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exhibited a number of skins of this species from the collec- 

 tion of the American Museum. He also related his ex- 

 perience with this bird in New Jersey and showed a nest 

 which he had taken there. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman presented a paper entitled " Re- 

 marks on West Indian Mammals." After comparing the 

 mammalian life of "oceanic islands" and "continental 

 islands," and speaking in some detail of the mammals of 

 the West Indies, he described his experience in collecting 

 Bats and Hutias in Cuba. 



Mr. C. B. Riker stated that the Mongoose is now de- 

 creasing in numbers in Jamaica. 



Dr. Bishop related his experiences while hunting Bats 

 in Egyptian tombs. 



Mr. A. H. Howell read some notes on Long Island birds. 

 [See 4 <Auk," Vol. xi., 1894, pp. 82-84.] 



Mr. A. H. Heime stated that he had seen the Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher ( Empidonax flaviventris ) and the 

 Golden-winged Warbler (Helminthophila cJirysoptera) fre- 

 quently at Millers Place, Long Island, and had taken there, 

 the past fall, an Orange-crowned Warbler (Helminthophila 

 celatd) and several Tennessee Warblers (Helminthophila 

 peregrind). Dr. Bishop remarked that a Whistling Swan 

 (Olor colnmbianns) had been taken early in November of 

 this year at Guilford, Connecticut, and that a flight of 

 Black Terns (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis) had been 

 observed at the Quinnipiack Marshes, Connecticut, on 

 August 29, 1893. [See "Auk," Vol. xi., 1894, p. 74.] 



December 26, 1893. — The President in the chair. Thir- 

 teen members and twenty-seven visitors present. 



The Lecture Committee presented a formal report 

 through Dr. J. A. Allen, the chairman, stating that arrange- 

 ments had been completed for a course of four lectures to 

 be given in the lecture hall of the American Museum as 

 follows : 



1. January 9, 1894. "A Naturalist in the Island of Trin- 

 idad," by Frank M. Chapman. 



