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Mr. Harry L. Piper Brattleboro. 



Mr. W. H. Sabin Rutland. 



Mr. J. S. Sheldon Rutland. 



Miss Mary L. Sanford North Adams, Mass., R. F. D. No. 2. 



The Club mourns the loss by death, of three members during the 

 past year. Walter Rockwood Davis of Newton, Mass., died April 3, 

 1907; Mrs. Frances Belle Horton of Brattleboro, Vt., died August 18, 

 1907; Mrs. Isabel Paddock Carter of St. Johnsbury, Vt., died Septem- 

 l)er 15, 1907. 



THE SUMMER MEETING. 



The sixth annual field meeting was held at Pownal, July 2 and 3, 

 1907. According to custom this meeting was held jointly with that 

 of the Vermont Botanical Club. 



At the business meeting nine new members were chosen. 



It was voted to send copies of the Bulletin to the various periodi- 

 cals devoted to ornithology, and to the public libraries in the State. 



THE WINTER MEETING. 



The seventh annual winter meeting of the Vermont Bird Club 

 was held at the Williams Science Hall, University of Vermont, Burling- 

 ton, January 17-18, 1908. 



Fifteen papers were read, most of these papers in abstract or in 

 full, are printed in this Bulletin. Aside from these there were pre- 

 sented notes, observations and records of interest by many members 

 of the Club. 



The usual business was transacted, officers were elected, and 37 

 new members were chosen. 



A motion was made to unite the Vermont Bii'd Club and the 

 Audubon Society of Vermont. After considerable discussion the motion 

 was voted down. 



The treasurer reported a balance of $5.62 in the treasury. 



It was voted to hold the next summer meeting in conjunction 

 with the meeting of the New England Federation of Natural History 

 Societies, on Mt. Washington the first week of July. The details 

 of the exact date and ari-angements were left with Mr. John Ritchie, Jr., 

 of Boston. 



