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proposed changes in the New York Central Railroad along 

 the Hudson, on the ground that they threatened seriously the 

 Park. After considerable discussion, it was voted that the 

 Secretary sign, in the name of the Society, and send in a brief 

 petition sent it by the League, urging that no plan be con- 

 sidered that would interfere with the preservation of the Park. 



Mr. Weber reported that Evening Grosbeaks (Hesperiphona 

 V. vespertina) had visited his back yard at Palisades Park, N. J.^ 

 December 21, and had been fed on corn, whose kernels they 

 cracked. Two days later he found a flock of ten at Fort Lee. 

 He also mentioned a Lapland Longspur {Calcarius I. lapponi- 

 cus) at Long Beach January 1. 



Numerous additional recent records of Redpolls {Acanthis 

 linaria) in the vicinity of New York City were given by 

 members, and Mr. Griscom mentioned two seen by Mr. J. T. 

 Nichols and himself on Currituck Beach, N. C, December 31, 

 (the second record for the State), and Pine Siskins (Spinus 

 pinus) seen there the following day. 



Mr. J. T. Nichols recorded a Yellow Palm Warbler {Den- 

 droica pahnarum hypochrysea) seen by him at Garden City 

 January 3, the first winter record for that subspecies on Long 

 Island. 



Dr. Wm. H. Wiegmann reported an Orange-crowned Warbler 

 (Vermivora c. celata) in the Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, 

 Staten Island, January 8, and apparently a different individual 

 there the next day. Markings, form of bill and actions were 

 especially noted. 



Mr. L. N. Nichols stated that his son had seen on Christmas 

 Day a Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) in Bronx Park 

 and a drake Canvasback (Marila vallisneria) off Clason Point, 

 Bronx, and on January 6 two Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enu- 

 cleator Uiicura) in Bronx Park. The colony of Night Herons 

 (Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius) in the Park had increased 

 in numbers; no fewer than seventy-one were counted Januar}^ 1. 



Mr. Rogers recorded a Brown-cap Chickadee {Penthestes 

 hudsonicus) seen by him at Englewood January 1, probably 

 the individual seen in the same spot December 23 by Mr. 

 Lester Walsh and Mr. George Schoonhaven of the Brooklyn 



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