DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 1 7 



J. Warren Jacobs, W. H. Buller, Henry Hales, Thos. J. Beans, Wm. 

 Patterson. 



Mr. I. N. De Haven was elected to the ofifice of Vice-President 

 created by the new constitution. 



A discussion was held on the extermination of the Wild Pigeon 

 {Ectopistes migratorius) . Mr. Baily quoted Capt. Clay, of Rasselas, 

 Elk Co., on the history of the bird in that vicinity; and Mr. Stone 

 stated on the authority of J. G. Dillen that large quantities of Pigeons 

 had been drowned and washed up on the northern shore of Lake Huron 

 about twelve years ago. 



The last known capture in this vicinity was a bird of the year secured, 

 Sep. 9, 1887, in Chester Co., Pa., by Thos. H. Montgomery, Jr. 



Dr. Hughes reported one seen in Chester Co. in 1873 or 4, which 

 from its action he thought must have been breeding in the neighborhood. 



April 4, i8gS' — Fifteen members [present. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads read a paper on " Crows of Philadelphia County." 

 He reviewed his paper on Crows published in 1886 (see Amer. Nat., 

 1 886, pp. 691 and 777), and dwelt upon the establishing of the Fish Crow 

 as a permanent resident by Mr. Fowler. He also described the methods 

 of netting crows on the snow for trap-shooting, which is practiced 

 extensively at Holmesburg. Mr. Fowler stated that many hawks, 

 mostly Red-shouldered Hawks {Buieo lineaius), were also caught in the 

 net. 



April j8, i8gs. — Twelve members present. 



Mr. Stone read a paper on " Irregular Migrants," in which the Red- 

 bellied Nuthatch {Sitta canadensis) and Connecticut Warbler ( Geoth- 

 lypis agilis) were especially considered. 



May 2, i8g5. — Fifteen members present 



Mr. Stone exhibited a series of Palm Warblers and suggested that 

 som.e of the fall specimens recorded as Dendroica palmarum might be 

 young D. p. hypochrysea ; he did not consider that the plumage of the 

 birds of the year of the latter race was well understood. 



May 16, i8g§. — Eighteen members present. 



Mr. Stone exhibited the original diary of William Bartram covering 

 the years 1802 to 1822, which had recently come into the possession of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences, and read some extracts relative to 

 the migration of birds. 



Mr. Serrill reported that Dr. Thomas, of Quakertown, had found the 

 Rose- breasted Grosbeak {Zamelodia ludcviciana) nesting along Tohicon 

 Creek, Bucks Co., Pa., and called attention to the existence of a Crow 

 Roost at Fort Washington. 



October J, J8gs. — Nineteen members present. 



