ABSTRACT 



OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



DELMRE ViLLE! ORNITHOLOGICAL CLi 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



THE organization of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club was 

 suggested at a preliminary meeting held in Philadelphia January 

 2 2, 1890, the following gentlemen being in attendance: Wilham L. 

 Baily, J. Harris Reed, George S. Morris, Samuel N. Rhoads, and Spen- 

 cer Trotter, M. D.. The club was finally organized, and a constitution 

 adopted, on February 3 of the same year. The original membership 

 and officers were as follows : 



President — William L. Baily. 

 Secretary and Treasurer — Samuel N. Rhoads. 

 Members. 

 William L. Baily, Samuel N. Rhoads, 



George S. Morris, Witmer Stone, 



J. Harris Reed, Spencer Troiter, M. D., 



Charles A. Voelker. 

 The primary object of the Club during the first year of its existence 

 was the recording and comparison of data relating to bird migration, as 

 observed at several localities in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. Oc- 

 casionally ornithological papers were read and discussed by the mem- 

 bers, and later this became an important feature of the meetings. 



