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the Red-tailed Hawk was common. Dr. Hughes said that Cooper's 

 Hawk was one of the most common breeders in the Chester Valley 

 region, it being almost as common as the Sparrow Hawk. 



Febmaij J, i8g8. — Nineteen members present. 



Mr. Shryock read a paper entitled "The Hind Limb of a Bird," 

 which he illustrated with a few prepared specimens and skins and 

 mounted birds taken from the Academy collection. Mr. Stone gave a 

 talk on the evolution of birds as indicated by the foot, and advanced 

 some theories as to the cause of the various modifications referred to. 

 The subject was further considered by Messrs. Stone, Morris, Daily and 

 Hughes. Mr. S. N. Rhoads reported a Pine-Creeping Warbler, Den- 

 droica vigorsii, observed by him on January 30th, 1898, at Haddon- 

 field, N. J. 



February ly, i8g8. — Twenty-one members present. 



Messrs. Walter Gordon Smith and Russell Gray were elected asso- 

 ciate members, and Walter D. Bush and Frank B. Eastman, correspond- 

 ing members. 



Mr. Stone gave an account of a trip to Bear Swamp, N. J., which is 

 located almost directly east of Haddonfield, about 20 miles from Phil- 

 adelphia. He described the character of the country, and stated that 

 Cardinals and Hermit Thrushes were wintering there in numbers, and 

 feeding largely on the berries of the holly and greenbrier. Kinglets 

 and Blue Jays were common, and Hawks numerous, mostly Red-tails. 

 One Vesper Sparrow, several Winter Wrens, and a number of Blue- 

 birds were seen, as well as a small flock of Goldfinches. Mr. Tatum 

 read a paper entitled " Ornithology and Invention," in which he spoke 

 of the recent developmLnt in the art of photography, and the possi- 

 bilities it afford. d as an accessory to the study of ornithology. The 

 cinematograph, phonograph and color photography were treated in re- 

 spect to their rendering it possible to reproduce the sights and sounds 

 of our fields and woodlands in the lecture-room. Mr. Wright reported 

 that the Crows flying over Conshohocken to the Radnor roost now 

 came from the northeast, and not from the northwest, as before. Mr. 

 Wilde reported a Snowy Owl from Milford, Delaware, taken on Octo- 

 ber I, 1897, by Joseph Rogers, of that place. Mr. De Haven reported 

 Wilson's Snipe as abundant in North Carolina during the latter part of 

 January, also Cow Buntings and Rusty Crackles. The region referred 

 to lay about 30 miles south of Norfolk. 



March 3, j8g8. — Twenty-three members present. 



Mr. Pennock read a paper entitled "The Ikown-Headed Nuthatch." 



