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GASSINIA 



An Annual Devoted to the Ornithology of 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware 



CONTENTS 1916 



William P. TumbuU (Frontispiece) 



Some Rare or Unusual Birdis in Upper Philadelphia 



Unusual Nesting Site of the Least Bittern, at Camden, N. j. 

 {Three Plates) 



Bird Life About Samar, Southern Clinton Co., Pa. 



Report on the Spring Migration of 1916 



Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware "Valley Ornitholog- 

 ical Club for 1916 



Club Notes 



Bibliography, igi6 



List of Officers and Members of the D. V, O, C, 19(7 



ivi<1e>; li' Species 



Hpenger Trotter 

 Henry W. Fowler 



Julian K. Potter 

 Thomas D. Burleigh 



Wither Stone 



T. Fletcher Si-rlet 



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The Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, by 



Witmer Stone, pp, 176 with two maps and portrait of 

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Abstract of Proceedings, FullSetNos. I-IV. (i 890-1 900) pp. 98, Fiity cents 

 Cassinia, published annually beginning with 1901 ; comprising 

 papers relating to the Ornithology of Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey and Delaware, and an abstract of the pro- 

 ceecjings of the C-lub. Edited beginning with No., XX, 

 jc)i6, by Spencer Trotter. Subscription price i'iity cents 



Address Dclawarc Valley Ornithological Club, 

 Care Acadcmy of Natural Sciences, 



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Contributed articles, books, and all publications ;' M ' ^e sent to Dr, Spenci. 1 

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Publication Committee 

 George Spencer Morris, Chairmani 



ijr:. []\-h\VTi.h C. Palmer, 



Francis R. Cope, 



Spencer Trotter. 



