Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club, 1914 



January 7, 19H. New Year's Day. Meeting omitted. 



January 15, 19U. Twenty-fourth annual meeting. Thirty- 

 seven members and one visitor present. The following oflficers 

 were elected for the ensuing year: President, Stewardson Brown; 

 Vice-President, Henry W. Fowler; Secretary, J. Fletcher Street; 

 Treasurer, Samuel C. Palmer. 



The following standing committees were appointed: On Pub- 

 lication, Cope, Moore and Morris; on Field Trips, Street, 

 Rhoads and Stuart; on Migration, Potter, Carter and Stone. 



Dr. Stone addressed the Club upon " Present Day Aspects of 

 Ornithology ' ' . The speaker reviewed the work of the ornitholo- 

 gists of the past generations and outlined the branches of the 

 subject yet to be mastered. 



February 5, 191Jf. Twenty-one members and one visitor 

 present. Mr. George Harding, upon invitation of Mr. Morris, 

 spoke upon the subject ''Birds of the Eastern Archipelago". 

 The fauna of the islands comprising the lower part of the East- 

 ern Archipelago, including Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea 

 and Java, was described. 



February 19, 1914. One visitor and sixteen members present. 

 Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads made a communication entitled ''Then 

 and Now; or Forty Years of Bird Life in our Village". The 

 speaker's remarks pertained to the relation of the birds of 

 Haddonfield N. J. to former and present-day environments. 



As a new feature of the Club's activity Dr. Spencer Trotter 

 gave a general review of the articles contained in the January 

 AuJc. 



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