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to the Bobolink {Dolichonyx oryzivorus) , already well described by 

 Mr. F. M. Chapman. 



Mr. Morris recorded a Brown Thrasher {Harporhynchus rufiis) at 

 Olney, Phila., Dec. 24, 1892, and several Hermit Thrushes {Turdus 

 aon. pallasii). 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads secured a Catbird ( Galeoscopies carolinensis) at 

 Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 25. 



January ly, i8gj. — Fourteen members present. 



Mr. William L. Whitaker was elected an Associate Member. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads read a paper on " Economic Relations of Birds to 

 Agriculture." 



Mr. Stone called attention to a specimen of Junco hyejnalis taken at 

 Haddonfield, N. J., in which the greater coverts were tipped with white. 



Mr. De Haven called attention to the two plates of Savanna Sparrow 

 {Ammodramus sandw. savana^ in Wilson's Ornithology, and suggested 

 that the figure of the male was taken from the Ipswich Sparrow {A. 

 princeps), which it strikingly resembles, being much lighter than the 

 other figure. 



February 7, i8gj. — Sixteen members present. 



Mr. William Rodgers was elected an Associate Member. 



Mr. Morris read a paper on " Birds of Bermuda," based on notes 

 made in March and April, 1886. 



Mr. De Haven exhibited a series of beautifully prepared bird skulls 

 representing our common species. 



February 21, i8gj. — Sixteen members present. 



Mr. Stone read a paper on "Birds of the Atlantic City Marshes," in 

 which he described the present aspect of bird life on the New Jersey 

 coast and contrasted it with the time of Wilson and Audubon. 



Mr. De Haven followed with some remarks on the changes which 

 have been brought about during the past twenty years in the bird life 

 of the coast. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads spoke of the mortality in the Crow Roosts near 

 Camden, N. J., and referred to a recent paper on the same subject by 

 Mr. Ridgway in Science. He believed that the blindness there referred 

 to might be epidemic, due to starvation and the enforced eating of 

 poisonous or infected food. 



Mr. McCadden exhibited a number of photographs taken from live 

 birds at the Zoological Garden. 



March 7, i8gj. — Twenty-one members present. 



Mr. William B. Scheuing was elected an Associate Member. 



Mr. Shryock read the paper of the evening on the " Merchantville, 

 N. J., Crow Roost," describing a visit made during the past month. 



