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PROCEEDINGS
MEETING
OF
THE
SEVENTY-SEVENTH
OF THE AMERICAN
ORNITHOLOGISTS'
STATED
UNION
It. G. DEIGNAN, SECRETARY
The Seventy-seventh
StatedMeetingof The AmericanOrnithologists'Union washeldfrom25 to 30 August1959,at the Saskatchewan
Museumof Natural History, Regina. Businesssessions
were held on
25 August,paperssessions
on 26, 27, and28 August,andfieldtripson
29 and 30 August. Sponsoring
organizations
were the Saskatchewan
Museumof Natural History, the ReginaNatural History Society,the
Saskatchewan
Natural History Society,and Regina Collegeof The
Universityof Saskatchewan.
BUSINESS SESSIONS
On 25 August,the Councilmet throughoutmost of the day, the
Fellows met late in the afternoon,and the Fellows and Elective Mem-
bersmet togetherin the evening. The Councilhelda secondmeeting
in the eveningof 27 August.
1960•nee•ing.The Seventy-eighth
StatedMeetingwill be heldfrom
23 to 28 August 1960,at Ann Arbor, Michigan,by invitationof The
Universityof Michiganas hostorganization,and of the Detroit Audubon Society,the MichiganAudubonSociety,the Museumof Zoology
of The Universityof Michigan,and The Museumof MichiganState
Universityas sponsoring
organizations.
Tentativeconsideration
is beinggivento Washington,
D.C., for the
1961meeting,and to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the oneof 1962.
/1wards. The BrewsterMemorialAward, by actionof the Council,
was made to Alexander Wetmore, with the following citation:
"For the past generation,Dr. Wetmore has beenthe leading
authority on the fossil birds of North America. His scoresof
papersin this field havein part beensummarizedin his Check-list
of the Fossil and PrehistoricBirds of North .dinefica and the
PVestIndies (1956), to whichwe give particularmention.
"Dr. Wetmore'scontributions
to our scienceare by no means
limitedto avian paleontology.The scopeof his interestsand the
magnitudeof his efforts are reflectedin the booksand papers
which year after year have set forth the resultsof his research.
Among thoseof booklengthare: Birds of Puerto Rico (1916);
The Migration of Birds (1926); Observationson the Birds of
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Argentina,Paraguay,Uruguay,and Chile (1926); The Birds of
Haiti and the DominicanRepublic(1931--with B. H. Swales);
and last, but not least, the fifth edition of the ,4. O. U. Check-list
of North ,4roericanBirds (1957), preparedunderhis chairmanship.
"In Alexander Wetmore we hail a biologistwho, during a
careerthat now spansmore than fifty years,has beenone of the
chief architectsof Americanornithology."
Marcia Brady Tucker Awards, assistingyoung ornithologists
of
promiseto attendthe annualmeeting,weregivenby voteof the officers
to GeorgeAlderson,Reed College; Robert H. Barth, Jr., Harvard
University; Gerald Collier, University of California, Los Angeles;
and EugeneA. LeFebvre,Universityof Minnesota.
Patrons.
The Council voted to inscribe the names of three members
permanentlyin the rolls of the Union as Patronsin recognitionof
generouscontributionsto the organization: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence,Margaret Morse Nice, and Arlie William Schorger(the first
two throughgifts in their honorby Mrs. Herbert E. Cames).
Membership.The Secretaryreportedthat 2,985copies.
of The Auk
are beingmailed; this mailinglist includesall classesof members,subscriptions,
and exchanges
with otherjournals. The Treasurer'srecords
showedmembersby classes,before the electionsin this meeting,as
follows:
Fellows .........................................................
Fellow Emeritus ..........................................
77
1
Honorary Fellows........................................ 20
Corresponding
Fellows................................ 66
Elective Members ........................................
196
HonoraryLife ElectiveMembers..............
5
Honorary Life Members ............................ 19
Members
........................................................
Student Members ........................................
Total
2138
39
2561
CharlesH. Blake,Chairmanof the Membership
Committee,
reported
that the same25 members,regionallylocated,as last year servedon
his committee. He stated that the Treasurer's records indicated that
the Union had addedor reinstatedsincelast year's Meeting 145 members,and had lost279 (of whom182 were"delinquent"),a net lossof
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134. He addedthat the specialthanksof the Union were due Dr. C.
Stuart Houston,of Yorkton, Saskatchewan,
who, while not. formally
a memberof the Committee,had made a specialeffort to enroll new
members in Saskatchewan.
Finances. The report of the Treasurerappearsin full elsewherein
The Auk.
The Treasurer's records were examined and found in order
on 12 August 1959, by T. B. Maxfield, CertifiedPublic Accountant,
of Ithaca, New York.
The duesfor all dues-payingclassesof memberswere continuedat
five dollarsper year by vote of the Council.
StephenS. Gregory,Chairmanof the InvestingTrustees,reported
that the appraised
valueof the endowment
holdings,as of 31 July 1959,
was $158,699,an appreciation,
since31 July 1958, of $16,400. The
net additionsduring the year were $27,100, of which $4,450 came
from earnings.
Gifts to the Josselyn
Van Tyne MemorialFund were madeduring
the year by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Carnes,Paul H. Hannum, Cyrus
Mark, and Mrs. Helen Van Tyne. With thesegifts, the Fund now
totalledmore than $10,000,thus exceedingthe point set last year by
the Councilat whichit may be considered
operative. While the Union
will welcomefurther donationsto the Fund, specialsolicitationwill no
longerbe necessary.
Editorial matters. The Editor, EugeneEisenmann,restatedthat he
would not be a candidatefor re-election,and acknowledged
with thanks
the assistance
that had beenrenderedhim by membersof the Editorial
Committee and others.
Three numbers of Volume
76 of The Auk
haveappearedso far in 1959,and the fourth is in press. As was true
last year, there is little backlogof manuscript.
The Editor also reportedthat the "Ten-Year Index to The Auk,"
coveringthe years1941to 1950,preparedby CharlesK. Nichols,is
now in galleyproof, and he agreedto seeit throughpress,'eventhough
his term of officewill have expired.
JosephJ. Hickey, Chairmanof the ad-hoc'Committeeon Format of
The Auk, presented
hiscommittee's
finishedreporton publication
costs.
The Editor of The Handbookof North AmericanBirds,RalphS.
Palmer,reportedthat the first volumeis expectedto be ready for the
printer at the end of 1959, and that considerable
manuscriptfor the
second volume is in his hands.
Reportsof committees.W.J. Breckenridge,
Chairmanof the Committee on Biography,reportedthat two memorialsto Fellows had
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beenpublishedduringthe year endingwith the July 1959 issueof
The Auk, and that three obituaries(one of a Corresponding
Fellow,
twoof Elective
Members)
arenowin thehands
of theEditor.
Duringthe year endingJuly 1959,the Committee
hadlearnedof the
deathsof three Fellows, two CorrespondingFellows, three Elective
Members,one Honorary Life Member, and twenty Members:
Walter F. Allen, Member, 16 August 1958
John H. Arnett, Jr., Member,7 May 1959
Francis L. Bacon, Member, 1958
AlexanderW. Blain, Life Elective Member,1958
Hiram Bellis DemarestBlauvelt, Life Member, 16 October1957
Anna P. Bradley, Member, 1959
Charles L. Broley, Elective Member, 5 May 1959
Charles E. Clarke, Member, 22 November 1958
Lionel S. Dear, Member, 22 May 1959
Caroline A. Dunham, Member, 7 January 1959
Pennoyer F. English, Member, 8 October 1958
Edwin T. Goodridge,Member, November1958
Hatch Graham,Sr., Member, 13 June 1958
Ludlow Griscom,Life Fellow, 28 May 1959
Donald Guthrie, Member,31 October1958
P. Auferman Henderson, Member
Lawrence C. Kent, Member, 27 February 1958
Gustav J. Kramer, CorrespondingFellow, 19 April 1959
William H. Lanceley,Member, 20 October 1958
Edward C. Minich, Member, 1959
Robert T. Moore, Life Fellow, 30 October 1958
John T. Nichols,Life Elective Member, 10 November 1958
Edward A. Preble, Fellow Emeritus, 4 October 1957
Mrs. Walter E. Rogers,Member,4 January 1958
Bruce Fleming Stiles, Member, 17 July 1959
NobusukeTaka-Tsukasa, CorrespondingFellow, 1 February 1959
Louise K. Town, Member, 1959
Willard G. Van Name, Honorary Life Member, 26 April 1959
Harold Bacon Wood, Member, 1 December1958
William H. Behle,,Chairmanof the Committeeon Student Memberships,reportedby letter that 39 studentshad been namedto receive
The Auk free of chargefor oneyear. With oneexception,
appointed
too late for inclusion in the list, the names of the Student Members
werepublished
in theApril issueof The Auk.
S. CharlesKendeigh,Chairmanof the Committee
on Research,
presentedthe reportof the committee.It appearsin full form on pp. 78-79.
Edwin R. Kalmbach, Chairman of the Committeeon Bird Protection, presentedhis report,whichappearsseparately
in full on pp. 73-77.
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ELECTION' OF OFFICERS
At themeetingo[ FellowsandElectiveMembers,GeorgeH. •wery,
Jr., was electedPresid•t, D•n Aredon was advancedautomti•lly
to First Vice-president,
AustinL. R•d waselectedSecondVice-presid•t, Herbert G. Deignanwas re-electedSecrem•, •d CharlesG.
Sibleywas re-elected
Trysurer.
Threemenwereelectedto •e Council,wi• terms•plring in 1962:
JosephJ. Hickey,Arlie W. Schorger,and RoberaW. Storer.
Donald S. Farner was elecmdEditor of The Auk by actiono[ the
Council. The Councilalsore-electedto the Boardo• InvestingTrusteesStephenS. Gregory,Chairm•, andArlie W. Schorger,
andelected
CyrusMark •ce ChrenceB. Ran•11, resignS. The complete
list o•
o•cers and membersof the Councilapp•rs at the end of the Proceedings.
ELECTION TO SPECIAL CLASSESOF ME•[BERSI:IIP
The followingpersons
wereelectedto specialclasses
of membership:
F•ow
John Davis, Carmel Valley, California
A. Starker Leopold, Berkeley, California
Thomas R. Howell, Los Angeles, California
F•ow
EM•us
JamesP. Chapin, New York, New York
COP.
RESPONDING
FELLow
Derek Goodwin, Great Britain
F. v•r. •ierkel, Germany
F. J. Tur•ek,Czechoslovakia
V. C. Wynne-Edwards,Great Britain
H. Lewis Batts, Jr., Kalamazoo, Michigan
Pershing B. Hofslund, Duluth, Minnesota
C. Stuart Houston, Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Richard F. Johnston,Lawrence,Kansas
Martin H. •ioynihan, Balboa, Canal Zone
Robert K. Selander,Austin, Texas
William J. Baerg, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Herbert H. Beck, Lancaster,Pennsylvania
Ernest G. Holt, Montgomery,Alabama
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A•rEN•)ANCE
Registrationat the meetingincluded391 personsfrom sevenprovincesof Canada,34 statesandthe Districtof Columbia,England,India,
and the Republicof the Philippines,as follows:
ENcx•N•James
Im)•--M.
Fisher, Elizabeth Forster.
A. Badshah.
R1;PUm,
lc or •
P•n, zmn•s--J.
B. Alv•rez, Jr.
CA•A--,,ttberta: Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ball, TerenceH. Bassett,E. D. Beacham,
Martin Boyd, W. A. Fuller, Cedric Hitchon, K. Hodges, Mrs. J. R. Jackson,
Laurie Jackson,V. Lewin, Mr. and Mrs. R. Lister, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mackay,
Mrs. W. S. Ross, Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Turner, Terence Walton. British Colurnbla: Elmer Callin, Anthony J. Erskdne,F. A. Goruall, Mr. and Mrs. Theed
Pearse, Oliver Wells. Manitoba: W. M. Adams, Herman Battersby, Kenneth
Black, W. Cartwright,Graham Cooch,David R. M. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Hochbaum,Fanny A. Hollies, Mrs. R. B. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lawrence,
Frank McKinney, Mrs. L. J. McKinney, D. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Shortt,
R. I. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. ClarenceTillenius. New Brun,m•ick: Robert Squires,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Squires. Ontario: Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Allin, JamesBaillie,
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. D. Clarke, S. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. K. Denis, K. F. Edwards,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Frith, W. Earl Godfrey,William W. H. Gunn,F. M. Helleiner,
John Livingston,Mr. and Mrs. Hoyes Lloyd, Harry G. Luresden,John Lunn,
R. McCleary, Mr. and Mrs. G. North, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ouilliam, Mr. and
Mrs. S. Robb, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Snyder,Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Speirs,GeorgeM.
Stirrett. Quebec: JonasSpence-Sales.
Saskatchewan:Ethel Abey, Gary Anweiler, Mrs. J. Bailey, W. H. Beck, Mr.
and Mrs. K. Beckde,Mr. and Mrs. P. Lawrence Beckde,Margaret Belcher, John
Beveridge,T. M. Beveridge,Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bird, J. M. Blemen,J. L. Blizzard,
J. D. Boggs,C. Bojuk, Frank Brazier, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bremner,JaniceBrlggs,
E. W. Brooman, Robert Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Callin, Edna Colbeck,
Isobell M. Coleman,Mrs. H. A. Croome, Mrs. E. Cruickshank,Brian Davies,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Davis, Joyce Dew, Lillian Domes,Alex Dzubin, Dorothy Eley,
Lucy Eley, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ellis, Ray Elmore, Robert Folker, Elmer Fox,
Glen A. Fox, Reginald Fox, Richard W. Fyfe, Grace Glenn, J. B. Gollop,
JusticeP. H. Gordon,Pearl Guest,T. Harper, Sylvia Harrison, William Horseman, Dr. and Mrs. C, Stuart Houston,Dr. Harley Jenner,Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Johnston,Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Kaad, Mrs. M. H. Kennedy,Patrick Kennedy,Garth
Klatt, R. F. Klatt, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Knox, Fred W. Lahrman, Mr. and Mrs.
G. F. Ledingham,Robert McCall, C. McDonald,R. C. McKenzie,Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. McLennan,Mr. and Mrs. R. G. McNamara, Mrs. G. L. Mackenzie,Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Maliepaard, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Mann, Herbert Moulding, Lucy H.
Murray, GertrudeMurray, BernardA. Nelson,Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nero, Mr. and
Mrs. A.M. Nilson, Lawrence R. Ostoforoff, E. Paynter, ConniePratt, Marguerite
Robertson,V. Rondeau,Frank Roy, Mrs. E. Schua, SpencerG. Sealy, Bruce '
Shier, Inclira Singh, Gordon Staines, Mrs. N. Steele, T. Sterling, R. Stueck,
Melba Stevenson,
F. A. Switzer,Mrs. F. B. Taylor, Mrs. H. F. Temple,Mr. and
Mrs. J. Walker, Mrs. Jean West, Wlnnifred Woods, W. Yanchinsky, Constance
York.
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STAT•s--ztlabama: Robert D. Weigel. Arizona: Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Anderson. ztrkansas: Mrs. Mattie Daugherty, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas James.
California: Enid K. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cogswell,Gerald Collier, Mary
M. Erickson, Earle R. Greene,Thomas R. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Huey,
L. R. Mewaldt, Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Miller, Patricia L. Miller, Robert T. Orr,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stoner. Colorado: A.M. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Kalmbach,Donald Malik, Jack Murphy, Donald M. Thatcher. Connecticut:Mr. and
Mrs. R. T. Peterson. District of Columbia: H. G. Deignan, D. S. Hartman, Mr.
and Mrs. F. C. Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wetmore. Florida: Oliver L.
Austin, Jr., Pierce Brodkorb,H. Hill Hamon, W. B. Robertson,Jr., W. Shortt.
Georgia: H. L. Stoddard, St., Rex Thomas. Illinois: Karl E. Bartel, Frank C.
Bellrose,Jr., E. R. Blake, George K. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Fisher, S.S.
Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Kendeigh,Margaret C. Lehmann,Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Nelson, Mrs. L. B. Nice, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rand, Paul Shulze,F. A. Swink,
Albert Wolfson. Indiana: James B. Cope, Robert A. Johnson,Henry C. West,
Nixon Wilson. Iowa: F. W. Kent, Mrs. P. Petersen, St., P. C. Petersen, Jr.,
Milton N. Weller. Kansas: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Johnston.Louisiana: R. E. Caldwell,Jr., Ethel D. Jones,DouglasA. Lancaster,
Electa D. Levi, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lowery, Jr., Ava R. Tabor. Maine:
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Pettingill, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Whitman, Jr. Maryland:
Chandler S. Robbins. Massachusetts: R. H. Barth, Jr., Ernst Mayr, Dwight
Moore.
Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. H. Lewis Batts, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Branch,
Denis F. Owen, Robert Payne, John Rood, Mary Spear Ross, Peter Stettenheim,
Robert W. Storer, Harrison B. Tordoff, Willet T. Van Velzen, Mr. and Mrs.
G. J. Wallace, M. E. Wallace, S. F. Wallace. Minnesota: Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Breckenridge,R. W. Dickerman,Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Jaques,Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
LeFebvre, Mary Lupient, J.P. Rogers. Nebraska: Mr. and Mrs. John Lueshen.
New Jersey: Mrs. H. E. Cames, Mrs. J. Y. Dater, Norman B. Pilllng, Anne W.
Wachenfeld,R. Wilkins, Helen J. Williams. New York: Dean Amadon, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Brockner, Eugene Eisenmann,E. Thomas Gilliard, Mr. and Mrs.
L. I. Grinnell, Helen Hays, Lois Hussey, Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Mitchell,
Ralph S. Palmer, Catherine M. Pessino,Mrs. Dayton Stoner, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Ulrich, Charles F. J. Young. North Carolina: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Blake. North
Dakota: Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Oammell,Robert H. Oensch,EdmundA. Hibbard.
Ohio: H. E. Blakeslee,Mrs. RobertV. D. Booth,Vera Carrothers,Mr. and Mrs.
F. H. Olenny. Oklahoma: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Land. Oregon: GeorgeAlderson.
Pennsylvania: Wilson Baker, Dorothy L. Bordner, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bordner,
Kenneth C. Parkes, Elizabeth A. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Thomas. Tennessee: Albert F. GanJer. Texas: Elizabeth Blount, L. Irby Davis, Allan Hayse,
Louise TeagardenHill, Margaret Louise Hill, Pauline James,Robert K. Selander,
Edith R. Wilson, L. R. Wolfe. Utah: James R. King. Virginia: John W.
Aldrich. Washington: Donald S. Farnet. West V;rglnla: Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
O. Brooks,GeorgeA. Hall. Wisconsin:JamesBrush,R. L. Dana, Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland Grant, Owen J. Oromme, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Hamerstrom, Jr.,
J. J. Hickey, ChesterO. Krawczyk, R. A. McCabe,Earl N. McCue, William
McPeek, Jack Orgeman,O. Rongstad,Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Schorger,Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Scott, Marvin E. Vote.
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PUBLIC SESSIONS
Paperssessions
wereheldin themorning
andafternoon
of eachof
the threedaysbeginning
Wednesday,
26 August,in the auditorium
of
the SaskatchewanMuseum of Natural History.
WEDNESDAYMORNING SESSION
The meetingwasopened
by an address
of welcome
by E. Manley
Callin,President,Saskatchewan
Natural History Society. Ernst Mayr,
Presidentof The AmericanOrnithologists'
Union, responded.The
Secretary,
HerbertG. Deignan,summarized
the resultsof the previous
day'sbusiness
sessions,
includingelectionsand awards.
E. THOMAS GILLIARD,American Museum of Natural History, New
York, Report from New Britain (slides).
STU.•T HOUSTON,
Yorkton, Saskatchewan,
ThomasDrummond,Forgotten Ornithologist(slides).
PIERCEBRODY:ORB,
Universityof Florida,Gainesville,
Florida,How
Many Kinds of Birds Were There?
OLIN SEWALLPETTINgILL,JR., Universityof Michigan,Biological
Station,Fellston,Michigan,King Eiders Breedingwith Com•non
Eiders in Iceland (slides).
HAROLDD. MITCHELL,Buffalo OrnithologicalSociety,Buffalo, New
York, •/ NestingInvolvingProthonotaryand Yellow Warblers
(motion picturesand slides).
WEDNESDAYAFTERNOONSESSION
DONALDS. FARNER,State.Collegeof Washington,Pullman,and D. L.
SERvENTY,,CommonwealthScientific and Industrial Research Organization,Nedlands,WesternAustralia,Body Temperatureand the
Ontogenyof Thermoregulation
in the Slender-billed
Shearwater
(slides).
THOUASR. HOWELL,
Universityof California,LosAngeles,California,
Temperaturesinsidethe Air Sacsof Birds (slides).
A. W. SCHOReER,
Universityof Wisconsin,Madison,Crushingof
Hicoria Nuts in the Gizzardof the Turkey (slides).
JA•ES R. KINe, Universityof Utah, Salt LakeCity, Utah, L. RICHAVa)
MEWALDT,
San JoseStateCollege,San Jose,California,DONALDS.
FARNER,State Collegeof Washington,Pullman, Washington,The
Duration of PostnuptialMetabolicRefractoriness
in the WhitecrownedSparrow (slides).
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A•m•N H. MIz,z,ZR,
Universityof California,Berkeley,California,Responseto Environmental
Light Incrementsby AndeanSparrowsfrom
an EquatorialArea.
ALTERS'W0LrS0N and DAVID P. WINCHESTER,Northwestern Univer-
sity, Evanston,Illinois, Effect of Photoperiodon the Gonadaland
Molt Cyclesof a TropicalBird, Queleaquelea(slides).
S. CHARrESKENDEIGn,University of Illinois, Champaign,Illinois,
Annual Stimulusfor SpringMigration (slides).
L. ILZCHARD
MEWAr,D%
San JoseState College,San Jose,California,
Orientationof Migratory Restlessness
in the White-crownedSparrow (slides).
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION
POt•,PHS. PA•,•ER, New York State Museum,Albany, New York,
ReproductivePattern of the Loons.
ROrERTW. STOm•R,
Universityof MichiganMuseumof Zoology,Ann
Arbor, Michigan,The DiscoveryCeremonyof the Horned Grebe
(motionpicturesand slides).
Ar,Ex DzvmN, Canadian Wildlife Service, Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,
Aerial Displaysand Flights of the Mallard (slides).
HEr,EN HAYS, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Motivationso/
someof theDisplaysof theRuddyDuck (slides).
RO•ER•W. NERO,Saskatchewan
Museumof Natural History, Regina,
ComparativeBehaviorof the Red-wingedBlackbirdand the YellowheadedBlackbird (motionpicture).
GE•r,DCOr,LIER, University of California, Los Angeles,California,
BreedingBehaviorin the TricoloredBlackbirdandsomeAspectsof
Competitionwith the Red-wingedBlackbird (tape recorder and
slides).
RO•ER•K. SEr,ANDER
andDONAr,D
R. GmLER,The Universityof Texas,
Austin, Texas,,4 Biosystematic
Analysisof Sympatryof Boat-tailed
and Great-tailedGrackles(Cassidix) in the Gul[ CoastRegionof
Texasand Louisiana(tape recorderand slides).
THURSDAY AFTERNOONSESSION
Symposiumon Water[owl
H. Ar•rER• HOCHBAUM,Moderator,
Delta Waterfowl Research Station, Delta, Manitoba.
1. F•aNI• BELt,ROSE,
State Natural History Survey, Havana, Illinois,Mallard Homing on Flyway Routes(slides).
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2. F. G. Coocu, CanadianWildlife Service,Winnipeg, Manitoba,
EcologicalAspectso[ the Blue-SnowGooseComplex(slides).
3. MILTONW. WELLER,Iowa State College,Ames, ParasiteEg#layingin the Redhead(slides).
4. FraNK McKINNEY, Delta Waterfowl Research Station, Delta,
Manitoba,The Analysisof Duck Displays(motionpicture).
FRIDAY MORNING SESSION
OLIVERL. AUSTIN,JR., Florida State Museum,Gainesville,Florida,
The Ternsof theDry Tortugas(slides).
C•ANDLERS. R0uNS, PatuxentResearchRefuge,Laurel, Maryland,
and DONALDD. STAMM,U.S. Public Health Service,Montgomery,
Alabama,Mist Netting as an Aid in Bird PopulationStudies(slides).
GEORGE
J. WAL:ACE,Departmentof Zoology,MichiganState University, East Lansing, Michigan, Further Commentson Robin Losses
ona UniversityCampus.
HOWARDL. COgSWELL,
Departmentof BiologicalSciences,Mills College,Oakland,California,TerritorySizeandSubstrate
for Foraging
in the Wrentit and Rufous-sided
Towhee(slides).
DOUGLAS
JAMES,Departmentof Zoology,Universityof Arkansas,Fayetteville,Arkansas,The Effect o[ Winter V•eatheron theAbundance
of Birds (slides).
S. DILLONRIVLEY,PeabodyMuseumof Natural History,Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,AggressiveNeglect as a Factor
in Interspecific
Competition
in Birds (slides).
R. H. BART., JR., BiologicalLaboratories,Harvard University,Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Studieson Mixed SpeciesFlocks with Special
Referenceto the Formicariidae(slides).
C•ARLESJ. LARUEand RO,RT K. SELANDER,
Departmentof Zoology,
The Universityof Texas,Austin,Texas,An ApparentInterspecific
Appeasement
Display of the Brown-headed
Cowbird (Molothrus
ater) (motion picture).
FRIDAY AFTERNOONSESSION
PETERSTEa•rEN•EIM,
USDA RegionalPoultryResearchLaboratory,
East Lansing,Michigan,The Development
of Plumagein Young
LeghornChickens(slides).
C•AULES
H. BLASE,Hillsboro,NorthCarolina,Attainmentof Definitive Plumagein White-throated
Sparrows,a PreliminaryReport
(slides).
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KE•ET>I C. PARKs;S,Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
and PHILIP S. Hu•rpviR•;,z,PeabodyMuseum of Natural History,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,Apparent Departures
from TypicalSequences
of Plumagesand Molts (slides).
LAw•;•,rc•; I. Gva•r•r•;L•,Laboratoryof Ornithology,Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Birds of SoutheasternAustralia (motion
picture).
JAcKA. Mu•PVi,z,DenverMuseumof Natural History, Denver,Colorado, Nesting of the Sooty Albatrossesin SubantarcticNew Zealand
(motion picture and slides).
A•F•;r) M. BAi•;,z, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver,
Colorado,The Hauntsof the RoyalAlbatross(motionpicture).
SOCIAL ]•vENTS
A luncheon for the Council and a d{nner for Fellows and members
of the Counc{lwereheldat the Hotel Saskatchewan
on 25 August; in
the eveninga receptionand film program,sponsored
by the Museum,
were held for thosenot attend{ngthe bus{hess
session.
On the afternoon of 26 August, wives of membersand other guests
were taken on a tour to Fort Qu'Appe]]e,and that even{ngan exh{b{t{on of Canadianb{rd art and bird photographywas openedat the
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina College, followed by a reception.
Wives of membersand other guestswere given a tour of Regina
City on the afternoonof 27 August. The eveningwas devotedto a
picnicsupperin WascanaPark, followedby a programof filmsin the
auditorium
of the Museum.
A cocktailparty, followedby the Annual Banquet,both sponsored
by the Governmentof Saskatchewan,
took placeon the eveningof
Friday, 28 August,in the Wa-Wa ShrineTemple,with the Honorable
T. C. Douglas,Premierof Saskatchewan,
actingas host. The Union
had not before in its history beenofficiallyentertainedby a Provincial
or State Government.
FIELD TRIPS
Before-breakfastexcursionsto nearbyareaswere madeon the mornings of 26, 27, and 28 August. On Saturday,29 August,an all-day
trip was made by bus to the northernend of Last Mountain Lake;
the highlightof the day was the sp&tacleof some8,000 sandhillcranes
at rest and in flight. On Sunday,a briefer excursionwas made to
various prairie lakes and sloughsless distant from Regina.
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1•ESOLUTIOl•I$
The followingresolutions
were submittedby the Resolutions
Committee (Maurice Brooks,Chairman; Alfred M. Bailey; and Walter
J. Breckenridge)and approvedby the GeneralSessionon 27 Au•mst
1959:
1. Resolved,that the American Ornithologists'Union, holding its
77th Stated Meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan,
commendsthe Wheat
Provinceand the QueenCity for its visionin providing/or all people
sofinea facilityas the Saskatchewan
Museumof Natural History.
2. Resolved,that the American Ornithologists'Union meeting at
Regina,highlycommends
the Government
of Guatemalafor its action
in protectingall waterfowlon Lake Atitlin especiallysincethe Giant
Pied-billedGrebe (Podilymbusgigas) occursnowhereelse. The continued existenceof this uniquespeciesis therebyassuredand opportunity to study its behaviorand its interactionwith other specieson
the lake is made more feasible.
The Government is further commended for its efficient and informa-
tive postingof the lake shore.
The AmericanOrnithologists'
Union further congratulates
the Governmentof Guatemalaon taking the lead in Central Americain protecting not only a rare and noteworthyspeciesbut also an aquatic
habitat attractive
to visitors.
The AmericanOrnithologists'
Union requests
its Secretaryto communicate
this action to:
Dr. Jorge A. Ibarra, Director,
Museo Nacional
de Historia
Natural
Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala,
for conveyance
to the appropriateofficialsof the government.
3. Resolved,that the AmericanOrnithologists'Union, hereassembled
in Regina,expresses
its gratefulappreciation
to the sponsoring
organizations: ReginaCollegeof the Universityof Saskatchewan,
Saskatche-
wan Natural History Society,ReginaNatural History Society,and
the Saskatchewan
Museumof Natural History of the Departmentof
Natural Resources,and the Museum director, Fred G. Bard, and to
RobertW. Nero, Chairmanof the Local Committeeon Arrangements,
and his efficientand hard-workingcommitteemembers: Mrs. Marjorie
Ledingham,
Elmer Fox, MargaretBelcher,Frank Brazier,JoyceDew,
RichardFyfe, Peter Gregg,Mrs. JeanHodges,BruceKnox, Fred W.
Lahrman,GeorgeF. Ledingham,Max MkConnell,JamesMillington,
GertrudeMurray and Bruce Shier.
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The American Ornithologists'Union wishesalso to thank all the
manypersons
whohavemadepossible
the fieldtrips,artsandphotography exhibits,toursand other specialeventswhichhave so hospitably
accompanied
the 77th StatedMeeting.
4. The AmericanOrnithologists'
Union expresses
its heartythanks
to the Provinceof Saskatchewan,
its Premier,the Hon. T. C. Douglas,
and the otherofficialsof its government
whohavesograciouslyhonored
the Union and its guestsat officially-sponsored
socialevents.
The Union takesnoteof the fact that it hasnot beforein its history
beenreceivedandentertained
officiallyby a Provincialor StateGovernment, and it requestsits Secretaryto conveythe thanksof the Union
to the appropriateofficials.
OFFICERSAND TRUSTEESOF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS'UNION
George H. Lowery, Jr., President .......................................
Dean Areadon, First I/ice-President .....................................
Austin L. Rand, Secondl/ice-President ..................................
Herbert G. Deignan, Secretary ..........................................
CharlesG. Sibley, Treasurer ............................................
Donald S. Farner, Editor oI The Auk ...................................
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ELEcTIvE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Eugene Eisenmann .....................................................
John T. Emlen, Jr .....................................................
Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr ...............................................
Oliver L. Austin, Jr ....................................................
Harold F. Mayfield ....................................................
L. L. Snyder ..........................................................
Joseph J. Hickey ......................................................
Arlle W. Schorger ....................................................
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Robert W. Storer ......................................................
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Robert T. Orr, Cooper Ornithological Society Representative
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H. Lewis Batts, Jr. Wilson Ornithological Society Representative........
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James P. Chapln, 1939-42
Herbert Frledmann, 1937-39
Hoyes Lloyd, 194548
Ernst Mayr, 1957-59
Alden H. Miller, 1953-56
Robert CushmanMurphy, 1948-50
Alexander Wetmore, 1926-29
Ex-Pm.iSmENTS
INVESTING TRUSTEES
Stephen S. Gregory ................................................
Cyrus Mark ...........................................................
Arlle W. Schorger .....................................................
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