April 27, 1897.— The Vice-President in the chair. Five 

 members and sixteen visitors present. 



A resolution was passed favoring the placing of specimens 

 of natural history on the same schedule in the mails of the In- 

 ternational Postal Union as samples of merchandise. The Sec- 

 retary pro tern, was instructed to forward a copy of the same 

 to the U. S. Postmaster General and to the Chairman of the 

 International Postal Convention of 1897." 



Mr. Thomas Proctor presented a paper entitled ' ' The Night- 

 ingale and the Mockingbird, the Chief Songsters of the Old 

 World and the New, respectively. ' ' He exhibited living speci- 

 mens of two species of Nightingales (Doliits luscinia and D. 

 philomeld), Brown Thrasher {Harporhynchus rufus), Catbird 

 {Galeoscoptes carolinensis) , Robin Redbreast {Erithacus rube- 

 cida), and White-throated Warbler {Sylvia rufa). 



May 11, 1897. — The President in the chair. Ten members 

 and eighteen visitors present. 



Messrs. M. H. Beers, John I. D. Bristol, Charles Butler, 

 Francis M. Harris, William C. Harris, Walter M. Jones and 

 Charles P. Kreizer, M. D. , were elected Resident Members of 

 the Society. 



Mr. William T. Hornaday presented a paper on " The Lon- 

 don Zoological Society and its Gardens." [See Second An- 

 nual Report, N. Y. Zool. Soc, 1898, pp. 43-67.] 



Mr. Iy. S. Foster reported on sixteen species of our common 

 birds observed May 9, 1897, during a trip to Hackensack, N. J. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman stated that on his return from his recent 

 trip to Mexico he saw between Tampico and Havana a Small- 

 billed Water Thrush (Scitirus noveboracensis) . Three Carolina 

 Doves (Zenaidtira macroara) , accompanied the ship for some 

 time. Shearwaters, especially Audubon's Shearwater {Puffinus 

 analuboni), were seen near the Bahamas. Red Phalaropes 

 {Crymophihis fulicarius^ , Northern Phalaropes {Phalaropus 

 lobatus) , Petrels and fifty Loons came under his observation 

 off the Delaware coast. Mr. Chapman arrived in New York 

 May 10. 



May 25, 1898. — The President in the chair. Ten members 

 and ten visitors present. 



