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thousand individuals. He also described a roost of Chimney 

 Swifts {Chwtura pelagica) in the chimney of a church at 153rd 

 Street. He had observed that the hour at which the birds 

 came forth and retired was influenced largely by the weather. 



Dr. Dwight gave some account of the experiences of the 

 delegates to the Fourth International Ornithological Congress 

 held in London, England, in June, 1905. 



Dr. Perry spoke of Texas bird-life, and Mr. Abbott recorded 

 the continued presence of the Bartramian Sandpiper (Bar- 

 tramia longicauda) as a nesting species at Montauk Point, 

 L. I., where he had found it during the past summer. 



October 24, 1905. — The President in the chair. Forty 

 members and visitors present. 



Mr. and Mr. Browne H. Lewis and Dr. Elton Perry were 

 elected to resident membership. 



Mr. B. S. Bowdish, Secretary of the West Side Natural 

 History Society, reported that that Society had courteously 

 arranged its meetings to fall in alternate weeks with those of 

 the Linnsean Society, instead of in the same week as heretofore. 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher, President of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, extended a cordial invitation to all present 

 to attend the exercises of the Audubon Societies^ Convention 

 in the Museum on October 31. 



Dr. Robert T. Morris told of a canoe trip he had made during 

 the past summer to the southwest part of Hudson's Bay, Can- 

 ada. Here an eight foot fall in the tide exposes miles of clay 

 flats and attracts innumerable Limicolse, thousands of which 

 breed along the shores. At the time of his visit, however, 

 (August 1) all young had hatched, so no nests were actually 

 found. 



Dr. E. B. Southwick presented the paper of the evening, 

 entitled ^'Some Winter Tales." A large series of lantern 

 slides was shown, illustrating landscapes and animal life and 

 the effect upon them of the season of frost and snow. 



November 28, 1905.— The President in the chair. Thirty- 

 nine members and visitors present. 



