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off a few days at Cape Charles, Va., where some collecting was done. 

 In Florida considerable work was done at Tarpon Springs and Myers, 

 and a trip was taken some distance up the Caloosahatchee River, visit- 

 ing on the way a large colony of the Florida Burrowing Owls (Speotyto 

 cunicularia floridana). Mr. Rhoads then went to Corpus Christi, 

 Texas, where he spent several weeks (May i6-June 6) collecting 

 in the immediate vicinity of the town and along the Nueces River. He 

 reached Tucson, Arizona, June loth, and after collecting there for some 

 days, traveled north to Oracle in the oak belt of the Santa Catalina 

 Mountains, and then to a lumber cam.p near the summit. Mr. Rhoads 

 has generously donated the entire collection, numbering about looo 

 skins, to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Full ac- 

 counts of the birds of the various localities visited will be published in 

 the Proceedings of the Academy]. 



Owing to absence from home for the next few months, Mr. S. N. 

 Rhoads resigned the office of Secretary, and Mr. George S. Morris 

 was elected in his place. 



October 6, i8gi. — Seven members present. 



Messrs. Stewardson Brown, Chas. E. Ridenour, and Dr. Wm. E. 

 Hughes were elected Associate Members. 



Mr. J.-H. Reed read a paper on "The Birds Found Breeding in 

 Beaver Swamp, Cape May Co., N. J." The trip described was made 

 May 30 to June i of the present year, with the special object of finding 

 the nest of the Hooded Warbler (Sylvania mitrata). In this Mr. Reed 

 was successful, having obtained a beautiful nest, situated in the center 

 of a holly bush. A nest of the Prairie Warbler {Dendroica discolor) 

 was found placed in a precisely similar situation. Large numbers oi 

 both these species, as well as the Parula Warbler ( Compsolhlypis atneri- 

 ca7ia)y were seen, and they are undoubtedly common summer residents 

 in the swamps of Cape May county. Fifty-eight species of birds were 

 noted by Mr. Reed during his stay. 



A collection of the nests and eggs of the birds of Pennsylvania and 

 New Jersey, which has been brought together by the members of the 

 Club for the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences, was on ex- 

 hibition. 



Mr. Morris called attention to three varieties of the nest of the Aca- 

 dian Flycatcher {Empidonax acadicus), one made largely of oak and 

 hickory catkins, another of grass, and another of the green-beard moss 

 ( Usnca barbata). The position of the three nests was precisely similar, 

 all being hung from the fork of a slender branch. 



October 20, i8gi. — Eleven members present. 



