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Greater and Lesser Black-backed, Herring, and Common Gulls 

 (Larus ridihundus, L. marinus, L. fuscus, L. argentatus, and L. 

 canus), Arctic and Little Terns {Sterna paradisoea and S. minuta), 

 Dunlins {Pelidna alpina), Phalaropes, etc. 



January I4, 1908. — The President in the chair. Thirty-two 

 members and visitors present. 



The paper of the evening, by Mr. Clinton G. Abbott, was 

 entitled ''British Bird Notes." The speaker illustrated the 

 paper with about one hundred lantern slides. 



January 28, 1908. — The President in the chair. Thirty-eight 

 members and visitors present. 



Mr. Chapman moved that the President appoint a committee 

 of two to draft resolutions on behalf of the Linnsean Society, 

 relative to the death of Mr. Morris K. Jesup. The President 

 appointed Messrs. Chapman and Abbott to act as the com- 

 mittee. 



The paper of the evening was entitled "Bird's-nesting in the 

 Magdalens and on Seal Island," by Messrs. P. B. Philipp and 

 T. F. Wilcox. [PubHshed on pp. 57 ff. of this Abstract] 

 Mr. Philipp described their experiences of the previous summer 

 in the Magdalen Islands proper, while Mr. Wilcox confined 

 himself to Bird Rock and Seal Island — the latter being a much 

 favored nesting resort for Herring Gulls, off the coast of Nova 

 Scotia. The speakers had evidently been most fortunate, both 

 in the number and variety of nests found, and in the photographs 

 obtained during their brief trip. The latter were exhibited in 

 the form of excellent lantern slides. One picture showed the 

 nest and eggs of the Semipalmated Sandpiper {Ereunetes 

 pusillus) — perhaps the first that have been photographed. 



Discussion followed the paper. 



February 11, 1908. — The regular Linnsean Society meeting 

 took the form of attendance at a lecture by Mr. Clinton G. 

 Abbott on "The Highlands and Islands of Scotland." The 

 lecture was delivered under the auspices of the Board of Educa- 

 tion of New York City in the large auditorium of the Museum. 



After the lecture there was an informal meeting of the mem- 

 bers of the Society, at which it was agreed to omit the reading 

 of the minutes of the previous meeting, and the following resolu- 



