Zoological Park. Since then he had had exceptional 

 opportunities for studying live snakes and he mentioned 

 many interesting facts concerning those now in the Park 

 collection, chiefly in regard to their food habits. He placed 

 on exhibition the following species, speaking briefly on each, 

 — a King Snake (Lampropeltis getulus) remarkable as being 

 immune to the poisons of other snakes; a Pine Snake 

 (Pituophis melanoleueus) which feeds on duck's eggs swal- 

 lowed entire and broken afterward by bending the body ; a 

 Corn Snake (Callopeltis guttatus), whose food consists prin- 

 cipally of gray rats; a Gopher Snake (Comprosoma corals) 

 which is omnivorous ; a Black-banded Rattlesnake ( Crotalus 

 horridus) from Biltmore, North Carolina; and a young Boa 

 Constrictor, one of a brood of sixty-four born at the Washing- 

 ton Zoological Garden, which feeds on trapped mice and 

 sparrows. 



April 10, 1900. — The President in the chair. Seven 

 members and five visitors present. 



The following resolutions upon the death of Mr. Geo. B. 

 Sennett were adopted : 



" Resolved, That this Society has learned, with deep regret, 

 of the death of Mr. Geo. B. Sennett, at Youngstown, Ohio, 

 on the 18th of March, 1900. From 1887 to 1889 Mr. 

 Sennett was President of this Society and for a number of 

 years, while he resided in this city, was one of its most earnest 

 supporters, contributing greatly to its scientific activity. He 

 was an enthusiastic ornithologist and his work on Texas birds, 

 both in the field and in museum, resulted in greatly advancing 

 our knowledge of the ornithology of that state. His genial 

 temperament, his conscientious devotion to duty and his keen 

 interest in the welfare of this Society render his loss one to 

 be deeply regretted, not only as that of a personal friend to 

 many of the members but as a loss to ornithology to which 

 he was fondly expecting to devote much of his time in future 

 years. 



