4 ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Gallinule {lonornis inarihiica) on March 28, near Cape May N. J., by 

 C. F. Gardiner. 



Mr. Stone described a series of Myrtle Warblers taken at Atlantic 

 City, N. J., which showed the spring molt in progress, and read a short 

 paper on the relationships between the Black Cap and Carolina Chick- 

 adees {Pams airicapillus and caroliticnsis) in which he considered 

 that the two were distinct species — the Black Cap breeding as far south 

 as the Blue Ridge, the Carolina throughout the New Jersey Pine Bar- 

 rens. In the intervening country Chickadees seem scarce in the breed- 

 ing season, but such as he was able to examine proved to be the 

 Carolina. He was quite prepared however to find in the face of 

 additional material that the two forms intergraded in this intermediate 

 area especially in northern central New Jersey. 



May 3, i8g2. — Eleven members present. 



Mr. Joseph Tatum was elected an Associate Member. 



General discussion on the spring migration. 



May 17, i8g2. — Ten members present. 



Messrs. Stone and Wright described a trip to Clementon, N. J., May 

 6, where they found Pine and Prairie Warblers {^Dendroica vigorsii and 

 discolor) evidently preparing to breed. 



Mr. Wright reported the capture of a White Crowned Sparrow and 

 a Cape May Warbler (Z>. tigrina) May 13, at Conshohocken. Mr. 

 Baily also secured a White Crowned Sparrow {Zonotrichia ieucophfys) 

 May 10, and Mr. Stone recorded two Golden Winged Warblers (//<?/- 

 ini7ithophila chtysopiera), May 12, shot by C. A. Voelker at Collingdale, 

 Del. Co., Pa. 



June 7, i8g2. — Sixteen members present. 



Mr. Reed read a paper on "A Collecting Trip to Dennisville, Cape 

 May Co., N. J., May 21-23." Nests of the Parula {Compsothlypis 

 a?>ierica?m usnecB) Hooded ( Wilsonia 7nitraia) and Prairie ^Varblers 

 {Dendroica discolor) were obtained. 



Mr. Stone described a trip to Cape May, N. J., where he also found 

 the Parula Warbler breeding, and saw a Loggerhead Shrike {Lanius 

 ludo7'icianns), which led him to believe that this bird also nested there. 



Mr. Voelker recorded a Yellow Crowned Night Heron {Nycticorax 

 violaceus), shot near Phoenixville, Pa., which contained a well developed 

 egg; also a Northern Phalarope {Phalaropus lobatiis), shot on the 

 Delaware. 



Mr. Forsythe reported the capture of a White Crowned Sparrow {Zono- 

 trichia leucophrys) and Mr. DeHaven a Nelson's Finch {Ammodramus 

 c. nelsoni) at Atlantic City, May 9, 1892, the first record for the state. 



