Conn., as being remarkable for the great numbers of birds 

 passing. At one epoch a strong north wind had retarded the 

 movement. He reported the capture of Lincoln's Sparrow 

 (Melospiza lincolnii) on May 18, 1900. His experience had 

 led him to conclude that some two hundred and fifty pairs of 

 the Blue-winged Warbler (Helminthophila pinus) had bred in 

 the spring of 1900 near New Haven. He exhibited a speci- 

 men of Lawrence's Warbler (H. lawrencei) taken in the spring 

 which is probably unique as showing, in very marked degree, 

 the characters of both H. pinus and H. chrysoptera. His 

 remarks on the fall migration at New Haven were interesting ; 

 the hawks, it seems, fly due west; of the smaller birds, 

 Robins, thrushes and Flickers fly northwest and the spar- 

 rows, warblers, etc., due north. 



November 13,1900. — The regular meeting was omitted 

 owing to the absence of many members at the Eighteenth 

 Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



November 27, 1900. — The President in the chair. Seven 

 members and seventeen visitors present. 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher read a paper entitled " With the Sea- 

 birds on the Maine Coast," illustrated with lantern slides. 

 The paper gave many facts concerning bird protection, mainly 

 those connected with the expenditures of the Thayer Fund 

 for the protection of gulls. Excellent lantern slides of coast 

 scenery and sea-bird life were shown. 



December 11, 1900. — The President in the chair. Six 

 members and four visitors present. 



Mr. W. S. Wallace was elected a Resident Member of the 

 Society. 



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

 Sequence of Moults and Plumages of the Laridce (Gulls and 

 Terns)." [Published in Auk, Vol. XVIII, 1901, pp. 49-63.] 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher spoke of the extremely early stage at 

 which young Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) are able to fly. 



