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by iVIr. Johnson, a male Black-poll Warbler (Dendroica striata) 

 at Nordhoff, N. J., April 30 — probably the earliest date for 

 the region about New York City; by ]Mr. Hix, from Central 

 Park: American Crow {Corvus h. hrachyrhynchus) , less uncom- 

 mon than usual; Fish Crow (C. ossifragus), one on April 29 (three 

 INIaj^ 4 by Mr. Rogers); Prothonotary Warbler {Protonotaria 

 citrea), a male April 30; Tennessee {Vermivora peregrina), 

 Palm {Dendroica p. palmarum) and Hooded {Wilsonia citrina) 

 Warblers ]\Iay 4; a Brewster's Warbler {V, leucohronchialis) 

 May 5; and an Osprey {Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) on 

 the 9th; by ]\Ir. Fleischer, a male Red-winged Blackbird 

 (Agelaius p. phoeniceus) in Central Park May 6 and seven in 

 Prospect Park on the 7th where on that day between 5 and 

 9:30 A.M. he noted 57 species of birds, 19 of them Mniotiltidce, 

 including one Brev\^ster's Warbler. 



]Mr. Xicholsread a paper discussing Alex Wetmore's '' Birds 

 of Porto Rico," adding thereto notes of his own on birds noted 

 by him on the Island at a time of year not covered by Mr. 

 Wetmore. He also discussed the status of the West Indian 

 species of Mstrelaia. His remarks* were illustrated with 

 specimens. 



^Ir. Rogers gave an account of the birds to which reference 

 is mgide in Shakespeare's plays, and on the adjournment of the 

 meeting, showed the members the Museum's exhibit of prac- 

 tically all the species mentioned, some forty in aU. 



May 23, 1916. — The Vice-President in the chair. Eleven 

 members (^Messrs. Cleaves, Fleischer, Granger, Hix, Hollister, 

 J. Isl. Johnson, Lang, ^larks, J. T. Nichols, Rogers and Weber) 

 and twenty visitors present. 



From Long Beach, L. I., May 21, Mr. Fleischer recorded a 

 Red-backed Sandpiper {Pelidna alpina sakhalina), and, with 

 Mr. Hix and Mr. Rogers, two Least Terns {Sterna antillarum) 

 and a Western Grebe {xEchmopliorus occidentalis) . Although 

 Long Island is at such a great distance from the range of the 

 Grebe, the circumstances — length, distance, light, etc. — of 

 the observation were so entirely favorable as to leave the ob- 

 servers confident in their identification. 



* See "Two New Species of Petrels from the Bermudas," Auk, XXXIII, 

 194-195 ; also, "Limicolae at Porto Rico in July," /. c, 320-321. 



