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young, etc., nearly all of which is soon lost. Mr. Ladd's sug- 

 gestion was that this Society should act as a clearing house for 

 all these observers, receiving and utilizing information from 

 those who would supply it and giving it to those who asked. 



After much discussion it was voted that the President 

 appoint a committee who should consider ways and means by 

 which the ideas of Mr. Weber and of Mr. Ladd might be acted 

 upon. 



January 11, 1916. — The President in the chair. Eleven 

 members (Dr. Dwight and Messrs. Cleaves, Fleischer, 

 Harper, Hix, Lemmon, Marks, Nichols, Phihpp, Rogers and 

 Weber) and three visitors present. 



Mr. Clarence R. Halter, whose name had been proposed at 

 the previous meeting, was elected to Resident Membership. 



Mr. Rogers reported that in the Englewood Region January 

 9, he and Mr. J. M. Johnson had seen a flock of three Savannah 

 Sparrows {Passerculus sandwichensis savanna), the first 

 January record for the Region, the latest previous being 

 December 19. 



Several members who had visited the Jerome Reservoir 

 reported no ducks other than American Mergansers {Merganser 

 americanus) . Mr. Rogers said that Mr. Kieran, who lives 

 nearby, thought the shooting done to scare away the gulls 

 accounted for this at least in part. 



Mr. Nichols spoke of Tufted Tits (Bceolophus bicolor) and 

 Chickadees (Penthestes a. atricapillus) as being more than 

 usually common about Englewood this winter. He had seen 

 as many as eight to ten of the former in one flock and thirty 

 to forty of the latter in another. Several Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatches (Sitta canadensis) are wintering in the Region. 



A visitor, Mr. H. K. Decker, recorded a pair of Evening 

 Grosbeaks (Hesperiphona v. vespertina) seen by himself and a 

 friend, Mr. Hermann, January 9 and 10 near West New 

 Brighton, Staten Island. They were in a growth of scrubby 

 oaks, apparently feeding on the buds, and allowed themselves 

 to be watched at a range of six to eight feet. Mr. Decker said 

 that he had noticed particularly the great yellow bills, and 

 that the male had seemed to him brighter and yellower than 

 the pictures by Fuertes and others had led him to expect. 



