May 17, 1893. — The President in the chair. Six members 

 and two visitors present. 



Mr. William Dutcher read a paper entitled k ' Notes on 

 Some Rare Birds in the Collection of the Long Island His- 

 torical Society." [See "Auk." Vol. x., 1893, pp. 267-277.] 

 Mr. Dutcher also mentioned recent captures on Long 

 Island of the Black-throated Loon (Urinator arcticus), 

 Wood Ibis (Tantalus loculator), and Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron (Nycticorax violaceus). [See '" Auk," Vol. x., 1893, 

 pp. 265, 266.] 



Mr. A. H. Howell said that he had taken on Long Island 

 this season a male Golden-winged Warbler (Helmintho- 

 phila chrysoptera) and a female Hooded Warbler {Sylvania 

 mitrata). 



Dr. J. A. Allen made some remarks upon the Motmots, 

 illustrated with specimens. He considered that the series 

 of skins of these birds in the American Museum of Natural 

 History shows quite plainly that the peculiar trimming of 

 the tail-feathers is effected by the bird itself. 



Mr. W. W. Granger stated that he had noticed that, for 

 the past two years, two pair of Duck Hawks (Falco pere- 

 %rinus anatuni) had bred on the Palisades of the Hudson 

 River. Opposite Yonkers a nest with eggs had been ob- 

 served by him, a subsequent visit to which revealed the 

 fact that the young had been hatched and, doubtless, re- 

 moved by the parents. 



June 7, 1893. — The President in the chair. Eight mem- 

 bers and seventeen visitors present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster, as chairman of the Finance Committee, 

 reported two donations to the treasury of the Society — one 

 of five dollars from Mr. Henry G. Marquand and one of 

 fifty dollars from Miss Phcebe Anna Thorne. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman presented extended remarks upon 

 his recent trip to the Island of Trinidad, illustrated by 

 photographs and numerous specimens of birds, mammals, 

 and reptiles which he had collected there. He said that, faun- 

 ally, Trinidad has no connection whatever with the West 



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