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corresponding with that of the egg, and slate colored, from 

 tint of skin, with apparently scattering hairs (casings) pro- 

 tecting white down, but in a few hours they appear to 

 have increased to several times the bulk of the egg, and be- 

 come white as soon as the down is freed from the protect- 

 ing covering ; in a few days they are as large proportion- 

 ately as birds usually are when a week or two old. This is 

 due, in part, to the power the birds have of taking air into 

 the spaces beneath the skin, which is very loose and capable 

 of being immensely inflated. They remained in the nest 

 but a few days, resting thereafter on the surrounding bushes. 

 On being disturbed they disgorged large quantities of fish, 

 apparently from the oesophagus. The birds begin to breed 

 in March and continue breeding till June. 



Dr. Allen spoke of finding a Carolina Wren's nest in a 

 hole which had been cut in a barrel of partially slacked 

 lime standing in a shed. 



Mr. Sennett, in remarking upon Dr. Allen's paper, spoke 

 of the breeding of the Pelican on the coast of Texas, upon 

 extensive grass flats. 



December 21, 1892. — The President in the chair. Six 

 members and two visitors present. 



In reply to a request for papers addressed to the Corre- 

 sponding Members, three papers had been received, which 

 the Secretary proceeded to read. 



The first was by Dr. F. W. Langdon, on " Faunal 

 Changes in Ohio and the Vicinity of Cincinnati, 1838- 1892." 



The following species have apparently deserted this 



locality during the period named : Meleagris gallopavo, 



TympanncJius americanns, Conurus carolinensis, Elanoides 



forficatns, CeopJiloeus pileattis, Campephilus principalis, 



Corvus cor ax principalis. 



The following species are much less abundant than in 

 former times : Ectopistcs migratorius, Progne subis, Am- 

 pelis cedrornm. 



On the other hand, the following have become more 

 common during this period : MolotJirus ater, GeotJilypis 



