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JPassaic, N. J., telling of some of the preparations being made in 

 Sweden to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the 

 birth of Linnaeus, which occurs on May 23, 1907. It was 

 agreed that the Society should observe the occasion in a suit- 

 able manner. 



Mr. H. H. Hann then presented a paper entitled "Some 

 Interesting ]\Iarsh Birds found nesting in the Hackensack 

 Meadows during the Summer of 1906." The paper included 

 records of nests of Pied-billed Grebe (P odilyrabus podiceps) 

 and Florida Gallinule {Gallinula galeata) found within seven 

 miles of New York City Hall, also of American Coot (Fulica 

 americana) being seen in the same place in June, though no 

 nest w^as found. 



December 25, 1906. — Christmas Day; meeting omitted. 



January 8, 1907. — The President in the chair. Forty- 

 seven members and visitors present. 



The names of Messrs. H. H. Hann and J. P. Callender, of 

 Summit, N. J., Mr. J. de Lagerberg of Passaic, N. J., and 

 Dr. E. A. Chapman of New York City were proposed by the 

 Secretary for resident membership. 



Mr. R. L. Ditmars presented a paper entitled, ''Some In- 

 teresting Snakes.'' It was illustrated both by lantern slides 

 and by a number of living snakes which the speaker brought 

 with him from the reptile house in the New York Zoological 

 Park. 



January 22, 1907. — - The President in the chair. Seventeen 

 members and visitors present. 



Messrs. H. H. Hann, J. P. Callender, J. de Lagerberg, and 

 Dr. E. A. Chapman were elected resident members of the 

 Society. 



Mr. J. A. Weber reported securing from Washington Mar- 

 ket, on January 22, two Razor-billed Auks {Alca torda), quite 

 freshly killed, which were said to have been sent from Long 

 Island. 



Mr. H. H. Hann reported seeing a Myrtle Warbler {Den- 

 droica coronata) in Summit, N. J., on December 30, 1906, and 



