c8 Ninth Congress of the A. O. U. [January 



*2. The American Scoter. Gurdon Trumbull. 

 3. The Migrations in Chester County, South Carolina. L. M. 

 Loom is. 

 *4. Summer Birds of the Crest of the Pennsylvania Alleghanies. J. 

 Dwight, Jr. 

 5. Birds Attracted by the Rays of Liberty's Torch. J. Dwight, Jr. 

 *6. The Genus PeuccEa as represented in Cooke County, Texas. 



George W. Ragsdale. 

 7. A Preliminary Study of the Crackles of the Subgenus ^uiscaliis. 



Frank M. Chapman. 

 S. Geographical Variation in the North American Forms of the 



Genus Colaptcs. J. A. Allen. 

 9. The Intergradation of Co/rt^/ei rt«<;-«/«5 with C. cafer. J.A.Allen. 

 10. Suggestions regarding the Genesis of the North American Forms 

 of Colaftes. J. A. Allen. 

 *ii. List of Birds observed at Salamanca, Costa Rica, from March 15 to 

 April 12, 1890. G. K. Cherrie, 

 12. Why the Mockingbird Left New Jersey. — A Geological Reason. 

 Samuel Lockwood. 

 *i3. Habits of the Black-bellied Plover in Massachusetts. George 



H. Mackay. 

 *i4. Habits of the Eskimo Curlew in New England. George H. 

 Mackay. 



15. The Birds of the Pribylof Islands, Alaska. Illustrated by Lantern 

 Slides. William Palmer. 



16. Exhibition of Lantern slides representing Birds in Life. Con- 

 tributed by Members. 



*I7. Cause of the Late Breeding of the American Goldfinch. Henry 



Hales. 

 *i8. Notes on the Range and Habits of the Carolina Parrakeet. Amos 



W. Butler. 

 ♦19. A List of Warblers found at Raleigh, North Carolina. C. S. 

 Brimley. 

 20. A Probable Occurrence of the European Curlew {Numenius 

 arqtiatus) on Long Island, N. Y. William Dutcher. 



21. Some of the Results of the Death Valley Expedition. Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam. 



22. On Protection of Birds. T. A. Schurr. 



*23. Some Birds recently Added to the Collection of the New York 

 State Museum. Wm. B. Marshall. 



The exhibition of photographs of living birds, and nests t7z situ 

 thrown on screens, was given in the lecture hall of the Museum. 

 About eighty were shown, a marked advance from last year. 



*Owing to lack of time, read by title only. 



