a Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura septentrionalis) in Orange 

 County, N. Y., October 23 (Johnson), a pair of Piping Plover 

 (JEgialitis meloda) at Long Beach, L. I., October 17 (Fleischer), 

 Meadowlarks (Sturnella m. magna) in Central Park October 

 23-25 (Hix). 



Mr. Nichols exhibited a living Tiger Salamander (Amby- 

 stoma), an unusually fine specimen, recently sent him from 

 Patchogue, L. I., by Dr. Frank Overton. 



The first speaker of the evening was Mr. J. M. Johnson, 

 whose title was, ''Some Colorado Birds." The speaker had 

 spent much of the previous summer in Estes Park and now told 

 of many of the birds most interesting to an Easterner, telling 

 what he had noted of their appearance in comparison with 

 their eastern relatives, their habits, calls and songs. The talk 

 was illustrated with skins of most of the birds described and 

 with photographs of the country and of some of the smaller 

 mammals and birds, the latter including two Rocky Mountain 

 Jays (Perisoreus canadensis capitalis) tugging at food in Mrs. 

 Johnson's fingers and perching on her lap. 



The Secretary then spoke a few words on the difficulty of 

 getting members to fill the program on nights when no long 

 paper was provided. The Society has, he said, an excellent 

 system giving an opportunity for papers of any length and 

 nature. At the open meetings, the first in each month, any 

 member has a chance to take from five to thirty minutes or 

 more to share with the others any experience he has had or the 

 results of any bit of work he has done, or to propose any subject 

 for general discussion. It would be a pity were there not in 

 and about New York enough people interested in ornithology 

 and other branches of natural history thus to fill one evening 

 a month to the interest and benefit of all. Members are 

 urged to volunteer for such talks to save themselves the 

 annoyance of being solicited personally or by postal card. 



The second paper was presented by Mr. R C. Murphy and 

 was entitled, ''Notes on a Trip into the Lower California 

 Desert." This trip was made in the spring of this year chiefly 

 to procure Pronghorns {Antilocapra americana) and accessories 

 for a group for the Brooklyn Museum. Mr. Murphy told of 



