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specimens of Brunnich's Murre (Uria lomvia) at Mott's 

 Point, Long Island, New York, on December u, 1894. 



May 28, 1895. — The Vice-President in the chair. Ten 

 members and five visitors present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster submitted a proposition for raising 

 twelve hundred dollars from among the members and pur- 

 chasing the William Dutcher collection of two thousand 

 birdskins, the same to be presented to The American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History as the Society's contribution to 

 its growth. . The plan was approved and adopted. 



Mr. Stephen A. Krom presented a paper on "The 

 Archaeopteryx," with especial reference to the two known 

 remains from the Solenhofen beds in Bavaria. 



Mr. S. H. Chubb and Mr. F. M. Chapman spoke of the 

 large number of species and individuals of birds seen by 

 them in Central Park, New York City, during the early 

 morning hours of May 24, 1895. Both had found the Cana- 

 dian Warbler (Sylvania canadensis) very numerous. 



Mr. L. S. Foster observed the Carolina Wren (Tkryo- 

 ihorus ludovicianus) at Van Cortlandt Park, New York, on 

 May 4, 1895, and Mr. Chubb had also seen this species at 

 the same place on April 12. 



Octobe?' 8, 1895. — The Vice-President in the chair. Nine 

 members and three visitors present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster presented a paper on "Some Uncon- 

 firmed Records of Birds in the Vicinity of New York City." 

 This paper recounted the unconfirmed records of thirty 

 species of birds within the area designated, and was dis- 

 cussed, record by record, by those present. Only two of 

 these species, the Iceland Gull {Larus lencopteriis) and the 

 Varied Thrush (Hesperocichla ncevia), were admitted to our 

 local list. [See "Auk," Vol. XII., 1895, p. 76, and Coues' 

 "Birds of the Colorado Valley," 1878, p. 19.] 



Mr. E. I. Haines reported the following records made by 

 himself: Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvan- 

 ica), male and female, and nest with four young birds, at 

 NewRochelle, New York, on June 18, 1895, and a Blue- 



