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for spring collecting and a general observation ground during the year 

 were dwelt upon, especially as it is so readily accessible from the city. 

 Mr. Stone called attention to two specimens of McKay's Snowflake 

 {Passerina hyperhorea) from Bethel, on the coast of Alaska. This is 

 still a very rare species in collections. Both birds were females in the 

 winter plumage. The breeding place of this species, Hall Island, 

 Bering Sea, was commented on by Mr. Stone. Mr. Baily reported 

 about one hundred Wilson's Snipe iyGallinago delicata) to have been 

 shot within the last few weeks on the meadows around Ninety-Second 

 Street Station, below Philadelphia. 



May §th, i8g8. — Twenty members present. Mr. Alfred F. Satter- 

 thwait was elected an Associate Member. 



Dr. Hughes gave a talk on the Ipswich Sparrow, {Ammodramus 

 princeps) stating that his object was to define the winter distribution of 

 the species. He had made a number of trips during the winter to 

 Avalon and Seven Mile Beach, N. J., in company with several members 

 of the Club, as well as having observed this bird at Cape Charles, Va., 

 during the same period. Some of the birds were found on every trip 

 this winter. On November 28th, 1897, about twenty-five were seen, 

 and six secured ; on December 30th, 1897, at Five Mile Beach, ten were 

 seen and six shot; at Cape Charles Va., on December 6th, 1897, one 

 bird was seen; at Avalon, January i6th, 1898, two birds secured; at 

 Avalon, on March 13th, 189S, fifteen birds seen and two shot ; and again 

 at Avalon, on March 27th, 1898, six birds seen and three secured. The 

 birds collected on the 13th of March, 1898, were molting extensively, 

 especially about the head. Dr. Hughes expressed the conclusion that 

 the bulk of the birds passed further south during the winter, as they 

 were more numerous at Avalon during the fall and early spring migra- 

 tions. Mr. A. T. Wayne, of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, wrote him that 

 he never saw the Ipswich Sparrow alive, though he has searched for it 

 diligently. Messrs. Meyers and Hughes stated that they had collected 

 eight sets of Great Blue Heron {Ardea herodias) eggs from a heronry 

 near Pitman's Grove, N. J., the nests being situated in pine trees, at a 

 considerable height. 



May igth, i8g8. — Twenty-one members present. Mr. Anthony 

 Robinson was elected an Associate Member. 



The discussion for the evening was on " Recent Methods of Bird 

 Illustration and Taxidermy." Following this Mr. Morris reported hav- 

 ing shot a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (^Empidonax fiaviveniris) at Olney, 

 Pa., on May 17th, 1898. Mr. Gilbert H. Moore presented a fine speci- 

 men of Wilson's Phalarope {Steganopus tricolor) to the Club, which he. 



