42 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



interest in the work, as the completion of the book is now in 

 sight. 



March 20, 1919. Thirty-eight members and three visitors pre- 

 sent. Dr. Witmer Stone read a paper entitled ' ' Searching for 

 Eagles' Nests," giving an interesting biographical sketch of the 

 Bald Eagle and a delightful account of an expedition taken to 

 Delaware in search of Eagles' nests. Two nests were found, 

 one of which contained a set of two eggs. Lantern views of the 

 nests were shown. 



April 8, 1919. Twenty-three members and three visitors 

 present. The meeting was addressed by Prof. Herbert H. Beck 

 upon the subject "Bird Notes from Lancaster County." His 

 remarks were full of interest and pertained mostly to the dis- 

 tribution and relative abundance of birds in Lancaster County. 

 Data which covered a number of years' field study showed that 

 the forest-loving birds had disappeared or become rare, while 

 birds of open farm land had for the most part increased. Since 

 the passage of the Migratory Bird Law the Canvas-back Duck, 

 Canada Goose and Whistling Swan had become much more 

 abundant on the Susquehanna flats. Interesting notes regard- 

 ing the Passenger Pigeon and the colonies of Black-crowned 

 Night Herons were given. 



April 17, 1919. Twenty-five members and one visitor pre- 

 sent. The topic of the evening, "Scattered Observations," was 

 delivered by Mr. John D. Carter. Accurate and entertaining 

 observations of birds as noted by the speaker at different points 

 during the spring of 1918 were the features of the communica- 

 tion. Five Bald Eagles were seen at Cape Henry, Va. at one 

 time and the Rough- winged Swallow was found nesting in the 

 sand dunes. A June trip to the Poconos yielded the nest and 

 eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet, Black-throated Green 

 Warbler and the Blackburnian Warbler, and in addition a nest 

 with young of the Nashville Warbler was found and a Lesser 

 Scaup Duck was noted. 



May 1, 1919. Three visitors and nineteen members present. 

 Mr. William L. Baily speaker of the evening being absent on 



