Mr. William Dutcher presented to the Society, for convey- 

 ance to the Local Collection of Birdskins in the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, four skins of the Pine Siskin (Spinus 

 pitius) , two skins of the Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus 

 savannarum passerinus), two skins of the Sharp-tailed Spar- 

 row (Ammodramus caudacutus) , two skins of the Bobolink 

 (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) , and one skin of the Scarlet Tanager 

 (Piranga erythromelas) . 



Mr. F. M. Chapman showed upon the screen over eighty 

 lantern-slides from photographs of birds in life, with descrip- 

 tive remarks. 



January 6, 1898. — Public lecture in the lecture hall of the 

 American Museum of Natural History by Daniel Giraud Elliot, 

 F. R. S. E., entitled " Cats, and the Lands They Inhabit," 

 with stereopticon illustrations. 



January 11, 1898. — The President in the chair. Ten mem- 

 bers and seven visitors present. 



Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson presented a paper on ' ' The 

 Summer Birds of Yellowstone National Park." Mr. Thomp- 

 son, being unable, owing to' the Park regulations, to collect 

 specimens, recorded but sixty-five species. He gave interesting 

 notes concerning these, especially the Gulls, Terns and White 

 Pelicans, which breed in great numbers on islands in Yellow- 

 stone Lake. 



Mr. Thompson also spoke of the habits and distribution of 

 the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus) . 



Mr. Ernest Ingersoll presented evidence concerning the 

 abundance of Badgers ( Taxidea americana) in the State of 

 Minnesota. 



January 25, 1898. — The President in the chair. Six mem- 

 bers and thirteen visitors present. 



Mr. W. K. Parmelee presented a paper entitled ' ' Notes on 

 the Habits of Turtles, with Special Reference to Those Species 

 Found within Fifty Miles of New York City." 



A letter from Mr. John H. Sage of Portland, Conn., was 

 read, stating that Goshawks (Accipiter atricapillus) were fairly 

 common in that vicinity this winter. 



February 3, 1898. — Public lecture in the lecture hall of the 



