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Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) December 25, 1902, Wynne- 

 wood, Pa. Wm. L. Baily. 



Flicker (Col aptes auratus luteus) West Fairmount Park, Decem- 

 ber 25. Dr. J. F. Prendergast. 



Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) , Rusty Blsickhird {Scolecophagus caro- 

 linus) twenty-eight Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) and a flock 

 of Horned Larks (Olocoris alpesti-is) Lenape, Chester Co., Pa., 

 December 25. J. D. Carter. 



Wilson's Snipe (GalUnago delicata) , four Rusty Blackbirds, 

 (Scolecophagus carolinus) and two Northern Shrikes (Lanius bor- 

 ealis) Moorestown, N. J., December 25. Wm. B. Evans. 



Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Overbrook. C. J. Hunt. 



Mr. G. S. Morris described a trip to Cape Charles, Va. Twenty 

 Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus princeps), one Snow Bunting, 

 (Passerina nivalis), and two Terns (apparently Sterna hirundo) 

 were among the species noted. 



February 5, 1903. — Twenty members present. 



Mr. Henry W. Fowler and Dr. Spencer Trotter were elected 

 to Active membership. Mr. Chas. J. Rhoads resigned from 

 Active membership and was transferred to the Associate list. 



Mr. Wm. L. Baily described a tract of ground surrounding 

 his home at Ardraore and by a map illustrated the location of 

 the birds' nests that he had found thereon. In six years twenty- 

 eight species had been found breeding in the tract which com- 

 prises forty acres. In 1902 one hundred and two nests were 

 found. 



]\Ir. Wm. J. Serrill reported two Flickers (Colaptes auraius 

 luteus) on Crum creek a few days previously. 



A curious hybrid, between the ISIallard (Anas boschas) and 

 Green-winged Teal (Kcttion carolinensis) was exhibited, secured 

 by Dr. Chas. B. Penrose on Currituck Sound, North Carolina. 

 (Auk, 1903, p. 209.) 



February 19, 1903. — Sixteen members present. 



Mr. James A. G. Rehn was elected an Active member and 

 Messrs. J. Fletcher Street, J. Harold Austin and M'alter R. 

 White, Associate members. 



A discussion was held on certain species of Fringillidx. 



