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number of visits to this attractive spot on the New Jersey side 

 of the Delaware, and illustrated the value of concentrated labors 

 in a limited area. 



Under the title "A Few Parodies," John D. Carter gave 

 interesting representations of the songs and call-notes of a num- 

 ber of birds, and justly emphasized the value of the sense of 

 hearing in the identification of birds afield. 



Mr. Harlow described the call of the Short-eared Owl (Asia 

 accipitrinus), which he had heard recently on the Tinicuni 

 meadows after dark. The note has not been correctly described 

 in any work on American Ornithology with which he was 

 familiar, though Dresser, in his "Birds of Europe," gives a 

 good representation of it. 



March 1, 1906. Twenty-five members present. 



Mr. Paul C. Brewer was elected an Associate member. 



Wm. B. Evans read a paper entitled "The Birdman Afield," 

 in which he spoke of the illusions experienced by those who 

 make field observations, and the great care that should be ex- 

 ercised in establishing records where there was the least possi- 

 bility of doubt. 



Mr. Pennock reported that thirty or forty Robins {Morula 

 migratoria) had wintered at Kennett Square, Pa. 



Mr. Morris recorded a Killdeer (Oxyechiis vociferns) that had 

 wintered at Atlantic City, N. J. 



March 15, 1906. Twent}'-four members present. 



Mr. Norman W. Swayne was elected an Associate Memljer. 



Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads addressed the Club on "Florida's 

 Subtropical Avifauna," outlining a recent trip to the southern 

 part of the state, and dwelling upon the various birds peculiar 

 to the lower extremity of the peninsula. 



Mr. Stewardson Brown described a trip to Bermuda under- 

 taken during the previous summer, in company with Dr. and 

 Mrs. Britton, of the New York Botanic Garden, and commented 

 upon the birds that he had observed. 



April 5, 1906. Thirty-two members present. 



Mr. Duncan McFarlane was elected an Associate Member. 



