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Carolina." [Published in Auk, Vol. XVIII, 1901, pp. 260- 

 268.] 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher reported a Summer Tanager (Piranga 

 rubra) taken in Long Island in April, 1901. 



Dr. Bishop had found in New Haven, Conn., a nest con- 

 taining three eggs of the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo 

 lineatus) and one egg of the Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulosum). 



May 14, 1901. — The Vice-President in the chair. Five 

 members and five visitors present. 



Mr. J. D. Figgins presented " Some Food Birds of the 

 Eskimos of Northwestern Greenland." [Published in full 

 at p. 61 this Abstract.] 



Mr. W. S. Wallace presented a paper entitled " Notes on 

 the Snakes of Rockland County, N. Y." His list comprised 

 fifteen species, included in fourteen genera. A notable 

 record was that of the capture of two Brown Snakes 

 (Storeria dekayi) on May 11, 1901, one of them being 

 exhibited. The Rattlesnake QCrotalus horridus) he considers 

 rather uncommon along the West Shore R. R., and New 

 Jersey and New York R. R., but the Copperhead (Agkistro- 

 don eontortrix) is still abundant. 



May 28, 1901. The Vice-President in the chair. Eight 

 members and twenty visitors present. 



Mr. Frank M. Chapman presented "Methods in Bird 

 Photography with an Exhibition of Apparatus and Lantern 

 Slides." After describing several cameras and their con- 

 struction and manipulation he spoke at length of lenses, tri- 

 pods, shutters, exposures and telephoto work. A novel 

 method of making a bird take his own picture when alighting 

 was shown. This was accomplished by a moving twig, 

 a system of falling weights, and an electric battery acting 

 upon the shutter. Several braces to steady the front of the 

 camera, especially in telephoto work, were shown. 



After the exhibition, by Mr. Chapman, of some thirty lan- 

 tern slides illustrating the homes and haunts of birds, Mr. 



