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Saturday and Sunday for those interested in geology, and on 

 Frida>' e\ening ga\e a talk on the geology of northern New 

 Jersey, illustrated with slides showing the geological history 

 and present arrangement of the rocks of the region. Professor 

 Olover P. Medsger led general nature trips both days and on 

 Saturday evening gave an illustrated lecture on nature photog- 

 raphy. Mr. and Mrs. S. Harmsted Chubb led early morning 

 bird trips as well as morning and afternoon trips. They reported 

 three black terns and a Florida gallinule with young at CuKer 

 Lake, the first report for these birds in the Branchville region. 

 Five white-crowned sparrows, late migrants, were also seen. 

 On Friday evening Mr. Louis Anderson showed a series of his 

 beautiful colored lantern slides of insects and flowers. 



George T. Hastings 



Field Trip of ]\La.y 28-30 to the Catskills 



Five members were present for this trip. On the 28th we 

 collected in Woodland Valley, Westkill Notch, and Stony 

 Clove; on the 29th in Watson Hollow and in the region of the 

 Ashokan Dam; and on the 30th we climbed up Cornell Falls, 

 collecting en route. The following mosses were of particular 

 interest — Neckera gracilis (James) Kindb., Rhacomitrium aquati- 

 ciim Brid., Anomodon tristis (Cesat.) Sulliv., Rhapidostegiwn 

 Novae-Caesar eae (Aust.) R. & C, Rhahdoweisia denticulata 

 B. & S., Forsstroemia trichomitria (Hedw.) Lindb., Pohlia criida 

 (L.) Lindb., Fissidens hryoides (L.) Hedg. The following ferns 

 were also of interest, — Cryptogramme Stelleri, Woodsia ilvensis, 

 Dryopteris Goldiana, Polystichum Braunii, Cystopteris bulbifera. 

 Of flowering plants a colony of over twenty-five Habenaria 

 orbiculata, was of greatest interest. There was also a fine stand 

 of Linnaea americana, and specimens of Aconitum noveboracense 

 and of Clintonia borealis. Bird lovers were thrilled with nests 

 of the junco and the black- throated blue warbler. 



Inez M. Haring 



Trip of June 4 to Washington Valley, N. J. 



Twenty-three members and guests were present on the trip 

 to Washington Valley, near Watchung, N.J. Three hundred 

 and forty-five different species and varieties of plants were 

 identified, among which were such interesting ones as Obolaria 



