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Under observations, Mr. C. G. Abbott reported seeing in 

 Central Park on INIarch 5 a flock of Sno\v Buntings (Passer itia 

 nivalis), which remained there for several days. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop reported the taking of a Short-eared Owl 

 (Asio accipitrinus) at New Haven, Conn., in the middle of 

 February. He also recorded the capture at D anbury, Conn., 

 of a Holboell's Grebe {Colymhus holhcelli), which had its bill 

 incased in a solid ball of ice and was starving to death. The 

 bird lived for a few days in captivity and then died. 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher described a recent trip he had made to 

 the South, including a visit to Pelican Island on Feb. 5, 6 and 7, 

 where everything was found to be in a prosperous condition. 

 He was successful in prosecuting a man who was shooting 

 Ivory-billed Woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis). Pileated 

 Woodpeckers (Ceophloeus pileatus) he found to be common. 

 He remarked on enormous flocks of Robins (Merula migratoria) 

 seen and stated that of the many gulls observed on the sea 

 coast a large proportion were immature Herring Gulls (Larus 

 argentatus). In his opinion the younger birds travel further 

 south in the winter than the adults, which accounts for their 

 comparative scarcity in the latitude of New York. 



Mr. Dutcher also exhibited to the Society a number of inter- 

 esting relics collected by him from an Indian shell-heap at 

 Sebastian, Fla. 



Dr. Louis B. Bishop presented two papers to the Society. 

 The first was entitled ''The Direction of Flight in the Fall 

 Migration at New Haven." (Published Auk, xxii, 1905, pp. 

 372-378.) The second was entitled ''Notes from Connecticut, '' 

 and consisted of extracts from the complete list which Dr. 

 Bishop is preparing of the birds of Connecticut. A number 

 of the more unusual species were discussed. Of especial 

 interest was the fact that Passenger Pigeons (Ectopistes migra- 

 torius) have been observed in Connecticut as recently as 1902. 



At the close of Dr. Bishop's papers. Dr. Dwight exhibited 

 to the Society a collection of original bird and animal sketches 

 by Allan Brooks. 



