ABSTRACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN/EAN SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW YORK, 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 10, 1908. 



This is the twentieth in the series of Abstracts pubHshed 

 by the Linnsean Society of New York, and, Uke the preceding 

 issues, is prepared mainly as a brief review of the work of the 

 Society during the year closing with the date above indicated. 

 Papers presented before the Society and published elsewhere are 

 mentioned with proper reference to the place of publication. 



March 26, 1907.— The President in the chair. Thirty-two 

 members and visitors present. 



The matter of sending a delegate to the Linnsean celebration 

 in Upsala, Sweden, having been laid upon the table at the last 

 meeting, was brought up again. It was found that it had been 

 impossible to secure anyone who could represent the Society, 

 and the Secretary was therefore instructed to forward the 

 regrets of the Society to the University of Upsala. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott spoke of a male European Chaffinch 

 {Fringilla coilehs) which has lately returned for the fifth con- 

 secutive season to a certain small area in Central Park, where 

 it is invariably to be found except in the winter. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop spoke of the marked and regular waves of 

 bird migration as observed by him at New Haven, Conn., last 

 fall. A notable movement of Red-breasted Nuthatches {Sitta 

 canadensis) occurred in September; in October came Pine 

 Siskins {Spinus pinus), followed by Red Crossbills and White- 

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