DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 55 



The subject of the evening was " Bird Adventures Down South" 

 by Samuel Scoville, Jr., describing a trip to Virginia in search of 

 nests of the Summer Tanager, Yellow-throated Warbler and 

 Gnatcatcher. 



May 4, 1922. Eighteen members and two visitors present. 



The meeting was devoted to a symposium on the nesting of 

 Hawks and Owls. 



Dr. Stone called attention to a Bald Eagle's nest secured for 

 the Academy at Broad Creek, Md., by Mr. Arthur H. Fisher, 

 which is to be placed on exhibition in the Museum. 



Mr. McMullen reported finding ten Eagles' nests in Delaware 

 this year of which two were occupied. He stated that the last 

 nesting in southern New Jersey with which he was familiar occurred 

 about five years ago. 



The Barred Owl was regarded as a rare nesting bird in southern 

 New Jersey. Mr. McMullen described a nest of the Long-eared 

 Owl in a pin oak tree in southern New Jersey and Mr. Baily one 

 in a cedar near Paoli, Pa. 



Mr. Baily suspected the nesting of the Red-tailed Hawk near 

 Ardmore as he had repeatedly found the birds at a certain locality 

 during the breeding season. 



May 18. 1922. Twenty members and three visitors present. 



A general discussion was held on the spring migration. Mr. 

 Baily reported eighty species noted at Oaks, Pa., on a trip on 

 May 13, participated in by 16 members. The Cape May and 

 Tennessee Warblers were seen but other Warblers usually present 

 were not recorded. Baltimore Orioles were plentiful. 



Mr. Pumyea reported an all day trip at New Lisbon, N. J., on 

 May 14, on which eighty-three species were recorded. 



October 5, 1922. Twenty-seven members and two visitors 

 present. 



Mr. Charles H. Rogers gave an account of a recent trip to the 

 Camargue district in southern France where he observed some 

 five thousand Flamingoes. 



Dr. Stone spoke on a third season's study of the birds of Cape 

 May, N. J., comparing the species observed between July 3 and 



