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In a letter l\Ir. Pennock stated that he had seen small flocks 

 every year at Kennett Square, Pa., from 1869 to 1873. 



Mr. Stone presented a summary of specimens shot in eastern 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey so far as known to him, viz: 

 Frankford, Phila., Pa., July, 1878, W. L. Collins. 

 Englewood, N. J., Sept., 187<S, F. M. Chapman. 



Haddonfield, N. J., Mar. 22, 1879, W. L. Abbott. 



Marple, Del. Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1881, S. N. Rhoads. 

 Olney, Phila., Pa., Sept., 1885, G. S. Morris. • 



Birmingham, Chester Co., 



Pa., Sept. 1, 1886, T. H. Montgomery, Jr. 



West Goshen, Chester Co., 



Pa., Sept. 9, 1887, 



Morristown, N. J., Oct. 7, 1893, A. B. Frost. 



Canadensis, Monroe Co., 



Pa., Oct. 23, 1895, Geo. H. Stuart. 



A mounted group of seven specimens just purchased by the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences was on exhibition. These were 

 known to have been secured in this immediate vicinity but were 

 without further data. 



October S, 1907. Twenty-seven members present. The resig- 

 nation of Herbert L. Coggins from the secretaryship was ac- 

 cepted with regret and Chreswell J. Hunt was chosen for the 

 unexpired term. The failure of Mr. Coggins' health necessi- 

 tated an indefinite sojourn in the West. 



Messrs. Stone and Keim described the "Bird Life of Garrett 

 County, Maryland." As guests of Mr. Herman Behr they 

 spent three days at Jennings, on the high mountains a few 

 miles south of the border of Somerset Co., Penna. Jlost of the 

 boreal birds of the Pennsylvania mountains occur at this point, 

 but the Cardinal {Cardinalis cardinalis) and Tufted Tit (Baeo- 

 lophhs bicolor) pushed much fartlier up than they do on the 

 Pennsylvania Alleghanics and often occur at least casually above 

 the boreal species where the conditions are favorable. 



A Raven's nest previously located by Jfr. Behr was secured 

 for the club collection. The birds had for some reason deserted 

 it before the eggs were laid, though the nest was entirely com- 



