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discussed and election held with the following results; Thomas 

 D. Keim, Richard C. Harlow and Cornelius Weygandt were 

 chosen Active Members and William S. Essick, Richard F. 

 Miller, Alfred C. Redfield, Leonard S. Pearson and George 

 Abbott, Jr. , Associates ; Arthur C. Emlen was transferred to 

 the associate class. 



Mr. Street described the "Spring Bird Life of Rancocas 

 Creek." He divided the stream into three sections: the tide- 

 water marshes reaching up to Mt. Holly ; the intermediate 

 area from there to Pemberton ; the pine-barren section to 

 Brown's Mills ; and commented upon the characteristic birds 

 of each. 



Mr. Hunt followed with some ' ' Notes on the Birds of North- 

 western Chester Co., Pa." 



March 19, 1908. Twenty-five members present. The resig- 

 nation of Mr. Douglas Macfarlan was accepted with regret. 



Mr. Brown spoke on "Some Birds of Bermuda," describing a 

 trip during February of the present year. Discussion followed 

 upon the relationship of Bermuda birds. Species seen were the 

 Cardinal, Catbird or ' ' Blackbird ' ' of the natives, Bluebird, 

 White-eyed Vireo, Ground Dove, European Gold-finch, Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk, Screech Owl, Bobwhite, Great Blue Heron, 

 Killdeer, Tropic Bird and Crow. 



Mr. Rehn exhibited a copy of Rothschild's "Extinct Birds" 

 from the Academy Library and discussed specimens of extinct 

 species in the Academy's collection. Mr. Harlow read a letter 

 from Mr. R. B. Simpson reporting a Glaucous Gull {Larus 

 glaucus) seen at Erie, Pa. 



April 2, 1908. Twenty-one members present. Mr. S. N. 

 Rhoads discussed the subject of "Birds as Weed Destroyers." 

 His conclusions based on a practical experience in farming were 

 that seed-eating birds were not as important a factor in the de- 

 struction of weeds as the Bulletins of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture would have us believe. The production of weed 

 seed is so enormous that the amount eaten by birds was con- 

 sidered to be really a negligible quantity in a discussion of the 



