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the interesting ways of the numerous Pronghorns observed 

 and gave notes on many of the 75 species of birds and the 

 various other forms of Ufe met with, from caterpillars to Vil- 

 lista cavalrymen. He also dwelt on the novel features of 

 camping in a country where the noonday temperature in the 

 shade exceeded 120° F. and the only water-hole within miles 

 was a watering place for myriads of caterpillars. The speaker 

 hoped it would soon be possible for some government to give 

 protection to the fast-disappearing game of Lower California, 

 a land now given over to the market hunter. Bird skins and 

 photographs of the country and of the expedition illustrated 

 the paper. 



November 9, 1916. — The President in the chair. Eleven 

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

 Harper, Hix, F. W. Hyde, Marks, Nichols, Quarles and Weber) 

 and three visitors present. In the absence of the Secretary, 

 the Chair appointed Mr. Nichols Secretary yro tern. 



Mr. Hix told of a trip with Mr. Fleischer, Mr. Rogers and 

 others to Long Beach, L. L, November 2, on which remarkably 

 close and satisfactory studies had been enjoyed of a Clapper 

 Rail (Rallus c. crepitans), a Purple Sandpiper (Arquatella m. 

 maritima) and a Lapland Longspur (Calcarius I. lapponicus) ; 

 16 Sanderling {Calidris leucophcea) were also noted. On the 

 8th Mr. Hix had seen 23 Bluebirds {Sialia s. sialis) in Central 

 Park. 



Mr. Quarles reported that Canvasbacks (Marila vallisneria) 

 had recently for the first time been successfully bred in cap- 

 tivity. 



Mr. Harper submitted the following notes: 



"The Mourning Warbler (Oporornis Philadelphia) is apparently of very 

 rare occurrence on Long Island. ... It was recorded about 1840 (Giraud) 

 and again in June, 1862 (Howell). Latham has found it twice at Orient 

 (September 18, 1906, and September 26, 1908). Mrs. E. W. Victor permits 

 me to record one seen in Prospect Park on May 14, 1912. A sixth specimen 

 was seen by myself at Shoreham on May 30, 1915. 



"I saw a Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) on November 2 in the mea- 

 dows between Flushing and College Point, L. I. This is apparently the 

 latest New York State record. 



"I saw a Yellow Palm Warbler {Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea) on 

 November 6 in the meadows between Flushing and College Point, L. I. 

 This is apparently the latest Long Island record. 



