Abstract of the Proceeding of the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club, 1924 



January 3, 1924- Forty-five members and six visitors present. 

 Election for officers resulted in the choice of the present incumbents : 



President — ^James A. G. Rehn. 

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

 Treasurer — Samuel C. Palmer. 

 Secretary — ^Julian K. Potter. 



Mr. Bradshaw H. Swales was elected an Associate member. 



Mr. Street spoke on "Among the Waders and Water Fowl of 

 West-central Alberta." An entertaining account of a trip with 

 Mr. Geo. H. Stuart, 3rd, to Bowden and Belvedere Alberta, 

 in search of the nest of the Solitary Sandpiper. In this quest they 

 were successful (see Auk 1923, p. 577) and they also found as 

 breeding birds the Lesser Yellow-legs, Bufflehead Duck, Spragne's 

 Pipit and many other species. The address was illustrated with 

 lantern slides. 



Dr. Stone read an address delivered by him at the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the Nuttall Ornithological Club entitled "The 

 Ornithology of Today and Tomorrow. " 



January 17, 1924- Eighteen members and two visitors. A 

 general discussion was held on Winter Bird Life. 



Mr. Pumyea reported the Mt. Holly, N. J., Crow roost to be in 

 flourishing condition. 



Mr. Potter reported 215 species of birds seen by him within a 

 hundred miles of Philadelphia during 1923. 



February 7, 1924.. Twenty-six members and two visitors present. 



Mr. Fowler addressed the Club on "Bird Life in our National 

 Parks" illustrating his remarks with a beautiful series of lantern 

 slides taken during a trip through Yellowstone, Yosemite, and 

 the Grand Canyon in 1923. 



February 21, 1924- Thirty-two members and six visitors present. 



Mr. Leighton spoke on "Bird Notes from Nova Scotia," 



illustrated with lantern slides. His observations were made near 



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