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of Phalaropes, appearing like a line of foam on the ocean, 

 as, in rising, they exposed their white underparts. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop spoke of an adult female Buff-breasted 

 Sandpiper {Tryngites subraficollis), taken on Cape Cod, 

 Mass., on August 16, 1898. 



Mr. Dutcher reported that on August 28, 1898, he re- 

 ceived a box of two hundred and ninety-one birds, killed 

 by striking Fire Island light-house. Thirty species were 

 represented, including five Worm-eating Warblers (//<•/- 

 mitherus vermivorus) and one Hooded Warbler {Wilsotiia 

 mi t rat a). 



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

 ance to the Local Collection of Bird-skins in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, ten skins of the Red Phalarope 

 (Crymophihis fiilicarhis), and one skin of the Little Blue 

 Heron (Ardea coerulea), and also one skin of an albino 

 Meadow Mouse (Microtus riparia). 



The Secretary read a communication from Mr. John H 

 Sage, of Portland, Conn., giving notes on the spring migra- 

 tion, the great wave having' occurred on May 18, 1898 

 Sixty-five species were identified by him on that day, nine- 

 teen species being warblers. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman had observed Lincoln's Finch (Melos- 

 piza lincolni) at Englewood, N. J., on September 10, 1898, 

 and a Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) at Leonia, 

 N. J., on September 27, 1898. Other records for the latter 

 bird were : Ontario, June, I898, by Mr. Dutcher ; Plainfield, 

 N. J., in August and December, by Mr. W. D. W. Miller; 

 and New Haven, Conn., by Dr. L. B. Bishop. Lincoln's 

 Finch was reported as not rare at Millers Place, N. Y., by 

 Dr. W. C. Braislin. 



October 25, 1898. — The President in the chair. Nine 

 members and thirty-two visitors present. 



Mr. W. L. Sherwood and Mr. H. L. Utter were elected 

 Resident Members of the Society. 



The Chairman of the Lecture Committee reported the 

 following dates and lectures for the sixth annual course : 



