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February IJf, 1905. — The President in the chair. Eight 

 members and three visitors present. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. J. de Lagerberg, pre- 

 senting to the Society a photograph of the home of Linnseus 

 in Hammarby, Sweden, with some pressed flowers picked at 

 that place. The Secretary was instructed to express to the 

 donor the thanks of the Society. 



The name of Mr. John T. Nichols was proposed by the Sec- 

 retary for active membership in the Society. 



Mr. Walter Granger presented a paper on ^^Fossil-collecting 

 in the Western Bad-Lands.'^ He described his experiences 

 in connection with various expeditions from the Museum of 

 Natural History and showed by lantern slides how the remains 

 of prehistoric animals are found, excavated and transported. 

 The subject was especially pertinent seeing that the Bronto- 

 saur skeleton had just been placed on exhibition in the Museum, 

 with the discovery and mounting of which Mr. Granger had 

 been closely identified. 



February 28, 1905. — The President in the chair. Twenty- 

 eight members and visitors present. 



Mr. John T. Nichols was elected a resident member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. S. H. Chubb reported the abundance of the Tufted 

 Titmouse {BoBolophus bicolor) on Staten Island, and spoke of 

 its habit of storing superfluous food in crannies like the Chick- 

 adee. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott reported seeing 18 species of birds at 

 Rockaway Beach on February 22, among them Canada Goose 

 (Branta canadensis), Bonaparte's Gull (Larus Philadelphia) 

 and Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps). Also a dead 

 Red-legged Black Duck {Anas obscura ruhripes), probably 

 killed by a Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum). He also 

 reported seeing a Long-eared Owl (Asio wilsonianus) in Cen- 

 tral Park on February 19, and a Rough-legged Hawk (Archi- 

 buteo lagopus sancti-johannis) at the Overpeck Creek, near 



