in which a technical
ornithologicalopinion is necessaryor desirable;
4. To conveyto the public as well as to governmentand industry,as required,
technical information about birds or the science of ornithology as it relates to issues
in which such information is necessaryor desirable;
5. To advise the President of the A.O.U. on the formation of ad hoc committees
to review and investigateparticularissuesor to formulateofficial expressions
of the
A.O.U. on particularsubjectsfor consideration
by the Council.
Chairman Banks will welcome comments and advice on issues that the com-
mittee shouldconsideraddressedto him at 3201 Circle Hill Road, Alexandria,
Virginia 22305.
Gv.oRGv.E. W^Tso•, Secretary
GEORGE E. WATSON
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TREASURER'S
[Auk, Vol. 93
REPORT
(1 AuGusT 1974-31 Jm.¾ 1975)
INCO/VIE TO ACTIVE FUND
Dues ............................................
Subscriptions ....................................
$33,293.44
12,635.55
Sale of back issues of The Auk .........................
Royalties
864.20
...........................
Advertising
Donations
599.19
.....................................
to Active
Fund
2,068.03•
...........................
939.74
Sale of reprints ...................................
Income from General Endowment ....................
Income from Ruthyen Deane Fund
.....................
Income from surplus...............................
TOTALINCOlVIE.................................
Balance in account, 31 July 1974 .............................
TOTAL
165.90
9,759.02
346.28
3,974.11
$64,645.46
11,070.38
.........................................................
$75,715.84
DISBIYRSE3YrENTSFROlW ACTIVE FIYND
Expenses,publicationof The Auk ..........................
$48,971.75
Expenses, President ............................................
0.00
Expenses,Secretary......................................
Expenses,Treasurer ..........................................
Cost of dues notices
1,614.58
4,760.00
...........................................
0.00
Cost of annualmeetings..................................
2,044.02
Mailing of back issuesof The Auk
..............................
Cost of reprints ..............................................
66.66
425.03
Donations from Active Fund ...............................
510.59
Membership list publication .............................
Membership committee expenses
2 ......................................
Coues Award expenses .......................................
2,215.25
477.15
105.20
TOTAL DISBURSEkM•ENTS
............................
$61,190.23 $61,190.23
Balance in Active Fund, 1 August 1975
$14,525.61
SPECIAL FI•N1)S
Brewster
Memorial
Fund:
Balance forward .................................
Income
from investments
$
.............................
Award (Johnson) .........................................
Expenses of producing medal ...............................
Award (King)
$
177.30
153.40
449.25
$
$2,932.25 income less $864.22 expenses;includes income.
Publication of "Careers in ornithology."
177.30
602.65
779.95 $
779.95
January 1976] Proceedingso! the Ninety-third Stated Meeting o! A.O.U.
Bird
Protection
Fund:
Balance forward ...................................
Income
from investments
9
............................
47.16
108.14
Cost of reprints ............................................
To Intern.
159
Council for Bird Protection
9
...................
155.30 $
Educational
...................
Income from investments
$
..............................
15.85
301.32
Donation, 1974 Local Committee .....................
150.00
Membershipsfor 39 students ..................................
9
Balance in account ..................................
Endowment
312.00
155.17
9
467.17
9
467.17
$
138.30
10,000.00
2,686.27
Fund:
Balance forward .................................
W. H. Pugh (Patron) ..................................
Life Membershippayments .............................
Donation, A. Wetmore
$ 1,304.57
1,000.00
9,580.00
...........................
500.00
Donation, R. T. Vanderbilt ....................
300.00
Other donations
140.00
.......................................
Check charges......................................
To Investing Trustees .................................
Balance
155.30
Fund:
Balance forward
General
15.89
139.41
in account
..........................
912,824.57
Handbook o! North American Birds Fund:
Balance forward .................................
Balance in account
$
45.91
9
45.91
..................................
912,824.57
$
45.91
9
45.91
$
91.34
6,651.20
Special Publications Fund:
Balance forward
................................
Income from investments
.........................
Sale of Check-lists ....................................
Sale of Proceedings
..................................
Sale of Indexes ............................
915,491.93
386.37
1,466.75
190.00
319.00
Mailing and storage ........................................
Publication expense,Check-list ....................
Publication, ad hoc committeereport ..................
910.00
Balance in account ..................................................
10,201.51
917,854.05 917,854.05
A.O.U. Monographs Fund:
Balance forward .....................................
Sale of Monographs ...............................
Donation from Tucker Foundation ......................
$25,321.93
4,687.49
5,000.00
160
GEORGE
E. WATSON
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3•396.64
4,229.05
Publication expense,Monograph No. 16 ....................
Publication expense,Monograph No. 17 ................
Editorial expenses(Mengel) .....................................
Editorial expenses(Hardy) .............................................
Postage (Woolfenden) ...........................................
Copyrights
........................................................
Balance
10.50
100.00
200.00
6.00
in account
27•067.23
'$35,009.42
$35,009.42
Marcia
B.
Tucker
Fund:
Donation from Tucker Foundation
............................
$
500.00
1975 Awards:
Phillip F. Elliott
............................................
Joseph L. Suchecki ..........................................
$
$
250.00
250.00
500.00 $
500.00
JosselynVan Tyne Memorial Fund:
Balance forward .................................................
Income
from investments
...................................
$ 1,188.67
646.39
1975 grants:
JosephM. Wunderlee,Jr .............................
Lynne M. Miller .......................................
Juan Guzman .........................................
David S. Messinger ........................................
David
W. Steadman
$
300.00
250.00
475.00
175.00
...................................
150.00
Jeffrey Burns .............................................
475.00
Balance in account ............................................
10.06
$ 1,835.06 $ 1,835.06
CLOSING BALANCES
Active Fund ............................................
Brewster Memorial
Bird
Protection
Educational
Fund
Fund
......................................
...........................................
$14,525.61
-0-0-
Fund ...........................................
155.17
GeneralEndowmentFund .........................................
2,686.27
Handbook
of North American Birds Fund .....................
Special Publications Fund ...................................
A.O.U. MonographsFund ...............................
Marcia
B. Tucker
Fund .............................................
JosselynVan Tyne Memorial Fund .....................
TOTAL
-0-
10.06
...............................................
Checkingaccount,Corvallis, Oregon ........................
Uninvested cash, Chicago ......................................
Variable demand notes, Chicago .....................................
TOTAL
45.91
10,201.51
27,067.23
....................................
$54,691.76
$ 2,300.81
3,390.75
4%000.00
$54,691.76
Joan A. W•ENS, Treaaurer
January1976] Proceedings
o! the Ninety-thirdStatedMeetingo! A.O.U.
161
BREWSTER AW^RD 1975
For mostof the continentsof the world, the basicinventoryof living bird
species
haslongbeencompleted,
andthe distribution
of mostspecies
hasbeen
plottedin detail.Students
of zoogeography
andspeciation
havethushadsatisfactorymaterialat theirdisposal
onwhichto baseanalytical
andsynthetic
work.
Ironically,thishasnot beentrue of the continent
with the richestavifaunaof
all, SouthAmerica.Evennow,important
areasof SouthAmericaare being
explored
ornithologically,
for the first time,newspecies
are beingdiscovered,
anddistribution
mapsarecontinually
beingupdated.Nevertheless,
a tremendous
amount of uncoordinated
informationon South Americanbirds doesalready
exist,and has awaitedseriousanalysis.
In a seriesof brilliantpapers,culminating
in a major monograph
recently
published
by the NuttallOrnithological
Club,Ji•rgenHaffer, a geologist
by
profession,
hassetthestandards
for futurestudies
of SouthAmerican
ornithogeography.
He has beenable to drawuponan extensive
knowledge
of the
geological
historyof SouthAmerica
anda thorough
familiaritywiththeliteratures
of ornithology,
geology,
andevolutionary
theory. Combining
thesewith his own
field work in the Neotropics,he has produceda detailedand plausiblerecon~
structionof geological,
climatological,
andevolutionary
eventsthat haveled to
the presentcomplex
aviandistribution
patternsin the AndeanandAmazonian
regions.Almostas a by-product,
he hasproduced
revisionary
studiesof such
neotropical
bird familiesas manakins,
jacamars,
toucans,
and trogons,
major
contributions
in their ownrightto the taxonomic
literature.The BrewsterMedal
for 1975is appropriately
conferredon JiirgenHaffer, WhOhas openeda new
era in the historyof neotropical
ornithology.
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162
COZYeSAWAgDS 1975
ROBERT K.
RICHARD F. JOX•STON
SELANDER
The activitiesof modernmanhavehad manyprofoundbiologicalconsequences,
andamong
theseactivities
hasbeentheintroduction
of exoticspecies
intoregions
wherethey had not previously
occurred.The practicaleffectsof suchintroductions
of birdshaslongbeenstudied,
andappropriately
so. A little morethan
a centuryafter the introduction
of the HouseSparrowinto North America,
RichardF. Johnston
and RobertK. Selander
recognized
that importantinformationon evolutionary
changemightbe revealedby imaginative
research
on
the New World populations
of this species
and their Old World antecedents.
Usingsophisticated
analytical
andexperimental
techniques,
Johnston
and$elander
examined
the changes
thathaveoccurred
in thisbird as it invadednewand
differentenvironments
andwasexposed
to a widevarietyof selectivepressures.
Their researchrevealeda hitherto unexpecteddegreeof morphological
and
ecological
change
thathasprofoundly
alteredprevious
concepts
of theratesof
differentiationand the subtletiesof adaptationto varied environments.The
influenceof their work is not only of greatornithological
significance
but has
provided
newinsights
to theunderstanding
of naturalselection
andthe evolutionaryprocess.The A.O.U.therefore
presents
themwith an Elliott Coues
Award
for 1975.
WALTER BOCI(
An Elliott Coues Award for 1975 is also awarded to Walter Bock. For many
year-sstudiesof the avianskeletaland muscular
systems
havecentered
on
comparative
worksdealing
withsystematic
problems
andon functional
anatomy
or studies
of adaptation.
In theseapproaches
to anatomy
WalterBockhasmade
January 1976] Proceedingsof the Ninety-third Stated Meeting of A.O.U.
163
many outstandingcontributions. Among them are his work on the mechanism
of avian kinesis,functionalanalysisof bill shape,the discoveryand explanation
of secondaryarticulationsof the jaws, and functional properties of muscle
structure. He hasalsoappliedcomparativeosteologyto the solutionof systematic
problemsin a variety of avian taxa.
In this award we recognizenot only these contributionsbut more importantly
anotheraspectof his work. Dr. Bock has almost single-handedly
stimulateda
widespreadinterestin the principlesof evolutionarymorphologyand adaptation
by incorporatingtheseprinciplesinto his anatomicalstudiesand by developing
new concepts. In a seriesof papers he has soughtsolutionsto such problems
as the evolutionof new structures,the evolution of the higher taxonomiccategories,the relationshipsbetween micro- and macroevolution,and the processes
of the evolutionof adaptations.Within a short period of time thesepapershave
had an important impact on the fields of avian anatomy and evolution.