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 Vo1 ' 1920 CVI1 ] The William Brewster Memorial. 29 THE WILLIAM BREWSTER MEMORIAL. At the regular stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, held in New York City, November 10, 1919, the following communication from friends and co-workers of William Brewster was received and the trust therein described was formally ac- cepted by the Union. [Ed.] The undersigned co-workers and friends of William Brewster, in recognition of the great service which for nearly half a century he rendered American ornithology, present to the American Ornithologists' Union, as Trustees, the sum of five thousand dollars to establish the "William Brewster Memorial." The income of the Fund shall be used to defray the cost of a gold medal, to be known as the Brewster Memorial Medal, to be awarded every two years to the author of what, in the judgment of the Council of the Union, is the most important work relating, in whole or in part, to the birds of the Western Hemisphere, during the period in question. The remainder of the accrued income of the Fund, after defraying the cost of the medal, shall be given to the recipient of the medal as an honorarium. In case the award is made for the joint work of two or more persons, to each of whom credit is due in equal share, a medal shall be given to each of them and the honorarium shall be divided equally between them. In case the Council decide that no work has been produced that is of sufficiently high scientific quality to be worthy of award of the medal, the income accrued during the period shall be added to the principal of the Fund. In case at any future time it becomes the opinion of two-thirds of the members of the Council of the Union, that an amendment of the terms of this deed of gift would result in the better attain- ment of the fundamental purposes of the Memorial — which are the perpetual honoring of the memory of William Brewster, and the encouragement of study of American birds by the bestowal at intervals of a medal and honorarium as recognition of ornitho- logical research of high scientific quality — such amendment may