ABSTRACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN^AN SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW YORK, 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 14, 1905. 



This is the seventeenth in the series of '' Abstracts" pub- 

 lished by the Linnsean Society of New York, and, Hke the pre- 

 ceding 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. 



April 12, 1904- The President in the chair. Eight members 

 and fourteen visitors present. 



The Auditing Committee reported that the Treasurer's 

 accounts had been examined and found correct. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop read a paper entitled "Further Notes 

 on the Winter Birds of Pea Island, North Carolina." The 

 paper dealt with a visit made by Dr. Bishop to Pea Island 

 from Jan. 13 to Jan. 25, 1904, and supplemented a previous 

 account presented by Dr. Bishop to the Linnsean Society on 

 April 23, 1901, of a visit made in the winter of that year. In 

 1904 Dr. Bishop observed 52 species on the island and main- 

 land immediately adjoining, as against 42 in 1901. 



Dr. Bishop showed the Society the skin of a female domestic 



