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the Common Tern and the Ked-breasted Merganser, by Dr. R. M. Strong 

 (illustrated) ; The Ottawa River in Canada as a migration route and bird 

 boundary, by C. W. G. Eifrig. 



Before adjournment a short business meeting was held in which the 

 revised constitution was read by Dr. Strong for the committee. Resolved, 

 to adopt this and recommend it to the club for ratification. 



EVENING SESSION. 



This, as well as the afternoon meeting, was open to the public. Two 



illustrated lectures were given, the first by Prof. Lynds Jones on the 



winter habits of birds; the second, by Mr. G. A. Abbott, on the birds of 



the Calumet Region near Chicago. 



C. W. G. EiFRii, Secretary. 



Note : The new secretary 's address is as follows : Mr. O. M. Schantz, 

 5215 W. 24th St., Cicero, 111.; the treasurer's: Mr. P. B. Coffin, 3232 

 Groveland Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Field Notes 



Unusual Central Ohio Occurrences. 



Professor J. S. Hine, of the Ohio State University, sends a note to 

 the effect that a Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax naevius) in the 

 female plumage of the year, was taken near Columbus on December 

 ]8, 1913. 



Mr. Thos. M. Earl, of Columbus, reports the receipt of a Golden Eagle 

 (Aquila chrysaetos) sent to him for mounting from Coshocton county, in 

 November, 1913. 



Queer Practice of Wood Thrushes. 



If more evidence is needed to substantiate the statement that a wood 

 thrush frequently attaches a large piece of paper or cloth to its nest 

 and lets it hang in conspicuous display, as if to mark the location of the 

 nest, I will say that a piece of white tissue paper, several inches wide 

 find perhaps half a yard long, hung from the nest of a wood thrush at 

 Chautauqua last summer. 



The nest was about eight feet high, in a thicket, and not to exceed a 

 rod from the public street. 



Birds are so well treated at Chautauqua that they are not very wild, 

 and this bird seemed undisturbed by those who frequently stopped with 

 inquisitive eyes as they passed by on the street. 



