54 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



species of this genus. He regarded it as a probable reversion 

 to an older type of coloration. One other specimen in the 

 Academy's collection showed a similar tendency to a slight 

 degree. 



April 17, 1902. — Fourteen members present. 



Mr. Coggins described a Night Heron rookery on the Dela- 

 ware River near Red Bank, N. J., which he visited in 1898. At 

 that time the birds were quite numerous, but Ihej' have since 

 deserted the place. Mr. Pennock reported a colony of about 

 forty nests of these birds at Joanna's Furnace, northern Chester 

 County, Pa. The heronry at Port Kennedy, Pa., was described 

 and two others recorded near Moorestown, N. J. At Haddon- 

 field, N. J., a few scattered pairs nest regularly. 



Mr. Pennock described his experience of several years with 

 the nesting of the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Of 

 fourteen nests that had come under his observation, nine were 

 outside nests and five in hollow trees. The earliest date he had 

 recorded for a full set of eggs was February 15, at Kennett 

 Square, Pa. In one of the nests in a hollow tree the tail of the 

 sitting bird projected several inches from the opening on the 

 side of the trunk, while another had been lined with a rabbit 

 skin, fur side up. 



May 1, 1902. — Twenty members present. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads presented a paper on " New Localities for the 

 Henslow's Bunting {Ammodramxis henslovdi) ." A general discus- 

 sion on the bird followed. 



May 15, 1902. — Twenty-three members present. 



Messrs. Norman A. Passmore and Edward W. Woolman 

 were elected Associate members. 



Mr. Frederick Sorensen read a paper entitled "A Glance at 

 English Literature of Field and Forest," treating especially of 

 the works of Isaac Walton, Gilbert White and Richard Jefferies. 



October 2, 1902. — Sixteen members present. 



Mr. Bartram W. Griffiths was elected an Associate member. 



