Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club for 1907 



January 3, 1907. Annual Meeting. Thirty-five members 

 present. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted 

 in the choice of: President, William A. Shryock; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Samuel C. Palmer; Secretary, Herbert L. Coggins; Treas- 

 urer, Stewardson Brown. The resignations of Dr. A. P. Fellows 

 and Bruce P. Tyler, associates, were read and accepted. 



Mr. Rehn reviewed the more important ornithological publi- 

 cations of the year; and Mr. Coggins followed with remarks 

 upon "Some Contemporary Ornithologists" in which the 

 officers and active members of the club received attention. A 

 light collation followed, in accordance with the custom of mak- 

 ing the annual meeting essentially a social affair. 



January 17, 1907. Twenty-one members present. Mr. 

 Morris read a paper on the " Life of William Bartram " [see 

 Cassinia, 1906]. Mr. Stone called attention to Canon Tris- 

 tram's collection of birds recently acquired by the Academy, 

 a portion of which was on exhibition. 



February 7, 1907. Twenty-one members present. Mr. 

 Brown spoke on "The Birds of the Canadian Rockies" ob- 

 served during June and July, 1906, while on a botanical trip to 

 British Columbia. 



Mr. Rhoads reported Bluebirds (Sialta stalls) at Haddon- 

 field, N. J., Feb. 4, and Mr. Morris described a search for a 

 crow roost near Doylestown, Pa. 



February SI, 1907. Twenty-three members present. Mr. S. 

 N. Rhoads read extracts from letters received from Mr. R. B. 

 Simpson of Warren, Pa., relative to the bird life of that vicinity. 

 The Solitary Vireo {Vireo solilarlus) ; Morning Warbler (^Geothly- 



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