DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 55 



May 6, 1909. Fourteen members present. Mr. S. N. Rhoads 

 addressed the Club on ' ' Memories of a Departed Bird-Lover — 

 William L. Collins." Other reminiscences were given by Mr. 

 Morris and Dr. Trotter. 



A paper on the nesting of the Goshawk at Warren, Pa., by 

 R. B. Simpson was read. [See antea, p. 26] . 



Mr. Brown reported Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) at Medford, 

 N. J., May 2, and Mr. Morris described a Robin's nest built on 

 the ground at Olney, Pa. 



May 20, 1909. Twenty-five members present. Mr. Baily 

 exhibited a number of lantern slides illustrating the develop- 

 ment of the Flicker and other subjects. 



Mr. Morris described a canoe trip down the Blackwater River, 

 Va., during April, 1909. [See Recreation, April, 1910.] 



Mr. Rhoads reported a Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) 

 at Haddonfield in full song. 



Mr. Stone recorded the capture of a Brown Pelican (Pelecarms 

 occidentalis) at Townsend's Inlet May 5th. 



October 7, 1909. Eighteen members present. The resigna- 

 tion of Mr. Hunt from the ofiice of Secretary and from active 

 membership was read, Mr. Hunt having removed to Chicago. 

 Mr. J. Fletcher Street was appointed Secretary pro tern. 



Mr. S, N. Rhoads spoke on "Some Birds of the Upper Wall- 

 kill Valley, Sussex Co., N. J.," and exhibited a nest and set of 

 eggs of the Short-billed Marsh Wren {Qistoihorus stellaris) ob- 

 tained there during the past summer. This species was a com- 

 mon summer resident. 



Mr. Baily reported a Cape May Warbler (^Dendroica tigrina) 

 taken at Haverford, Pa., Sept. 11, 1909. 



October 21, 1909. Eleven members present. A paper written 

 by Dr. Spencer Trotter entitled "Stray Notes of a Western 

 Trip, ' ' was read which described a trip over the Canadian Pacific 

 Railroad, made during the past summer. 



Mr. Redfield reported on the work he had done during the 

 'early summer in tagging young birds in co-operation with the 

 plans of Dr. Leon J. Cole. 



