62 PROCEEDINGS OP THE 



Nov. i, 1917. Twenty-four members present. The following 

 were elected to Associate Membership: Mr. Francis L. Bacon, 

 John W. Schell, J. Franklin Styer, J. H. McKinnon ElHs and 

 Conrad K. Roland. Mr. P. B. Philipp was elected to Corre- 

 sponding Membership. Dr. Witmer Stone read a paper by 

 Richard C. Harlow entitled ' ' The Breeding Birds of New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania," Valuable data compiled during many 

 years of collecting in the two states was presented. Some of 

 the rarer birds found nesting included the Pied-billed Grebe, 

 Loon, Black Rail, Wild Turkey, Raven, Nashville and Mourn- 

 ing Warblers. 



Nov. 15, 1917. Nineteen members present. Mr. S. N. 

 Rhoads spoke upon the subject " Some South Florida Experi- 

 ences in 1917." The speaker commented upon a trip made to 

 southern Florida in the late winter of 1916-17. The region 

 visited was that about Miami and over the Keys to Key West. 



Dec. 6, 1917. One visitor and nineteen members present. 

 Messrs. Street and Stone made a report upon the recent session 

 of the A. O. U. held at Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Stone read a bio- 

 graphical sketch of the life and ornithological activity of our 

 late member, Mr. Samuel Wright. Dr. Stone reviewed the re- 

 cent publication "Audubon the Naturalist" by Prof. Francis H. 

 Herrick. 



Dec. 20, 1917. One visitor and twenty-three members pres- 

 ent. Mr. Samuel Scoville, Jr., spoke upon the subject "Marsh 

 Dwellers," describing a trip made in company with Messrs. 

 Stuart, Potter and Street to the vicinity of Newton, N. J. Nests 

 of the Marsh Hawk and American Bittern were found. The 

 Short-billed Marsh Wren was a common bird of the district. 



