ABSTRACT 



OF THli PROCEEDINGS OK THE 



LINN^AN SOCIETY 



OF 



NETVV YORK, 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 9, 1897. 



This is the ninth in the series of "Abstracts" published by 

 the Linnsean Society of New York, and, like the preceding 

 issues, is prepared mainly as a brief review of the work of the 

 vSociety during the year closing with the date indicated above. 

 When papers have been elsewhere printed, the customary 

 reference is given. 



April 14, 1896.— Mr. William Ellsworth in the chair. Six 

 members and two visitors present. 



Mr. H. R. Taylor presented a paper on " Individuality in 

 Eggs of Particular Pairs of Birds. ' ' This paper instanced 

 cases of marked similarity in sets of eggs from the same nests 

 and, presumably, from the same pairs of birds in the Golden 

 Eagle {Aquila chrysaetos), the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo 

 lineatus), the Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa), and 

 the Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus megalonyx). [See 

 Nidologist, IV, p. 51.] 



Mr. E. S. Foster read the notes on the Tyrannidse of this 

 vicinity collected by the Eocal Fauna Committee of this Society 

 and made comparisons with the work of the Delaware Valley 

 Ornithological Club on this same family of birds. Ten New 

 York species were remarked upon. 



Mr. S. H. Chubb stated that he had seen Purple Grackles 

 (Quiscalus qiiisada) in Central Park, New York City, on April 

 12, of this year. 



