66 PROCEEDINGS OP THE 



December 7, 1911. Eighteen members and two visitors 

 present, meeting held in conjunction with the Ornithological 

 Section of the Academy. Mr. Stone made mention of the ad- 

 ditions which had been made during the year to the Academy's 

 collection of birds. Owing to ill health Mr. Samuel Wright 

 presented his resignation as Treasurer, which was accepted with 

 regrets. Mr. Samuel C. Palmer was nominated and duly 

 elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Stone exhibited a specimen of 

 a young Franklin's Gull (^Larus franklini) shot Oct. 22, 1911 

 in the lower part of Philadelphia by Charles Liebeck. This is 

 the first record of the bird for Pennsylvania. Mr. Potter re- 

 corded a Mocking Bird from Fish House, N. J. on Nov. 6th. 



December 21, 1911. Twenty-two members and two visitors 

 present. Mr. Rhoads addressed the Club on the subject " Birds 

 of the Tierra Caliente of Ecuador ' ' . His remarks were supple- 

 mentary to a general survey of the subject made before the 

 Club at an earlier session. Mr. Rhoads described the Tierra 

 Caliente as a broad, coastal plain with an average width of fifty 

 miles and an elevation of 1000 feet. The temperature is fairly 

 moderate. Many birds of prey of various kinds and such 

 species as the Toucan, Mot-mot, Parrot and a large number of 

 the Formicaridae were observed. Mr. Rhoads' complete collec- 

 tion of birds secured upon this trip has been acquired by the 

 Academy. Mr. Moore reported that he had found in his collec- 

 tion a specimen of Piping Plover, secured at Ocean City, N. J. 

 on Aug. 3, 1899. This is believed to be the latest record for 

 the state. Mr. Moore observed a Northern Shrike at Milford, 

 N. J. on Nov. 30. Mr. DeHaven secured a Gannet' at Gape 

 Charles, Virginia on Dec. 12, 1911. 



