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The second title was ‘Three years’ migration data on City 
Hall Tower, Philadelphia,’ by Mr. William L. Baily. Remarks 
followed by Messrs. Cory, Brewster, Saunders, Dutcher, Janney, 
Batchelder, Palmer, Daniel and Howe, Dr. Merriam and the 
author. 
The third title was ‘The Ranges of Ay/ocichla fuscescens and 
fhylocichla f. salicicola, by Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. Remarks 
followed by Dr. Dwight. 
The concluding paper of the afternoon was by Mr. Frank C. 
Kirkwood ‘On the occurrence of the Egyptian Goose (Chena- 
lopex egyptiaca) in North America.’ 
Second Day.— The meeting was called to order a Vice-Presi- 
dent Merriam. 
‘A Quantitative Study of Variation in the Smaller American 
Shrikes,’ by R. M. Strong, was the first paper of the morning. 
Remarks followed by Dr. Dwight and the author. 
The second title was ‘An Oregon ‘Fish Hawk Colony,’ by 
Vernon Bailey. 
Next came ‘Further Remarks on the Relationships of the 
Grackles of the subgenus Qvwiscalus,’ by Frank M. Chapman. 
Remarks followed by Mr. William Palmer. 
The fourth title was ‘A Peculiar Sparrow Hawk,’ by William 
Palmer. Remarks followed by Mr. Fuertes. 
The last paper of the afternoon was ‘The Requirements of a 
Faunal List,’ by W. E. Clyde Todd. 
Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes then exhibited and explained a 
series of field sketches made by him in Alaska the past season 
from absolutely fresh birds. They showed the true life colors 
of the soft parts, mostly in the breeding season. 
At the opening of the afternoon session Dr. Allen read, by 
request, a letter from Herbert Brown, of Yuma, Arizona, con- 
tradicting certain statements respecting the alleged existence of 
Egret farms in Arizona. 
Mr. Witmer Stone then read ‘ Audubon’s Letters to Baird, 
compiled from copies of the originals kindly furnished by Miss 
Lucy H. Baird.’ These covered the period from the reply to the 
inquiry of the lad Baird, then of Carlisle, Pa., concerning the 
identity of a Flycatcher, until after the return of Audubon from 
