American Museum of Natural History by Dr. C. Hart Mer- 

 riam, entitled "Protective and Directive Coloration of 

 Animals,' 7 with stereopticon illustrations. 



April 12, 1898. — The Vice-President in the chair. Nine 

 members and one visitor present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster was appointed Secretary pro tern, by 

 the Chair, to serve during the extended absence of the 

 Secretary. 



Mr. Ernest Ingersoll spoke of the presence in Newport 

 Harbor of the Portuguese Man-of-war (Pkysalia pelagica) 

 and other tropical forms of marine life. This he considered 

 due to the Gulf Stream. Mr. William Ellsworth gave the 

 same influence credit for sending certain species of Squids 

 (Loligalidce) to the waters of Newfoundland. 



Mr. William Dutcher remarked that a carcase of the 

 Biscayan form of the Right Whale {Balcena biscayensis) 

 had recently been cast upon the coast of North Carolina. 



April 26, 1898. — The President in the chair. Eight 

 members and seven visitors present. 



Mr. Ernest Ingersoll presented " A Little Biography of 

 the Whip-poor-will {Antrostomus vociferus)." He stated 

 that this species is well represented here by the first of May, 

 and has its complete call upon arrival. Mr. Ingersoll had 

 made a series of observations on the call notes. He has 

 found that the bird never calls when in the air, and that its 

 voice may be heard for half a mile. One individual repeated 

 the cry uninterruptedly eight hundred and thirty-one times 

 in fifteen minutes. 



Mr. S. H. Chubb had taken an entire Luna Moth (Actias 

 luna) from the stomach of a Whip-poor-will. He had heard 

 the call note of this bird in Greene County, N. Y., on 

 September 8. 



Mr. L. S. Foster read the published records collected by 

 the Local Fauna Committee of the Society, concerning this 

 bird. He also stated that a male Whip-poor-will had been 

 shot at Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor, on April 23, 1898. 



Mr. W. D. W. Miller exhibited a specimen of the Cave 



