DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 1 3 



Eagle {Aquila chrysaetos) shot, Mar. 5, 1894, by P. De Haven on Con- 

 estoga Creek, near Lancaster, Pa. 



April 5, i8g4. — Fifteen members present. 



Dr. Trotter's resignation as an Active Member was read, and accepted 

 with regret. 



Mr. Stone read a paper on " Ornithology at Philadelphia in the Past." 



April ig, i8g4. — Twelve members present. 



Dr. Wm. E. Hughes was elected an Active Member. 



A number of specimens of birds, nests and eggs recently contributed 

 to the Club collection were on exhibition, and were commented on by 

 the members. 



May §, i8g4. — Fourteen members present. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads read a paper entitled " Leaves from a Catbird's 

 Diary," in which he set forth in popular style many points relative to 

 bird migration. 



Mr. Stone called attention to some errors in Dr. Warren's "Birds of 

 Pennsylvania" which he had recently been investigating. There seems 

 no satisfactory evidence for the occurrence of the Black Guillemot 

 ( Cepphus grylle) in the State, while correspondence with Prof. Roddy 

 showed that the record of Kirtland's Warbler {Dendroica kirtlandi) 

 with young was entirely erroneous. 



May 17, i8g4. — Nineteen members present. 



Dr. A. P. Fellows was elected an Associate Member. 



The following resolutions were adopted on the death of J. Farnum 

 Brown, one of the Active Members : 



Whereas, We have learned with sincere sorrow of the sudden death of our late 

 member, J. Farnum Brown; and 



Whereas, We are deeply sensible of the loss sustained in his decease by this 

 organization and all who knew him; therefore be it 



Fesolved, That we do hereby acknowledge our deep regret on account of his sad 

 death, and extend our sympathy to his family in their great bereavement. 



Mr. Morris read a paper on " Bird Life of Vancouver Island, B. C", 

 describing a trip to this region in company with Messrs. S. N. Rhoads 

 and J. Wister Evans in 1892. 



Specimens of Ostrich, Emu and Cassowary, recently mounted for the 

 Academy collection, were exhibited by Mr. McCadden ; also a series of 

 Flamingoes {Phoenicoplerus ruber) from the Bahamas, collected by D. 

 P. Ingraham. 



October 4, i8g4.- — Eighteen members present. 



Dr. W. E. Rotzell read a paper on "The Effects of Poke-berries 

 (^Phytolacca) on Birds." It was a generally accepted theory that these 



