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The following species are characteristic exemplifications of 

 this migration : American Golden Plover (C/iaradrius do- 

 minicns), Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), Pectoral 

 Sandpiper ( Tringa maculata), White-rumped Sandpiper 

 (Tringa fuscicollis), Sanderling (Calidris arenarid), Soli- 

 tary Sandpiper {Totanus solitarius), Bartramian Sandpiper 

 {Bartramia lougicauda), Buff-breasted Sandpiper [Tryn- 

 gites subruficollis), and Eskimo Curlew (Nu?uenius bore- 

 alis). The Greater Yellow-legs {Totanus melanoleucns), 

 Yellow-legs {Totanus flavipes), and Hudsonian Godwit 

 (Limosa licemastica) present peculiar conditions, for these 

 birds occur in summer as well as in winter, strongly sug- 

 gesting a double migration — one from boreal breeding- 

 grounds and one from austral breeding grounds — the two 

 migrating bodies meeting in Argentina. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman read a paper entitled " The Islands 

 the Alligators Build," being a popular account of the 

 formation of the small islands in some of our southern 

 waters. [See " Our Animal Friends," Vol. xxi , May, 

 1894, pp. 198-202.] 



November 28, 1893. — The Vice-President in the chair. 

 Nine members and twelve visitors present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster presented a paper entitled "A Con- 

 sideration of Some Ornithological Literature, with Ex- 

 tracts from Current Criticism. II. 1884 to 1893." [This 

 paper appears in this Abstract.] 



Mr. A. H. Howell read a paper entitled " Birds in our 

 Great Cities," being a list with annotations of fifty-six 

 species observed in the thickly-settled portions of New 

 York City and Brooklyn ; records from Central and Pros- 

 pect Parks were omitted. 



December 12, 1893. — The Vice-President in the chair. 

 Twelve members and five visitors present. 



Louis B. Bishop, M. D., read a paper on "The Breeding 

 of Brewster's Warbler (Helminthophila leucobroncJiialis)." 

 [See "Auk," Vol. xi., 1894, pp. 79-80.] 



Mr. Chapman commented on Dr. Bishop's paper, and 



