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miirata) near the city, Sept. 5, 1894, and the finding of nests and eggs 

 of the Least Bittern {Ardetta exilis) and Yellow-throated Vireo ( Vireo 

 flavi/rons) in the vicinity of Camden, N. J., during the summer of 1894 



February 7, i8gs- — Seven members present. 



Messrs. Frederick Clark and Harry L. Graham were elected Asso 

 ciate Members. 



Mr. Morris read a paper on the " Winter Birds of Cape Charles, Va.,' 

 describing a ducking trip taken during the last week of December, 1894 

 The most interesting of the smaller birds observed was a Short-billed 

 Marsh Wren ( Cistothorus stellaris. Seventy-three species were listed 



The prevailing blizzard and its relation to winter birds was discussed 



February 21, i8g^. — Sixteen members present. 



Mr. Morris re-read his paper of last meeting by request. 



Mr. Whitaker reported the capture of a King Rail {Ra/ius elegans) 

 near Olney, Philadelphia, on Jan. 3, 1895, in the stomach of which were 

 found a bull-frog and a small turtle. 



Mr. Stone exhibited a Lapland Longspur {Calcarius lapponicus'), 

 shot from a flock of Snow Buntings {Plectrophenax nivalis) on the New 

 Jersey shore of the Delaware opposite Tinicum, Feb. 14, 1895. The 

 specimen belonged to Mr. Isaac Reiff, of Phila., and is the third posi- 

 tive record for the species in this vicinity, the others being taken in 

 1849 and 1864. 



Mr. Justice reported a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks {Pinicola 

 enucleator) at Germantown, Feb. 7 ; and Horned Larks ( Otocoris 

 alpestris) were noted at Olney and Tinicum. 



March 7, iSgs. — Eleven members present. 



A new Constitution, presented for consideration at the last meeting, 

 was adopted. 



Mr. Stone read a paper on American Crows, illustrated by a large 

 series of specimens. Among these were fifteen Fish Crows ( C. 

 ossifragus) taken at Holmesburg during the winter by Mr. Fowler. Mr. 

 Stone failed to see any tangible specific difference between the North- 

 west Crow (C caurinus) and the Common Crow {C. aviericafius) and 

 advocated treating the former as a sub-species. Its affinities were 

 clearly with C. americanus, from which it does not differ more than does 

 C. a. floridanus, and it is in no sense a " Fish Crow," allied to C. 

 ossifragus^ as some writers seem to have thought. 



March 21, i8gs- — Thirteen members present. 



The following were elected Corresponding Members : Josiah Hoopes, 

 Thos. H. Jackson, Sam'l B. Ladd, H. Justin Roddy, Dr. M. W. Raub, 

 August Koch, Dr. J. W. Detwiler, Hugh E. Stone, W. E. Clyde Todd, 



