FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, 1883.
T. McIlwraith. J. B. Holder. D. G. Elliot. Chas. Aldrich. J. M. Wheaton. E. A. Mearns. H. W. Henshaw. S. F. Baird. Geo. N. Lawrence. A. K. Fisher. Nathan C. Brown. Robert Ridgway, Vice Pres. J. A. Allen, Pres. William Brewster. Elliott Coues, Vice Pres. C. F. Batchelder. R. W. Shufeldt. C. B. Cory. C. Hart Merriam, Sec'y. M. Chamberlain. D. W. Prentiss. H. A. Purdie. C. E. Bendire. E. P. Bicknell. H. B. Bailey.


A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE
DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS

Official Organ of the Audubon Societies

Vol. 1October, 1899No. 5

The American Ornithologists' Union

BY J. A. ALLEN

(First President of the Union)