ABSTRACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINNJAN SOCIETY 



OF 



nxr is "w ■ Y" o flj^l , 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 6, 1891. 



This is the third year that an ' Abstract ' has been published and 

 it has been deemed advisable to append an index covering the three 

 years. The purpose of the ' Abstracts ' is to furnish members of the 

 Society with a brief review of the year's work, most of the papers read 

 before it finding prompt publication elsewhere in well-known scientific 

 journals. To such due reference is made in the text. 



March 21, 1890. — The President in the chair. Ten persons 

 present. 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher read an extended paper on ' Birds observed at 

 Little Gull Island.' [Forest and Stream, Vol. xxxiv, pp. 246-7 and 267.] 



Dr, G. L. Nicholas suggested a method of skinning young birds 

 still in the downy stage. An incision may be made from the back of 

 the skull to a point between the shoulders and the body turned out 

 through it. The skin is then inflated by the breath and kept in 

 shape while drying by a bit of cotton. 



Mr. Sennett in speaking of the breeding of Terns in Texas, stated 

 that the Least Terns {Sterna antillarum) lay their eggs on sand-bars 

 in the Rio Grande where the constantly recurring rises in the river 



