Club Notes. 



Sixteen meetings of tke Club were held during the year, 

 with an average attendance of twenty-one. 



At the thirty-fifth stated meeting of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union, held at Cambridge, Mass., November 13th to 

 15th, 1917, the following D. V. O. C. members were present : 

 Henry W. Fowler, J. Fletcher Street, William L. Baily and 

 Witmer Stone. Also W. DeW. Miller, Chas. H. Eogers and 

 Alfred C. Redfield, of the Corresponding Members. 



Three field trips were taken during the year, as follows : 



February 22, 1917. The Washington Birthday Field Trip 

 was conducted in the vicinity of New Lisbon, N. J., twenty- 

 five members attending. American Crossbills, Redpolls and 

 Evening Grosbeaks were noted. The Grosbeaks had wintered 

 in the locality, having been seen previously on several occasions. 



A^ril 6, 1917. A Field Trip was taken on Good Friday about 

 West Chester, Fa. The day was a cloudy one and windy. 

 Thirty-six species of birds were noted, including the Pied-billed 

 Grebe, Pipit and Mockingbird. 



May SO, 1917. The Decoration Day Field Trip was attended 

 by eight members and was taken along the Delaware River in 

 the region extending from Taylor's Lane, N. J., to Camden. 

 Eighty species of birds were noted. A Night Heron colony 

 was visited. The Least Bittern and Black Tern were among 

 the birds seen. 



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