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"On November 6 I saw about 10,000 Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) settle 

 for the night in the beds of reeds (Phragmites) in the meadows between 

 College Point and Flushing, L. I. Five or six years ago an almost equal 

 number were observed roosting there at about the same time of year. 

 On each occasion some Crackles {Quiscalus quiscula) associated with the 

 Starlings." 



Mr. Cleaves outlined the past work of the American Bird- 

 Banding Association, which has grown considerably. Mr. 

 Murphy has used its bands in the Southern Hemisphere, two 

 Arctic expeditions now in the field are equipped with bands 

 for such birds as migrate southward, and the work has begun 

 to be taken up in the Pacific States. The speaker showed a 

 small exhibit of the bird-banding work which he had prepared 

 for the Brookline Bird Club, and called attention to interesting 

 return records of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Night 

 Heron {Nydicorax nycticorax ncevius), Osprey {Pandion hal- 

 iaetus carolinensis) , Chimney Swift (Chcetura pelagica), Robin 

 (Planesticus m. migratorius) , etc. 



Mr. Chapin spoke of the peculiar migration* of the Pennant- 

 winged Nightjar (Cosmetornis vexillarius) across the African 

 Equatorial Forest belt twice a year, and called attention to 

 other migration routes of African birds. 



Lack of time necessitated the postponement of brief papers 

 prepared by Mr. Harper and by Mr. Weber. 



November 23, 1915. — The President in the chair. Fifteen 

 members (Dr. Dwight and Messrs. Bowdish, Chapin, Cleaves, 

 Davis, Granger, Harper, Heller, Hix, Lang, Lemmon, Marks, 

 Nichols, Rogers and Weber) and thirteen visitors present. 



The Secretary announced the arrival from the printers of the 

 Society's Abstract of Proceedings Nos. 26 and 27, covering the 

 two years ending March 9, 1915, and bound under one cover. 

 Owing to a misunderstanding the printers had sent it without 

 waiting for the index, which was to be printed and sent to us 

 for insertion before the copies were distributed by mail. 

 Members present, however, might take their copies at the 

 close of the meeting. 



The first paper of the evening was, ''Observations on the 



* See "The Pennant-winged Nightjar and its Migration," Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXV, 73-81. 



