Mr. Rogers showed several skins and called attention to how 

 beautifully they were made up and to the fulness of the data. 



Mr. Harper introduced Mr. H. M. Laing, of Manitoba, and 

 Mr. Laing passed around a large number of splendid photo- 

 graphs, taken by him in recent years of Sandhill Cranes (Grus 

 mexicana), Sharp-tailed Grouse (Pedioecetes p. phasianellus) — 

 some dancing, and clouds of Snow Geese (Chen) . 



Mr. Taubenhaus exhibited a live Rattlesnake {Crotalus 

 horridus) he had had for some months in captivity, and 

 allowed the members to handle and examine it, as much as 

 they desired. He told of several places within fifty miles of 

 the City, notably the Ramapo district and Newfoundland, 

 N. J., where Rattlers were still to be found, and described manj^ 

 interesting features of the structure and habits of the species 

 which he had noted in several years' observations. 



April 27, 1915. — The Vice-President in the chair. Nine 

 members (Messrs. Cleaves, Davis, Harper, Hix, J. M. Johnson, 

 LaDow, Marks, Pangburn and Rogers) and eleven visitors 

 present. 



Mr. LaDow reported four Canada Geese (Branta c. cana- 

 densis) seen by him and Mr. Lenssen on the Overpeck Creek 

 in the Englewood Region on April 25. 



Mr. Davis said that he had seen on the 25th on Long Island, 

 north of West Hills, a Chipping Sparrow (Spizella p. passerina) 

 with the head entirely white and that a resident had told him 

 of seeing the same bird last summer. Mr. Davis also showed 

 a photograph of a Great Horned Owl {Bubo v. virginianus) 

 kept in captivity in that vicinity; the bird had been taken 

 young in 1910 and was said never to drink. 



Mr. Johnson had visited the owl grove at the Phelps Ruins 

 near Teaneck, N. J., on April 24 and 25. On the 24th he saw 

 the Barn Owl (Aluco pratincola) in the tree where he had last 

 seen the Barred Owl {Strix v. varia), but saw no Barred, and 

 next day he saw the Barred Owl in the Barn Owl's former 

 tree, but saw no Barn. He had also seen a pair of Wood Ducks 

 (Aix sponsa) in swampy woods near West Englewood on the 

 25th and heard a Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) 

 give a whisper song. The bird was on the ground and the 



