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The resignation of Dr. T. H. Montgomery, Jr., was accepted 

 with regret. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads described a winter trip through central 

 New Jersey, north of the pine barrens. In Bear Swamp, 

 Mercef Co. , he noticed such Carolinian species as the Cardinal, 

 Carolina Wren and Tufted Titmouse. 



Mr. Seiss read an interesting account of two Great Horned 

 Owls (Bubo virginianus') which he had kept in captivity. Mr. 

 Fowler reported a flock of Snowflakes (Passerina nivalis') on the 

 Delaware marshes near Penrose Ferry Bridge, Phila. , during 

 the middle of Januar_y. A Loon {Gavia imber) was observed 

 at the same time. On Nov. 29, 1900, a specimen of Holboell's 

 Grebe (Cohymbus holboelli) was shot at the same locahty, and 

 on Christmas day, 1900, a Snowy Owl. 



Mr. W. L. Baily announced the discovery of a Black Duck's 

 nest at Ocean View, N. J., March 30. It was located in a 

 rather open swamp in a small white-cedar bush, a little above 

 the surface of the water. The bird was flushed on two occa- 

 sions but had not begun to lay. 



Dr. Trotter had observed a Red-headed Woodpecker forcing 

 an acorn into a crevice in a decayed tree trunk in the manner 

 of the California Woodpecker. He also stated that the Swarth- 

 more College collection contained a Saw-whet Owl taken in 

 Fairmount Park, Phila., Oct., 1876. 



April IS, iSOl.— Twenty-four members present. 



Mr. H. E. McCormick was elected an Associate member. 



Prof. Benj. Battin made an address on "Recording and Imi- 

 tating Bird Songs." A paper entitled "Observations on the 

 Summer Birds of parts of Clinton and Potter Counties, Pa.," 

 by Francis R. Cope, Jr., was read by Mr. Brown. (See pp. 

 8-21.) 



Mr. L. I. Smith, Jr., exhibited a hybrid between the Mallard 

 and Black Duck shot on the Delaware river, below Phila- 

 delphia, March 13, 1901. 



A Louisiana Water Thrush was reported at Swarthmore, Pa., 

 April 18, by Mr. A. B. Way. 



Mr. Baily reported a Loggerhead Strike and a Mockingbird 

 at Ocean View, N. J., April 30, 1901. 



