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and interesting leadershii) of Dr. T. S. Palmer, we visited the hird-house of the 

 National Zoological Park and saw many rare birds. That the privilege of this 

 trip was fully apjireciated was shown hy the large attendance. 



Soon after this, we held a public meeting in the lecture hall of the Washington 

 Public Library, whose trustees have, for several years, most courteously j)laced 

 their hall at our disposal. The speaker on this occasion was Mr. Tylor, of Easton, 

 Md., who gave us some charming glimpses of outdoor life through his camera. 



Our tenth annual meeting was held in January, and at this time we met 

 with two great losses in the resignations of Mr. Henry S. Oldys, from the chair- 

 manship of the E.xecutive Committee, and Mrs. J. I). Patten from the secretary- 

 ship. Both have been actively engaged in the work of the Society from its incep- 

 tion, and it was with deep regret that we learned that after ten years of most 

 faithful service they felt that the pressure of other duties was too great, and that 

 they must be relieved of active work. 



Our most active work is done in the spring, and was inaugurated most aus- 

 piciously by the all-too-short lecture of our National Secretary, Mr. T. Gilbert 

 Pearson, on 'Some Results of Bird Protection in the South,' which was most 

 enthusiastically received. 



This spring, instead of our usual Bird Class, we held four informal meet- 

 ings for the identification of bird-skins, under the direction of Prof. W. W. 

 Cooke and several members of the Executive Committee, preparatory to our 

 field-work, which later consisted of five Saturdays given to exploring the country 

 around Washington. For an account of the walks this spring, let me quote from 

 Prof. Wells W. Cooke's most interesting article, published in the 'Washington 

 Evening Star' of May 20. 



"The Society has the record that for six consecutive years no one of its five 

 outings each year has been given up on account of the weather. The five trips 

 of 1907 were attended by 112 different persons, the larger part of whom were 

 present at only one meeting. On each trip the members separated into tl^'ee 

 or four parties, for the better observation of the birds, each party being in charge 

 of some one familiar with the birds of the District. The best trip of the season, 

 from the ornithological standpoint, was that of May 11, when seventy-two 

 species were observed. .» 



" This year the number of species seen was exceptionally large, as corslpared 

 with other years, and the season was marked by the finding of some of the rarest 

 birds known to this region. A Cerulean W^arbler, the rarest W'arbler of this dis- 

 trict, was seen at Great Falls on May 11, and among other rare birds observed 

 may be mentioned the Summer Tanager, the Golden-winged, Hooded, Kentucky 

 and Worm-eating Warblers, the Red Crossbill and the Black-crownei Night 

 Heron. During the entire season, 112 people saw 113 dilTerent kinds pif birds, 

 as com])ared with 96 kinds seen during the five trips of 1906. " 



It may not be generally known that the residents of the District of Columl)ia 

 are subject to 'Taxation without Representation,' so that if we want anv laws 



