of Birds," giving a summary of our present knowledge of 

 the subject. 



Mr. A. H. Howell spoke of a young Baltimore Oriole 

 (Icterus galbuld) which was strangled in the nest by a hair 

 becoming tightly wound about its neck. 



November 14, 1893. — The Vice-President in the chair. 

 Nine members and nine visitors present. 



The committee appointed to draft resolutions upon the 

 death of Dr. C. S. Allen reported as follows : 



" Charles Slover Allen. M. D., a resident member of the 

 Linnaean Society, died in this city on October 15, 1893, 

 after a brief illness. 



" Dr. Allen was born at New Berne, North Carolina, in 

 1855. He graduated from Columbia College, New York 

 City, winning first prize in chemistry in competitive ex- 

 amination. After leaving college, he studied medicine 

 under Dr. James B, Wood, and obtained his degree of 

 Doctor of Medicine from Bellevue Hospital College. As 

 the result of a competitive examination in which he took 

 the highest rank, he was appointed an interne in the Char- 

 ity Hospital on Blackwell's Island. 



''At the completion of his term of service in this insti- 

 tution, he went abroad and continued his studies at Heidel- 

 berg. 



" On returning to New York City, he was associated with 

 Dr. James B. Wood, and later established an office of his 

 own at 21 East 28th Street, which he occupied at the time 

 of his death. 



" In the treatment of throat, nose and ear affections, Dr. 

 Allen was especially and notably skillful, and he held the 

 position of clinical lecturer on these diseases in the medi- 

 cal department of the University of the City of New York. 



'■ Dr. Allen was born a naturalist, and only the duties of 

 an unusually active professional life prevented him from 

 taking high rank as an original investigator in some branch 

 of natural history. As a naturalist, his tastes were of the 

 broadest. Every object in nature had for him a fascina- 



