dougalli) and Laughing Gulls (Larus atricilla) on Muskeget 

 Island, Mass., the Terns {Sterna hirundo) on Ram Island, N. Y.,. 

 the Sandpipers {Actitis macularia), Piping Plovers {Mgialitis- 

 meloda) , Night Herons {Nydicorax nycticorax ncevius) , and other 

 birds at Montauk Point, N. Y., the Fish Hawks {Pandion 

 haliaetus carolinensis) on Gardiner's Island, N. Y., and the 

 Skimmers (Rynchops nigra), Terns {Sterna hirundo, S. forsteri, 

 and Gelochelidon nilotica), and Laughing Gulls {Larus atricilla) 

 on Cobb's Island, Va. 



The speaker described his experiences in each of the colonies, 

 and illustrated his remarks with lantern slides showing the 

 adults, nests, and young of the various birds described, and 

 also a few topographical views. 



April 23, 1907. — The Secretary in the chair. Twenty-two- 

 members and visitors present. 



Dr. H. F. Merriam was elected a resident member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. H. H. Hann reported finding on April 20 at Goshen,. 

 N. Y., a Red-shouldered Hawk's {Buteo lineatus) nest,, from 

 w^hich the bird was not disturbed, and a Red-tailed Hawk's 

 {Buteo horealis) nest containing two eggs. On April 21, at the 

 same place, he found a Great Horned Owl's {Buho virginianus) 

 nest containing one young bird about a month old. 



Mr. J. P. Callender said that he had found at Summit, N. J., 

 on April 21, a Red-shouldered Hawk's nest with three eggs, in 

 a tree quite apart from any woods. On the same day he found 

 a Sparrow Hawk's {Falco sparverius) nest, containing five eggs^ 

 in a hole in the side of an ice-house. The same cavity he knew 

 to have been occupied for three years. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott spoke of finding a dead Woodcock {Philohelai 

 minor), apparently an incubating female, in Van Cortlandt 

 Park on April 21. It had apparently been killed by striking 

 a wire fence while in flight. In a swampy part of the woods 

 in Van Cortlandt Park he also saw several Night Herons 

 {Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius) and what appeared to be the 

 beginnings of their nests. 



The paper of the evening was by Mr. J. P. Callender, and 

 was entitled ''A Trip to Bird Rock and the Magdalen Islands." 



