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Station, Stafford Co., Va. Ninety-two species of birds were 

 observed. The Yellow -throated Warbler, Summer Tanager, 

 Wild Turkey and Brown-headed Nuthatch were particularly 

 mentioned. 



May 3, 1917, Twenty-six members present. Dr. William 

 E. Hughes addressed the members upon the subject, "Some 

 Impressions of Japan and Its Birds. " The talk was illustrated 

 by an excellent series of lantern slides depicting the manners 

 and customs of the people. Interesting slides illustrating the 

 fishing of Cormorants were shown. 



May 17 J 1917. Five visitors and sixteen members present. 

 Mr. J. Fletcher Street addressed the meeting upon ' '■ Birds of 

 Central Canada," describing a trip taken during September and 

 October of 1916 in the district immediately northeast of Mon- 

 treal in the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains. The birds 

 observed included the Saw-whet Owl, Arctic Three-toed Wood- 

 pecker and the Raven. 



Oct, 4, 1917. Nineteen members present. The subject 

 "Remarks on the Fall Plumage of Birds" was introduced by 

 Mr. Morris; Dr. Stone, and Messrs. Baily and Rhoads followed 

 with comments. The marked similarity of fall plumages was 

 shown by specimens to be particularly striking in certain war- 

 blers and to a greater or less degree among the finches, 



October 18. 1917, Six visitors and twenty-one members 

 present. Mr. Samuel Scoville, Jr., addressed the Club upon 

 the subject "On the Trail of the Tennessee Warbler," The 

 speaker described a trip taken during June of the present 

 year to northeast New Brunswick in company with Mr. George 

 H. Stuart, 3rd. as the guests of Philip B. Philipp. A remark- 

 able and unusual list of birds was obtained. The following 

 species were found to be nesting : Tennessee Warbler, Myrtle 

 Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Red-breasted Merganser, Pip- 

 ing Plover, Wilson's Snipe, Olive-backed Thrush and Hudson- 

 ian Chickadee. Mr. Philipp was present at the meeting and 

 followed Mr. Scoville with some further description of the 

 country. 



