Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club, 1908 



January 2, 1908. Annual IMeeting. Thirty-three members 

 present. The following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year : President, William A. Shryick ; Vice-President, Stew- 

 ardson Brown ; Secretary, Chreswell J. Hunt ; Treasurer, 

 Samuel Wright. 



Dr. Trotter read a paper entitled "The Ornithological Back- 

 ground."* Several Christmas day lists were read and some of 

 the early days of the Club's history were discussed. A collation 

 followed. 



January 16, 1908. Twenty-one members i>resent. Mr. Har- 

 low read a paper on ' ' The Fall Warblers, ' ' discussing the 

 relative abundance and time of occurrence of the various 

 species. 



February 6, 1908. Twenty-one members present. Mr. Stone 

 read a report on the Spring Migration of 1907 (see Cassinia, 

 1907, pp. 54-79). Starlings, Stunms vulgaris, were reported 

 from Vincenttown and Tuckerton, N. J. (Auk, 1908, p. 221). 



February 20, 1908. Twenty-five members present. John 

 D. Carter, under the title of " Marsh Nesting," described a trip 

 to Stone Harbor, N. J., during May, 1907 in company with 

 William B. Evans. The colony of Laughing Gulls was esti- 

 mated at over 500, possibly 1000 birds. The speaker also 

 described trips to the Tinicum meadows on the Delaware where 

 he found the King Rail nesting. 



March 5, 1908. Nineteen members present. This being the 

 spring meeting for the election of members, the candidates were 



* Bird Lore. 



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