full account may be expected in a forth-coming number ['No. 5 '] of 

 the 'North American Fauna.' 



Dr. C. S. Allen exhibited two Ground Rattlesnakes, a Moccasin, 

 and a Hog-nosed Snake, all alive. 



November 28, 1890. — The President in the chair. Seven members 

 present. 



Mr. J. Dwight, Jr., read a paper entitled, 'The Crest of the Alle- 

 ghanies of Pennsylvania and Birds found there in Summer.' It was 

 the record of a week spent during the latter part of June, 1890, at an 

 elevation of about 2,000 feet, where a number of species of the 

 Canadian avifauna were found breeding, such as Hermit Thrushes, 

 Juncos, Black-and- Yellow Warblers, Water Thrushes (Seiurus nove- 

 boracensis), and others. The sixty-six species noted are chiefly 

 Alleghanian, and none of the numerous Carolinian species found 

 at Carlisle in 1844 by Baird, were seen. Carlisle is, however, at a 

 much lower altitude and lies near the eastern base of the mountains. 

 Comparison was made with Baird's list. 



Regarding a trip made with Mr. Dwight in June to High Knob, 

 New Jersey, the highest point in the State, Mr. Chapman remarked 

 that the avifauna there was Alleghanian with a strong tinge of the 

 Carolinian. The only suggestion even of the Canadian was the 

 presence of Vireo solitarius. 



December 5, 1890. — The Vice-President in the chair. Six persons 

 present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster presented a paper upon ' The Snowy Owl.' It 

 treated of the species from various points of view, giving in detail its 

 history arranged under heads such as its names, its nest, its cry, its 

 weight, its natural food, its migrations, etc. 



Mr. Dutcher reported a second instance of the Barn Owl (S/n'x 

 pratincola) breeding on Long Island. [For the first record see Auk, 



III, 1886, p. 439-] 



Mr. Chapman quoted from an article in ' Blackwood's Magazine ' 

 deploring the destruction of birds by milliners' agents on the island 

 of Jamaica and of the eggs of ground-nesting species by the 

 Mongoose, imported into the island to protect the plantations from 

 the ravages of rats. As a result the insect pests are said to have 

 become well-nigh insufferable. 



Mr. Chapman also made some critical remarks upon a recent list 

 of the Birds of New Jersey. [Auk, VIII, 1891, p. 104.] 



