regular meeting of the Society in December, and as the second 

 regular meeting would naturally fall on the evening before 

 Christmas, a motion prevailed that the December meetings 

 of the Society fall on Tuesday, December 17, and on Monday, 

 December 30. 



Dr. Dwight presented the paper of the evening, which was 

 entitled "Further Notes on the Variation and Distribution of 

 the Genus J unco, ''^ and was somewhat in the nature of a con- 

 tinuation of a previous paper on the same subject. Much 

 additional light was, however, thrown upon the subject, and 

 with the aid of a map and an admirable series of skins, the 

 members gained a much clearer understanding as to the widely 

 varying forms of this interesting genus. 



November 26, 1907. — The President in the chair. Twenty- 

 nine members and visitors present. 



Mr. J. D. Figgins, of the American Museum staff, presented 

 the paper of the evening, which was entitled ''The Santee 

 Heronries of South Carolina, with Notes on Other Southern 

 Bird Colonies." Mr. Figgins accompanied Mr. Chapman on 

 his recent visit to the rookeries mentioned, for the purpose 

 of collecting material for new groups in the American Museum. 

 He exhibited an excellent series of lantern slides showing Herons 

 and Egrets (Herodias egretta), their young and eggs. 



The most encouraging feature of the paper was Mr. Figgins' 

 statement that the Santee colony is admirably protected, and 

 likely to exist for many years to come. 



Discussion followed the paper. 



December 17, 1907. — The President in the chair. Twenty- 

 one members and visitors present. 



Messrs. Ludlow Griscom and F. L. Van Tassell were elected 

 resident members of the Society. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. E. 0. Hovey, Secretary 

 of the New York Academy of Sciences, requesting the Linnsean 

 Society to propose speakers for public lectures to be held under 

 the auspices of the Academy. The matter was referred to the 

 standing committee on lectures. 



Dr. Dwight then gave an account of the Twenty-fifth Congress 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union recently held in Phila- 

 delphia. 



