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The Bank Swallow {Clivicola riparia) has been found breeding 

 abundantly at various localities, Chester, Holmesburg, and 

 Bethayres, Pa., and also on the lower Susquehanna, Pa., and 

 Pensauken Creek, N. J. 



March 6, 1902. — Fifteen members present. 



Mr. Mark L. C. Wilde resigned from Associate membership. 



Mr. Hannum described the " Birds of an Inland Marsh" sit- 

 uated in Delaware Co., Pa. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads spoke of a visit he had made to various 

 institutions in eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey 

 in search of information relative to the mammals of these States, 

 and commented upon the collections of birds that he had seen. 

 That at Lehigh University was particularly noteworthy. He 

 had also found in the possession of Mr. Campbell, of Pittston, 

 a specimen of Razor-billed Auk {Alca iorda), shot on a lake in 

 the vicinity; and had learned of the regular breeding of the 

 Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum) at Campbell's Ledge on 

 the Susquehanna near Pittston. 



March 20, 1902. — Twenty-six members present. Dr. W. E, 

 Hughes addressed the club on his trip to the mountains of Chi- 

 huahua, northern Mexico. He described the country and the 

 larger game animals, and dwelt at length on the birds of the 

 region, speaking especially of the Thick-billed Parrot (Rhyncho- 

 psitta pachyrhy)icha), the Imperial Woodpecker {Campephilus 

 imperialis), Trogon and Fool Quail (Cyrtonyx montezuma^. 



April S, 1902. — Sixteen members present. A general discus- 

 sion was held on the progress of the spring migration (see pp. 

 32—42. Mr. S. N. Rhoads spoke of an excursion from Bridge- 

 ton to Greenwich, southern New Jersey, on March 27. He 

 found birds scarce, and there were apparently no Sharp-tailed 

 Sparrows on the salt marshes along the bay. 



Mr. Stone exhibited a Cedar Bird {Ampelis cedrorum) from the 

 collection of Mr. Philip Laurent, obtained at Mt. Airy, Phila- 

 delphia, March 17, 1900, which had the tips of the primaries 

 gray, much the same color pattern, as prevails in the other 



