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succeeded in securing a nest and set of eggs for the collection, which 

 were on exhibition. Mr. Stone had just returned this evening from a 

 second trip with several other members, and reported that most of the 

 eggs had apparently hatched, judging from the shells on the ground. 



May 21, i8g6. — Eighteen members present. 



Several nests and eggs mounted with natural surroundings for the col- 

 lection were on exhibition. Notable were the eggs of the Night Hawk 

 {Chordeiles virginianus) and Whip-poor-will (^Antrostonius vociferus), 

 collected by Mr. Wilde, and resting on exactly the same ground surfaces 

 upon which they were found. 



October I, i8g6. — Nineteen members present. 



Mr. Baily read a paper on " Gulls and Terns of Five-Mile Beach, 

 N. J." 



Mr. Stone described a colony of Laughing Gulls {Larus atricilla), 

 which were breeding back of Brigantine Beach, N. J., in June, 1896. 



Mr. De Haven reported that large quantities of Clapper Rails 

 {Rallus crepitans) had again been killed at Atlantic City during the 

 high tides, and estimated that 10,000 had been slaughtered. 



October i§, i8g6. — Seventeen members present. 



Messrs. Albert Whitaker and Samuel M. Freeman were elected 

 Associate Members. 



Mr. Stone read a paper entitled " The Salt Marsh Finches." 



November 5, i8g6. — Fifteen members present. 



Mr. Henry Warrington was elected an Associate Member. 



Mr. Cope read a paper on the "Summer Birds of Susquehanna Co., 

 Pa.", in which he summarizes his observations covering several years. 

 Owing to the denudation of the forests the fauna is not so purely 

 Canadian as had been supposed, though a number of Canadian forms 

 still remain (see Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1898, p. 76). 



A specimen of Purple Sandpiper {Tringa mariiima') was exhibited, 

 which was secured, Oct. 31, 1896, at Beach Haven, N. J., by Mr. A. P. 

 Willets. 



November ig, i8g6. — Nineteen members present. 



Mr. Edmund J. D. Coxe was elected an Associate Member. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads described a trip taken through the northern 

 counties of New Jersey in October last, commenting on the birds 

 noticed. 



Dr. Hughes reported a Goshawk {Accipiter airicapillus) killed 

 recently near Downingtown, Pa. 



This meeting was held in the ornithological room of the Academy, 

 which is to be the meeting-place in the future, the specimens, etc., being 

 more accessible for reference. 



