44 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. J. Fletcher Street addressed the members on " Our Little 

 Beach Island Trip," describing his experiences with the Shore 

 Birds on the New Jersey coast during August and September, 

 1919, and giving a detailed account of the environment and 

 habits of the Black Rail which was found nesting on Little 

 Beach Island July 4th of this year. 



Lantern slides depicting scenery and birds were shown. 



November SO, 1919. Twenty-one members and four visitors 

 present. The topic of the evening was ' ' Some Experiences in 

 Bird-calling," by Mr. Philip E. Howard. The speaker illus- 

 trated his talk with striking imitations of the call notes of some 

 of our more common birds and described in an interesting man- 

 ner how various birds had been attracted to the caller by im- 

 itating their respective notes. 



December 4, 1919. Twenty-two members present. Mr. John 

 D. Carter addressed the members on the subject " Pocono and 

 North Jersey Birds," describing in an interesting manner the 

 nesting habits of the Nashville Warbler in the Poconos and the 

 Short-billed Marsh Wren at Newton, New Jersey. Unoccupied 

 nests of this Wren were found built of green material while 

 those that contained eggs were built of dry grasses. A Marsh 

 Hawk's nest, the Golden- winged Warbler and the Alder Fly- 

 catcher were mentioned as other features of the trip to north 

 Jersey. 



December 19, 1919. Twenty-six members and two visitors 

 present. Dr. Witmer Stone gave a very interesting communi- 

 cation on "Bird Observations in the Chiricahua Mountains, 

 Arizona." Describing a collecting trip which he had taken 

 from May 19 to August 1, 1919, to the camp of Mr. J. Eugene 

 Law, established in Pinery Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains. 

 Characteristic birds of the desert regions, foothills end higher 

 mountain regions were dwelt upon. Specimens of the birds, 

 mammals, reptiles, insects and plants collected were shown. 



Lantern slides showing the difficulties encountered and the 

 natural beauty of the country were an interesting feature of the 

 communication. 



