May 13, 1902, May 27, 1902, and October 14, 1902.— No 

 quorum present. Mr. Thomas Steele of Sydney, N. S. W., 

 Avas present as a visitor on October 14th. 



October 28, 1902.— The President in the chair. Ten 

 members and thirty-five visitors present. 



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

 Camera during the Season of 1902," illustrated b}^ lantern 

 slides. Among the most interesting were those of the Black 

 Skimmer QRyncliops nigra^ and of Terns in flight taken on 

 the coast of Virginia, and others of the Bahama Islands 

 showing the last year's nests of a colony of the Flamingo 

 (^Phmiiicopterus ruber~). 



November 11, 1902. — No quorum present. 



January 13, 1903. — The President in the chair. Five 

 members present. 



Miss Julia G. MacNutt and Miss Sarah J. MacNutt were 

 elected Resident Members of the Society. 



Mr. B. S. Bowdish was proposed by Dr. D wight for resi- 

 dent membership. 



January 27, 1903. — The President in the chair. Eight 

 members and twelve visitors present. 



Mr. B. S. Bowdish was elected a Resident Member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. C. W. Beebe presented the first paper of the evening 

 entitled " Some Notes on the Psychology of Birds." [Pub- 

 lished in full, at the end of this Abstract.] 



Commenting on Mr. Beebe's paper. Dr. Bishop spoke of 

 Great Horned Owls, near New Haven, Conn., which on two 

 occasions destroyed their nests a,fter they had been discovered, 

 keeping their young meanwhile m the crotch of the tree form- 

 erly occupied by the nest. 



Mr. Dutcher had observed that Herring Gulls displayed 

 much more maternal feeling toward the end of incubation 

 than at the beginning. The Clapper Rail also exhibited this 

 trait, he said. 



