DELAWAEE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 51 



Local notes: Evening Grosbeak, Mt. Holly, N. J., Decem- 

 ber 27, and Red Crossbill, February 1 (Pumyea) ; Evening 

 Grosbeak, Bryn Mawr, Pa., January 15 (Baily), and Read- 

 ing, Pa., December 26 (Boland) ; Killdeer, Dowaingtown, Pa., 

 January 22, and Purple Grackle, Ardmore, Pa., January 25 

 (Baily) ; Redpoll, Camden, N, J., January 18 (Potter). 



February 19, 1920. Twenty-eight members and one visitor 

 present. 



Dr. Witmer Stone described "A Visit to the Gulf Coast 

 Bird Reservations, ' ' a trip with Capt. Sprinkle, the Audubon 

 warden, to islands off the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana. 



A Kingfisher and Flicker were reported from Beverly, N. J., 

 February 12 (Baird) ; Evening Grosbeak, Haverford, Pa., 

 February 14 (G. Scomlle) ; flock of 100 Redpolls, West Col- 

 lingswood, N. J., February 8 {Panghurn). 



March 4, 1920. Twenty-seven members and four visitors 

 present. 



Messrs. A. W. Robinson and J. K. Potter spoke on "Days 

 on the New Jersey Coast," covering trips to Cape May, N. J., 

 and vicinity, August 22 to September 6, 1919. Ninety species 

 were noted. Many interesting lantern-slides of the region 

 were shown. 



Mr. Erskine reported a Phoebe at Wenonah, N. J., Feb- 

 ruary 22 ; Prof. Beck wrote of Mjrrtle Warblers at Lancaster, 

 Pa., the last week of February ; Mr. Baily reported five Wil- 

 son's Snipe at Ardmore, Pa., February 12; Redpolls were 

 noted at Beverly, N. J., February 29 (Street), and a Great 

 Blue Heron at Mt. Holly, N. J., February 18 (Pumyea) . 



March 18, 1920. Twenty- two members and three visitors 

 present. 



Mr. J. A. G. Rehn spoke on ' ' Some Bird Notes from Desert 

 and Mountain," covering a trip to the southwestern United 

 States. 



Mr. Beatty reported a fiock of about 500 Pintails at Bev- 

 erly, N. J., March 14, also a Pied-billed Grebe occupying a 

 mud puddle at Delanco, N. J., March 13. 



