{Zonotrichia leucophrys) was seen by him in New York City, on 

 April 24, 1896. 



A paper sent by the author, Mr. A. H. Howell, was read by 

 the Secretary. It was entitled "Notes on the Early Spring 

 Migrants of 1896 at Lake Grove, Suffolk County, New York," 

 and treated of thirty-nine species. 



May 26, 1896.— The President in the chair. Eight mem- 

 bers and four visitors present. 



Mr. Bancel EaFarge was elected a Resident Member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman presented " Notes on Birds Observed in 

 Yucatan." [See Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VIII, pp. 271- 

 290.] 



Mr. F. M. Chapman exhibited the skin of a Mexican Car- 

 dinal, in which the colors of some of the feathers had been 

 artificially changed. 



Mr. C. W. Vaughan stated that he had seen a Mourning 

 Warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia) in Central Park, New York 

 City, on May 19, of this year. 



R. T. Morris, M. D., had found the Great Black-backed 

 Gull (Larus marinus) and the Canada Goose (Branla canaden- 

 sis) breeding on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 during the summer of 1895. 



October 13, 1896. — The President in the chair. Eight mem- 

 bers and seven visitors present. 



A report was read from the Game Protector on Great Gull 

 Island — Mr. H. P. Field. This report showed a satisfactory 

 state of affairs there, the colony of terns having largely in- 

 creased in numbers owing to the labors in behalf of bird pro- 

 tection of Mr. Field, under the direction of Mr. William 

 Dutcher of this Society. 



J. A. Allen, Ph. D., presented a paper entitled " Notes of a 

 Visit to Some of the Natural History Museums of Europe. ' ' 

 This paper included remarks upon the museums of London, 

 Tring, Leyden, Berlin, Vienna, Munich and Paris. 



E. A. Mearns, M. D., sketched in outline his three years' 

 work on the Mexican Boundary Survey, giving topographical 

 and faunal details of the region traversed. 



