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Black-aiid-White and Nashville Warblers, White-throated 

 Sparrow and Hermit Thrush. 



Mr. Harlow called attention to the variation in the markings 

 of hawks' eggs. He was of the opinion that as the bird ad- 

 vanced in age its eggs became more heavily blotched. 



Mr. Carter spoke of the unusual abundance of Bay-breasted 

 Warbler during the present spring, fleeting held in the Acad- 

 emy Library. 



October 1, 1908. Twenty-three members present. Mr. Stone 

 announced that until the alterations to the building were com- 

 pleted the meetings would be held in the room of the Micro- 

 scopical Section. 



Mr. Brown described the birds seen by him during the sum- 

 mer on an extended trip from Laggan to the Saskatchewan and 

 Athabaska rivers in British Columbia. As botany was his main 

 object bird-observations were merely incidental. 



October 15, 1908. Fifteen members present. Mr. Spaeth 

 made an interesting communication on "Birds Observed in 

 Wyoming" during a summer spent at Gillette, Crook Co. 



A letter from Mr. Otto Behr, of Lopez, Sullivan Co. , Pa. , de- 

 scribed the calling of the Black-billed Cuckoo {Coccyzus ery- 

 thrt>]jhlhalmus) after dark as it flew about overhead. 



November 5, 1908. Twenty-five members present. This 

 being the autumn election meeting, the following were chosen 

 Associate Members, Thomas R, Hill, Edwin B. Bartram and 

 Robert T. Moore. 



Messrs S. N. Rhoads and J. D. Carter described the bird life 

 of Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks where each had spent a 

 portion of the summer, their trips following one another so as 

 to be in a measure supplementar}'. The Rusty Blackbird, 

 Olive-sided Flycatcher, Olive-backed Thrush. American Three- 

 toed Woodpecker, Raven and Lincoln's Finch, were the most 

 interesting species noted. 



November 19, 1908. Eighteen members present. William B. 



