• Mallard which had acquired many of the characteristics of the 

 male plumage. The bird was said to have been sixteen years 

 old, and was still entirely healthy and fertile. He also exhibited 

 the skin of a male Buffle-head (Charitonetta alheola) whose 

 tongue had become caught in a rent in the bill, causing the 

 bird to starve to death. 



Mr. William Dutcher then spoke of the ''Work of the Na- 

 tional Committee on Bird Protection." His remarks were 

 illustrated by lantern slides. 



May 10, 1904- — The President in the chair. Eight members 

 and eight visitors present. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. H. C. Bumpus, Direc- 

 tor of the American Museum, thanking the Society on behalf 

 of the Museum for its gift of the L. S. Foster collection of 

 birds. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott presented the first paper of the evening 

 entitled "Birds observed on Columbia University Campus." 

 The list comprised forty-five species of common birds ob- 

 served by the speaker during four years of academic work. 



The paper was followed by remarks from several members 

 on the subject of seeing birds in crowded sections of the city. 

 Mr. Dutcher spoke of seeing Woodcock {Philohela minor) 

 and INIeadowlarks {Sturnella magna) from his house in Man- 

 hattan Avenue and Dr. Dwight recorded seeing a Woodcock at 

 Fifth Avenue and 40th St., also a Quail (Colinus virginianus) 

 and several of the small migrants in City Hall Park. He also 

 mentioned the fact that a Woodcock had been seen this spring 

 in front of the American Museum of Natural Historv^ Mr. 

 Bowdish told of seeing a Woodcock (Philohela minor) in Trinity 

 Churchyard. 



Mr. Dutcher exhibited an especially fine pair of Ivory-billed 

 Woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis) recently secured from 

 Florida. 



Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., presented the second paper of 

 the evening entiled, ''Some New York Birds and their Plum- 



