Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club, 1922 



January 5, 1922. Annual Meeting, forty-five members and 

 two visitors present. Ofiicers for the ensuing year were elected 

 as follows: 



President — ^James A. G. Rehn. 



Vice-President — George H. Stuart, 3rd. 



Treasurer — Samuel C. Palmer. 



Secretary — ^Julian K. Potter. 



J. Fletcher Street addressed the club on "Camera Records of 

 Bird Studies" showing many admirable lantern slides of local 

 birds from photographs made during 1921. 



January 19, 1922. Thirty-one members and seven visitors 

 present. Mr. Geo. H. Stuart, 3rd, spoke on "Bird Notes from 

 Montana and Saskatchewan," covering a trip made in May, 1921. 

 Many interesting nests were found and a number of photographs 

 taken which were shown on the screen. 



February 2, 1922. Thirteen members and three visitors present. 

 Dr. Samuel C. Palmer spoke on "The Origin of Species" with 

 especial reference to birds, and discussed the theories of Darwin, 

 DeVries and Mendel. 



February 16, 1922. Twenty-two members and two visitors 

 present. Mr. J. A. G. Rehn spoke on "Some Bird Notes from 

 Plain and Mountain" covering bird observations on an ento- 

 mological trip to Colorado, New Mexico and the Pan Handle 

 region of Texas. 



March 2, 1922. Seventeen members and three visitors present. 

 Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads described "The Earhest Printed Illustra- 

 tions of Birds as shown by Original Specimens of Art." 'Das 

 Buch der Natur' by Conrad von Mergenberg (1475) was the earlies t 

 book of importance containing illustrations of natural objects. 

 Early works from the library of the Academy were on exhibition . 



The death on February 26, 1922, of Mr. Thomas H. Jackson, 



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