ABSTRACT 



OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL GLUB 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



EARLY in 1892 an ''Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club for the years 1890 and 1891 " was pub- 

 lished. The present publication is intended as a continuation of the 

 previous number, and covers the years 1892 to 1897 inclusive. In 

 future the Club proposes to issue a yearly number covering the Pro- 

 ceedings with much greater detail. 



Many of the papers quoted in the following pages have been pub- 

 lished in full in the Atik, Science, and Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, to which references are made. 



Many of the local records for 1892-1894 have also been included in 

 the "Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey " published by the 

 Club in December, 1894. 



Janua?y 5, i8g2. — Seventeen members present. Mr. Samuel Wright 

 was elected an Associate Member. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : 



President — Witmer Stone. 



Secretary — Charles J. Rhoads. 



Treasurer — William L. Baily. 



Mr. Baily read an interesting and humorous account of the origin 

 and early years of the Club, and Mr. Stone summed up the results of 



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