ABSTRACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINNjEAN society 



OF 



INTENT YORK, 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 24, 1896. 



This is the eighth in the series of "Abstracts" published 

 by the Society, and, like the preceding- numbers, is intended 

 mainly as a brief review of the year's work, only the more 

 important points in the papers read before the Society be- 

 ing mentioned. Some of the papers have been printed in 

 full elsewhere, and in such cases a reference is given to the 

 place of publication. 



April 9, 1895. — Mr. Frank E. Johnson in the chair. 

 Eight members and three visitors present. 



Fifteen dollars were contributed by the Society to the 

 fund being raised by Mr. William Dutcher, for the protec- 

 tion of the Terns on Great Gull Island, Suffolk County, 

 New York, during the breeding season of 1895, under con- 

 ditions similar to those of the previous year. 



Mr. L. S. Foster read a letter from L. B. Bishop, M. D., 

 recording his capture of a hybrid Sandpiper {Tringa macu- 

 lata + Tringa fuscicollis) on the Quinnipiack Marshes, 

 North Haven, Connecticut, on August 4, 1894. 



Mr. L. S. Foster presented a paper entitled "Remarks 



