56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. Fowler reported a Black-bellied Plover (Squatarola squata- 

 rola) at Bristol, Pa., August 19, 1909. 



November ^, 1909. Twenty-one members present. Messrs. 

 Lewis S. Byrom and Samuel C. Palmer were elected associate 

 members, Mr. Edw. J. F. Marx, a corresponding member and 

 Mr. J. Fletcher Street an active member. Mr. Street was alsa 

 elected Secretary to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Hunt's resig- 

 nation. 



Messrs. Baily and Rhoads and Dr. Hughes described a trip ta 

 Greenwood Lake, Sussex County, N. J., undertaken in June of 

 the present year, [see antea, pp. 29-36] . 



November 18, 1909. Eighteen members present. The even- 

 ing was devoted to the reading of Bird Biographies prepared 

 for a prospective work on the birds of the Delaware Valley, the 

 object being to get some idea of the best way of treating the sub- 

 ject before it was taken up at length. Mr. Street treated of the 

 Phoebe, Mr. Rhoads the Robin, Mr. Stone the Chat, Mr. Wey- 

 gandt the Wood Thrush, Mr. Carter the Cooper's Hawk, Mr. 

 Morris the Redwinged Blackbird. 



Mr. Morris reported a Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) at 

 Medford on November 5. 



December 2, 1909. Twenty-three members present. This 

 meeting was held in conjunction with the Ornithological Section 

 of the Academy, in order that the members might hear the an- 

 nual report of the Department of Birds. 



Mr. Stone exhibited one of two Loons {Gavia immer) killed 

 near Paoli, Pa. , November 25. 



Mr. T. H. Jackson had informed Mr. Stone of others killed 

 the same day on the Brandywine Creek at Lenape, Pa. 



December 16, 1909. Thirteen members present. Mr. Rehn 

 addressed the club on ' ' Impressions of Western Bird Life, ' ' 

 commenting on birds seen on an entomological trip through the 

 Northwestern States and down the Pacific coast. 



Mr. Stone described the meeting of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union in New York City. 



