DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 75 



November 16, 1905. Twenty members present. 



Mr. David E. Harrower was elected an Associate member. 



Mr. Hunt read a paper entitled "Gleanings from a Bird 

 Lover's Note Book." A Barn Swallow had been seen to snatch 

 tlies from a cow's back, and a Spotted Sandpiper had been 

 noted walking upon a railroad track engaged in catching 

 spiders. The song of a Field Sparrow was described which 

 varied so much from the usual strain that it was quite unrecog- 

 nizable. A caged Red-winged Blackbird had been seen to rob 

 a Cardinal, which was his fellow prisoner, of seeds crushed by 

 the latter. It had been noticed that Tree Sparrows instead of 

 feeding directly from the weeds as did the Goldfinches, dislodged 

 the seeds by their shaking and then gleaned them from the 

 snow. 



Messrs. Stone and Wright reviewed the recent A. 0. U. Con- 

 gress in New York. 



Mr. Rehn exhibited a Com Crake {Crex crex) shot on Novem- 

 ber 11, at Dennisville, Cape May Co., N. J., by H. Walker 

 Hand. 



Mr. Harlow reported a Saw Whet Owl (Cryptoglaux acadica} 

 captured at Oak Lane, Philadelphia. 



December 7, 1905. Nineteen members present. 



The resignations of Messrs. William D. Carpenter and Samuel 

 M. Freeman were accepted with regret. 



Messrs. Baily and Carter spoke of ' ' Characteristic Rarities of 

 Pocono Lake," supplementing the contribution from Mr. Carter 

 in the last Cassinia. The Alder Flycatcher (^Empidonax trailli 

 alnorum), and Prairie Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris praticola), 

 were observed, and also the Thrush previously reported, and 

 which Mr. Baily felt convinced was Bicknell's. As, however, 

 the bird had not been satisfactorily seen, and opinions differed 

 as to the resemblance of its song to the published description of 

 that of Hylocichla alicias bicknelli, the status of this species as a 

 breeder in Pennsylvania is still in doubt. Mr. Baily had also 

 heard what he took to be the song of the Carolina Wren 

 (Thryothorm ludovicianus) , but its occurrence in the Pocono 

 Mountains was so unlocked for that it was considered to require 

 further verification. 



