DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 5 



September 6, i8g2. — Business meeting of active members. Five 

 members present. 



September 20, i8g2. — Thirteen members present. 



Mr. I. N. De Haven was elected an active member and Mr. D. N. 

 McCadden an associate. 



The death of Mr. WilHam Wharton Smith, associate member, was 

 announced, and the following resolution adopted : 



Resolved, That since God in His mercy has been pleased to take from among us 

 our friend and fellow-member, Wm. Wharton Smith, one who during his life had by 

 his manly qualities and kindly unassuming manners won the esteem of all and the 

 affection of those of us who knew him best, and since Mr. Smith as a member of this 

 organization had proved himself to be a true lover of nature and a close and careful 

 observer of her beauties and phenomena, we do hereby, wilh sincere regret as indi- 

 viduals and as an organization, express our sorrow for the loss which we and all who 

 knew him have sustained through his sad death. 



A number of nests and eggs collected during the summer were on ex- 

 hibition. Most interesting among these was a nest of the King Rail 

 {Ralliis elegans), taken at Repaupo, N. J., July 15, 1892, by Dr. J. B. 

 Brinton. The date was very late and the eggs were unusually 

 small. 



Another interesting specimen was a Chewink's nest {Fipiio ery- 

 throphthalmus) , collected in Chester Co., Pa., which was situated in an 

 oak sprout four feet from the ground. 



October 4. — Nine members present. 



Messrs. De Haven and Stone described their experience among the 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrows at Atlantic City, N. J., on October i and 2. 

 They found the A. caudacutus by far the most abundant form, though 

 not a few A. c. siibvirgatus were taken and two A. c. nelsoni, the latter 

 being decidedly the rarest of the three. {Atik, 1893, p. 85.) 



Mr. Morris read a paper on a "Trip through the Cascade Mts. of 

 British Columbia," taken by himself and Mr. J. W. Evans during the 

 past spring. 



The resignation of Mr. Chas. J. Rhoads as Secretary was tendered 

 and accepted with regret, Mr. G. S. Morris being elected for the un- 

 expired term. 



October 18, i8g2. — Sixteen members present. 



Messrs. Mark L. C. Wilde and John Bisseger were elected associate 

 members. 



The committee on publication was authorized to issue a circular call- 

 ing for information on our water birds for distribution among gunners 

 and sportsmen. 



Mr. De Haven exhibited a White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia 



