478 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



November 7. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., iu the Chair. 



Thirty-five persons present. 



Papers under the following titles were presented for publication : 

 " Description of Araeiurus lacustris okeechobeensis, " by Henry 



W. Fowler. 



" Observations on Fishes from the Caroline Islands," by 



Henry W. Fowler. 



A Neiv Race of Short-eared Old. — Mr. Witmer Stone ex- 

 hibited a series of Short-eared Owls from Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 

 from the collection of Mr, E. A.. Mcllhenny. These birds are very 

 much paler than specimens from Pennsylvania and have the tawny 

 tints largely replaced by white. The lower surface is white with 

 a slight butf suffusion in some examples, while the dark stripes on 

 the breast average narrower than in more southern specimens. 

 The females are slightly darker than the males. 



In measurements they agree pretty well with examples from the 

 United States, the wing of eight males ranging from 11.75 to 

 12.25 ins. (average 11.95 ins.) and of three females from 12 to 

 12.30 ins. (average 12.15 ins.). 



Notwithstanding the individual variations exhibited by this 

 genus, Mr. Stone regarded these Pt, Barrow specimens as repre- 

 senting a distinct geographic race, probably ranging southeastward 

 over the arctic barren grounds, and proposed to separate it as Ado 

 accipitrinus Mcllhennyi (Type 958 Coll. E. A, Mcllhenny, Pt. 

 Barrow, June 2, 1898, d"). 



November 14, 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., in the Chair, 



One hundred and forty-three persons present. 



Mr, Frank M. Chapman made an illustrated communication on 

 the subject of the Bird Rocks of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. (No 

 abstract. ) 



