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(Carduelis carduelis) in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, May 27, but 

 perhaps rather a recently escaped cage-bird than a descendant 

 of the former colony. 



Mr. Rogers said he had found a singing Alder Flycatcher 

 (Empidonax trailli alnorum) in a typical locality for the species 

 in Van Cortland Park May 30, indicating, probably, a breeding 

 pair. He also told of an Acadian Flycatcher {E. virescens) 

 near Crosswicks, N. J., so tame that at his first visit she 

 returned to her nest and settled on her eggs while his face was 

 within a foot. 



Mr. HoUister reported both Common {Sterna hirundo) and 

 Roseate {S. dougalli) Terns present at Easthampton, L. I., 

 all summer, though he knew of no nesting ground in the 

 vicinity. 



Several observers spoke of birds as being unusually plentiful 

 this autumn. Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus v. varius) and Red- 

 breasted Nuthatches (Sitta canadensis) have both been com- 

 mon. Mr. J. M. Johnson, Mr. Nichols and Mr. Rogers had 

 listed 63 species about Englewood October 10, including three 

 Tennessee Warblers {Vermivora peregrina) . Mr. Hix and two 

 friends had seen 52 species about Millington, N. J., the day 

 of the meeting, including a Tennessee Warbler, an adult male 

 Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) and three Turkey 

 Vultures {Cathartes aura septentrionalis) . Mr. Fleischer and 

 Mr. Johnson had noted 40 species, including a Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo {Coccyzus a. americanus), in Prospect Park that morn- 

 ing. On the other hand, Mr. Fleischer and others had found 

 the smaller shorebirds much less than usually common on 

 the south shore of Long Island. 



Mr. Harper recorded a male Golden Plover (Charadrius d. 

 dominicus) collected October 3 on Jamaica Bay by Mr. Rock- 

 well of the Brooklyn Museum. 



October 26, 1915. — The President in the chair. Seventeen 

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

 Heller, Hix, Hollister, F. W. Hyde, J. M. Johnson, Kieran, 

 LaDow, Marks, Murphy, Nichols, Rogers, Weber and Wood- 

 ruff) and 28 visitors present. 



The more interesting of the local records reported follow: 



