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est and a record of present and past conditions that will be of ever 

 increasing historic value as time passes. — J. A. A. 



Proceedings of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. — 'Cassinia 1 

 for 1904 l appears promptly with its 80 pages of articles and notes on the 

 "Ornithology of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware," including an 

 'abstract of the proceedings' of the Club for 1904. The first paper, by 

 Witmer Stone, is a biographical notice of the late Dr. Samuel W. Wood- 

 house, with portraits, the text of the article being in substance the same 

 as Mr. Stone's notice of Dr. Woodhouse in 'The Auk' for January, 1905, 

 but fuller in respect to details. The frontispiece is an excellent likeness 

 of Dr. Woodhouse as he appeared in his later years, while in addition two 

 early portraits are given and a view of one of the camps of the U. S. 

 Topographical Engineers, in the Indian Territory in June, 1850, with Dr. 

 Woodhouse and other officers in the foreground, from daguerreotypes. 



Other papers are : (2) 'A Chimney Swift's Day,' by Cornelius 

 Weygandt, giving a day's observations of a family of Swifts, describing 

 in detail their manner of entering and leaving their chimney quarters, 

 etc.; (3) 'That Feathered Midget of our Tide-water Swamps — the Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren,' by ChreswellJ. Hunt; (4) 'The Short-billed Marsh 

 Wren (Cistot/iorus stellaris) in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey,' 

 by LaRue K. Holmes ; (5) 'The Barn Owl (Strix pratincola) in Chester 

 County, Pennsylvania,' by Thomas H. Jackson, with plate from life, 

 showing old and young birds ; (6) ' Summer Birds of Pocono Lake, 

 Munroe County, Pennsylvania,' by John D. Carter ; (7) ' Summer Birds of 

 Port Alleghany, McKean County, Pennsylvania,' by Thomas D. Keim, — 

 an annotated list of about 70 species; (8) 'A Glimpse of Winter Bird 

 Life in Delaware,' by Charles J. Pen nock ; (9) 'Report on the Spring 

 Migration of 1904,' by Witmer Stone — based on 50 schedules, the 

 results being given in tabular form by localities, followed by a supple- 

 mentary annotated list. Following these papers is the usual ' Abstract 

 of Proceedings'; 'Bird Club Notes,' mostly personal in character and 

 including notices of deceased members ; and the list of officers and mem- 

 bers, the latter numbering 19 Active, 57 Associate, and 33 Corresponding. 

 Sixteen meetings of the Club were held during the year, with an average 

 attendance of 23 members, the largest number at one meeting being 37. 

 Such a record of attendance and general activity denotes a remarkable 

 and well-sustained interest. The officers for 1905 are : President, Spencer 

 Trotter, M. D. ; Vice-President, William A. Shryock ; Secretary, William 

 B.Evans; Treasurer, Stewardson Brown. — J. A. A. 



1 Cassinia. Proceedings of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club of 

 Philadelphia, 1904. 8vo, pp. 80, 3 pll. and map. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb., 

 1905. 50 cents. 



