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"Birds of Cambridge, Mass.," by Wm. Brewster. He also 

 mentioned many works attempting to popularize ornithology, and 

 thought they were too common, as many of them were incomplete 

 and misleading. 



Prof. Knight was called upon for remarks on the birds he saw on 

 his recent trip to the West. He mentioned large quantities of 

 Crackles, Redwings, and Yellow-headed Blackbirds west of the Mis- 

 sissippi river. Along the prairie region he saw thousands of Ducks. 

 Teal, Canvasbacks and Red-heads were recognizable from the train. 

 In Wyoming, he saw what he took to be the Desert Horned 

 Lark, many Magpies, two varieties of Blue Jays, and two of 

 Juncos. He also mentioned two varieties of Chickadees, Ferrug. 

 Rough-IyCg, Western Red-tailed Hawks, thousands of Juncos mi- 

 grating. Golden Eagles in the mountains and Sage Hens in quanti- 

 ties. 



Mr. Browiison then requested all the members to assist in the bird 

 census, commencing on the morning of Dec. 22nd, and extending to 

 evening of Dec. 31st, and send reports for the Journal. 



Mr. T. J. Emery, of the Harvard Law School, then gave a very 

 interesting talk on "Study of Birds in the City Limits." His ob- 

 servations, of more than usual interest, were made near his home in 

 Cambridge, Mass. He also spoke of a pet Crow in Cumberland that 

 could talk. A discussion followed, relative to the talking ability of 

 Crows, by Prof. Lee, Messrs. Knight, Norton, Hitchings and Swain. 



Then followed a discussion of the egg-eating birds. The Crows, 

 Grackles and Jays were especially mentioned. Quite extensive re- 

 marks along this line were made by Prof. Hitchings and Knight, 

 Messrs. Norton and Swain and Mrs. Abbott. 



Prof. Hitchings then remarked that he would like to hear from 

 any or all of the members relative to a list of the beneficial and also 

 the harmful birds. 



Miss Marshall, Secretary of the Audubon Society, then gave a 

 most interesting talk on "Destruction of Birds at York, Me." She 

 spoke of the Italians who set traps and killed many Sparrows and 

 Juncos, but soon the sentiment in town grew so strong against this 



