Bird Cluh Notes 



The Publication Committee of the Club will welcome papers 

 or notes relating to the birds of Pennsylvania, New Jersey or 

 Delaware, from any one, whether a member of the Delaware 

 Valley Club or not. Such communications will be read at the 

 next meeting, and if passed upon favorably by the Com- 

 mittee will be published in Cassinia. While primarily the 

 proceedings of the Club, all articles submitted to Cassinia are 

 given equal consideration, and choice is based entirely upon the 

 value of the matter contained and the literary merit of the 

 paper. 



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For the portrait of Bonaparte, published in this number, we 

 are indebted to Mr. Ruthven Doane, who kindly furnished us 

 a photograph taken from a lithograph in his possession. 



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The Club held sixteen meetings during the year, with an 

 average attendance of twenty-four; fifty-seven members being 

 present at one or more meetings. 



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A well attended field meeting was held on May 30, at 

 " Catoxen Cabin," a shack in the pines near Medford, New 

 Jersey, owned by several members of the Club. The neighbor- 

 ing woods were thoroughly explored, and a visit paid to Bear 

 Swamp in the pine barrens to the eastward. 



The Club was represented at the twenty-third congress of the 

 A. 0. U. in New York City, by jMessrs. Baily, Pennock, Rhoads, 

 Rogers, Stone and Wright, as well as Messrs. Holmes, Miller, 

 Todd and Wisler of the corresponding members. The follow- 

 ing papers were presented: "Similarity of the Birds of the 



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