May 22, 1900. — The President in the chair. Six members 

 and twelve visitors present. 



Miss E. G. Foster read a paper entitled "The Birds of 

 Tennyson's Poems." She said that there were mentioned in 

 Tennyson's works sixty-three species of which she had identi- 

 fied fifty-one. These were enumerated and several quotations 

 referring to birds were read. 



Mr. Geo. K. Cherrie presented " Notes on Bird Life along 

 the Orinoco River." Arriving at the mouth of the river in 

 September, 1897, Mr. Cherrie spent eighteen months in col- 

 lecting birds and studying bird life at various points between 

 the mouth and head waters. The following species of North 

 American birds were observed there as winter visitors, Greater 

 Yellow-legs (Totanus melanoleucus), Yellow-legs (Totanus 

 flavipes), Solitary Sandpiper (Totanus solitarius), Whip-poor- 

 will (Antrostomus vociferus), Nighthawk (Chordeiles virgin- 

 ianus), Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus), 

 Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia hypogcea), American 

 Redstart {Setopliaga ruticilla), Black-poll Warbler (Dendroica 

 striata), Yellow Warbler (Dendroica ozstiva) and Summer 

 Tanager (Piranga rubra). 



October 9, 1900. — The President in the chair. Eight mem- 

 bers and thirty-two visitors present. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman presented "Bird Studies with a 

 Camera." Illustrated by lantern slides. 



October 23, 1900. — The President in the chair. Seven 

 members and six visitors present. 



Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., presented a paper entitled " The 

 Moult of the North American Shore Birds (Limicolai)^ 

 [Published in Auk, Vol. XVII, 1900, pp. 368-385.] 



Dr. L. B. Bishop gave some of his experiences with the 

 Limicolos in the West and showed that the Killdeer (^gialitis 

 vocifera) began to moult on its breeding ground as shown by 

 the condition of the primaries of a specimen exhibited. He 

 also spoke of the spring migration of 1900 at New Haven, 



