DELAWABE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 41 



December 5, 1918. Three visitors and twenty-five members 

 present. The following were elected to Associate Membership : 



Alfred R. Allen, 2013 Spruce St. 



G. Gordon Mahy, Jr., 4809 Warrington Ave. 



Howard P. Hottle, 430 W. Bringhurst St. , Germantown. 



A. C. Gardner, 1805 Market St., Wilmington, Del. 



The meeting was addressed by Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads upon the 

 subject "Old Bird Book Reminiscences." The speaker de- 

 scribed the early experiences and environments which developed 

 his growing interest in ornithology. Dr. Stone exhibited a 

 copy of William Beebe's "Monograph of Pheasants," a volume 

 beautifully illustrated by well-known bird artists. 



