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Society for the past ten years, the Linnsean Society resolved to accept 

 an invitation from the President and Board of Trustees of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, and to hold its meetings in 

 future at the Museum. The advantages of such a change are obvious. 



Mr. Sennett made some remarks upon his recent trip to' Albany on 

 behalf of bird-protection. The proposed new law will repeal 174 old 

 ones and promises to be an excellent one, although it outlaws 

 cranes, hawks, owls, shrikes, English Sparrows, blackbirds and 

 crows. Of 28 species of hawks and owls found in the State, only 

 five are proved to be foes of the farmer. The usefulness of crows and 

 blackbirds is still questionable. 



Mr. J. D wight, Jr., presented a paper entitled ' /unco carolinensis 

 shown to be a sub-species/ and exhibited a series of specimens taken 

 from Cape Breton to North Carolina. [Auk, VIII, 189 1, pp. 

 290-292.] 



Dr. C. S. Allen supplemented his paper of January 9th, with addi- 

 tional facts about his dangerous pets, and thrilled those present by 

 shaking out of a bag a large rattlesnake and a moccasin alive, and then 

 endeavoring to provoke them to coil and strike. 



Jonathan Dwight, Jr., 



Secretary. 



