the contents of the stomachs of 74 owls and 10 hawks. Their food 

 had consisted chiefly of small mammals. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman read a paper on 'The Mammals of the East 

 Coast of Florida.' Remarks were made upon the habits and dis- 

 tribution of most of the species hitherto found at Micco on the 

 East peninsula. Specimens were shown illustrating many of the 

 species. 



Mr. Loomis exhibited a copy of the first volume of Audubon's 

 ' Ornithological Biography' printed in Philadelphia but differing from 

 the usual Philadelphia edition in important particulars. [Further 

 details may be found in Auk, VIII, 1891, p. 230.] 



Mr. Dutcher exhibited a skin of the Blue-striped Trigger Fish, 

 captured in November, 1890, at the Ditch Plain Life Saving Station, 

 Long Island, N. Y.,.by Mr. Wm. L. Baker, one of the crew. He 

 spoke of one taken at Woods Holl, Mass., described and figured in 

 * Forest and Stream ', January 29, 1891. Dr. John I. Northrop, stated 

 that this was a common fish in the Bahamas, and that when the 

 second or rear dorsal spine was erected, the first was locked firmly 

 in its raised position. 



February 20, 1891. — The Vice-President in the chair. Nineteen 

 persons present. 



Mr. Leverett M. Loomis presented a paper entitled " Remarks on 

 the Song Seasons of some South Carolina Birds." The resident song 

 birds were divided into three classes, those having a single song 

 season, those having a second song season after the breeding season, 

 and those singing all the year round. The Field Sparrow {Spizella 

 pusilld) is the type of the first, the Mocking-bird {Mi??ius polyglottos) 

 that of the second, and the Carolina Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus) 

 that of the third class. Mr. Loomis will incorporate this paper in a 

 more extended one upon which he is working. 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher presented a paper entitled 'The Labrador Duck. 

 A revised list of the extant specimens in North America with some 

 historical notes.' [Auk, VIII, 1891, pp. 201-216.] 



March 6, 1891. — Annual Meeting^ The President in the chair. 

 Fifteen persons present. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President, 

 Dr. J. A. Allen ; Vice-President, Mr. Frank M. Chapman ; Secretary, 

 Mr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. ; Treasurer, Mr. L. S. Foster. 



After having enjoyed the hospitality of the American Geographical 



