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A fine specimen of Gadwall ( Chauldasmus streperus) secured early 

 in March on Delaware Bay was exhibited. 



October 4, igoo. — Twenty-one members present. 



Mr. Morris reported the breeding of Bluebirds {Sialia sialis) at 

 Olney, Phila., during the season, and the successful rearing of the young. 



Mr. Pennock, on behalf of Mr. Samuel B. Ladd, placed on record 

 the breeding of the Chestnut-sided Warbler {Dendroica pensylvanica) 

 on the south valley hills not far from Fmzer, Chester Co., Pa. Mr. 

 Ladd wrote : "Nest found May i8th empty, no birds seen near it, but 

 when I returned on 27th the female was on the nest, which was placed 

 in a brier bush two feet up from the ground. This nest was lined with 

 hair-moss. In shape and position it was somewhat similar to the nest 

 of the Indigo Bird. The four well-marked eggs were slightly incubated. 

 Collected May 27, 1900, south side of Chester Valley, on high ground 

 in middle of woods, in rather open spot where timber had been cut off 

 and grown up with briers." 



Mr. Coggins described the occurrence of the Hermit Thrush {Hy- 

 locichla a. pallasii) throu,a;hout the summer at Martha's Vineyard, Mass. 

 [See The Auk, Jan., 1901.] 



Nests in situ of the Small-billed Water Thrush {Seiurus novebora- 

 eensis), Hairy Woodpecker {Dryobates villosus), and White-breasted 

 Nuthatch {Sitta carolinensis) from Sullivan Co., Pa., collected by Mr. 

 Otto Behr for the Club collection, were exhibited. 



October 18, igoo. — Sixteen members present. 



The resignation of Messrs. W. W. Justice, Jr. and Francis R. Cope, 

 Jr., from Active Membership were accepted with regrets. 



Mr. S. N. Rhoads read a paper on the " Life History of the Chim- 

 ney-Swift {Chaetura pelagica)" based upon painstaking study of two 

 pairs of birds which nested inside of a stable, the unusual location 

 being peculiarly favorable for observation. His paper was replete with 

 interesting and novel information. (Publication postponed for an- 

 other season). 



An interesting letter was read from Mr. Henry Hales, of Ridge- 

 wood, N. J. 



November i, igoo. — Twenty-three members present. 



Messrs. H. L. Coggins and Arthur ('. Emlen were elected to Active 

 Membership and J. D. Carter to Associate Membership. 



Mr. David McCadden made a communication on the "Birds Ob- 

 served at Stone Harbor, N. J." during the past summer. He founil 

 Turnstone or " Calico backs" {Arenaria inlerpres). Curlew {Numenius 



