ABSTRACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN^AN SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW YORK, 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH n, 1902. 



This is the fourteenth in the series of " Abstracts " pub- 

 lished by the Linnsean Society of New York, and, like the 

 preceding issues, is prepared mainly as a brief review of the 

 work of the Society during the year closing with the date 

 indicated above. Papers presented before the Society, but 

 published elsewhere are given by title only, with proper 

 reference to place of publication. 



March 26, 1901. — The President in the chair. Six mem- 

 bers and one visitor present. 



Owing to the small attendance, the announced paper, " A 

 Summer's Study in Nova Scotian Biology" by Mr. C. W. 

 Beebe was postponed. Mr. Beebe gave, however, a short 

 informal talk on the birds met with in Nova Scotia. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop gave the following records of birds taken 

 very late in the season in Connecticut ; White-throated Spar- 

 row (Zonotrichia albieollis) at Guilford, Dec. 19, 1900 ; Whi- 

 ter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) at Guilford, Jan. 4, 1901 ; 

 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) at New Haven, Jan. 26, 

 1901. 



