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him at Cape Charles, Va., December 17, 1896 (see Auk, 1897, 

 p. 202) . 



January 21, iSgj. — Eighteen members present. 



Messrs. Francis R. Cope, Jr., and Wm. W. Justice, Jr., were elected 

 Active Members, and Messrs. Gilbert H. Moore, Robert T. Moore, and 

 John Hutchinson Associates. 



Mr. H. L. Graham was transferred to the Corresponding List, he 

 having removed permanently to California. 



Mr. De Haven read a paper on the "The Hunting of Brant," which 

 he supplemented with considerable valuable information on the distribu- 

 tion and abundance of the species. 



Mr. Stone exhibited a specimen of the Brant {Branta bernicla) 

 from Whale Sound, N. Greenland, 1S92, which was evidently breeding. 



Mr. Whitaker exhibited a specimen of King Eider {Somateria 

 speciadtlis) taken at Cape Charles, Va., Jan. 2, 1897, which extended 

 the known winter range of the species some miles southward, the previous 

 southernmost record being Cobb's Island, Va., {Auk, 1897, p. 202). 



Mr. Stone called attention to a nest of Carolina Wren {Thryothorus 

 ludovicianus) received from Mr. J. D. Winsor, which had been built in 

 the back of a sofa in his parlor and from which a brood had been raised, 

 the bird entering by the window. 



February 4, i8gy. — Twenty-seven members present. 



A general discussion was held on the articles in the January number 

 of the Auk. 



Mr. Reed exhibited a specimen of Black-throated Blue Warbler 

 taken on Cobb's Creek, Delaware Co., Pa., in 1878, which exhibits all 

 the characters of Dendroica coerulescens cairnsii recently described 

 from North Carolina by Dr. Coues, and questioned the validity of the 

 new race. 



Mr. Reed also reported a number of BriJnnich's Murres ( Uria 

 lomvia) near Beverly, N. J., Dec. 15 and 16, 1896 (see Auk, 1897, p. 

 202). 



February 18, iSgy. Seventeen members present. 



Mr. Stone exhibited some specimens of Horned Owls {Bubo) and 

 explained that inadvertently he had erred in selecting a type for the new 

 form " occidentalis,'' which he had described, and, this becoming a 

 synonym, he would propose the name " pa/lescens^^ for the Western 

 Horned Owl {A?n. Nat, 1897, p. 236). He also spoke of the death of 

 Major Charles Bendire, and his valuable work on the "Life Histories of 

 North American Birds." 



March 4, iSgy. — Nineteen members present. 



