Specimens of the following species were exhibited and 

 discussed, viz. : Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica maculosa), 

 Cerulean Warbler (D. ccerulea), Chestnut-sided Warbler 

 D. pennsylvanica), Bay-breasted Warbler (D. castanea), 

 Black-poll Warbler (D. striata), Blackburnian Warbler (D. 

 blackburnice), Yellow- throated Warbler (D. dominica), 

 Grace's Warbler (D. gracice), Black-throated Gray Warb- 

 ler (D. nigrescens), Golden-cheeked Warbler (D. chryso- 

 paria), Black-throated Green Warbler {D. virens), Towns- 

 end's Warbler (D. townsendi), and Hermit Warbler (D. 

 occidentalis). The published records of those occurring 

 near New York City, as compiled by the Local Fauna Com- 

 mittee of the Society, were read. 



May 9, 1899. — No quorum present. 



May 23, 1899. — The President in the chair. Five mem- 

 bers and one visitor present. 



Mr. L. S. Foster presented a paper entitled " Remarks 

 on the Derivation of Some Names Used in Zoology." It 

 was preliminary in character, but pointed out some peculi- 

 arities in our present nomenclature. 



The Warblers exhibited and discussed were Kirtland's 

 Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandi), Pine Warbler (D. vigor sii), 

 Palm Warbler (D. palmar um), Yellow Palm Warbler (D. 

 p. hypochrysea), Prairie Warbler (D. discolor), and the 

 Water-Thrushes {Genus Seiurus). 



Dr. J. Dwight, Jr., presented a paper entitled " Remarks 

 upon Some of the April Birds of Georgia." During a re- 

 cent visit to Thomasville, Georgia, extending from April 

 5 to 22, 1899, he had observed about seventy species of 

 birds. The country near Thomasville is rolling and cov- 

 ered with pine forests. There are numerous small streams, 

 but the region is a dry one with very few swamps. The 

 unprecedented cold weather of the middle of February, 

 with frost as far south as Miami, Florida, had stripped off 

 all the foliage that ordinarily remains green during the 

 winter, and in consequence new leaves were everywhere 

 • sprouting in unusual abundance. The common species of 



