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(Protonotaria citrea) observed in Central Park on May 3. He 

 also stated that Prof. C. C. Trowbridge, of Columbia University, 

 had collected this spring a set of Duck Hawk's {Falco peregrinus 

 anatum) eggs on the Palisades of the Hudson near Englewood, 

 N.J. 



Mr. A. H. Helme remarked on the irregular migration of the 

 present season. He said he beheved that cold waves during 

 migration, following periods of warm weather, were one of the 

 main causes of decrease in bird life. He reported the arrival 

 of the Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) at Miller Place, L. I., 

 on April 28. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman recorded some of his observations on a 

 recent trip to Florida. He found very few migrants in the Cape 

 Sable region, but at Gainesville they were common, having 

 apparently passed over the coast region and landed in the 

 interior. At Gainesville, on April 7, he collected a female 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo {Coccyzus americanus) that was about to 

 lay, although it had undoubtedly arrived only a very few days 

 before, thus furnishing additional evidence that the first 

 migrants to arrive in a given region are the breeders. 



Mr. Helme corroborated Mr. Chapman's observations on lack 

 of migrants on the Florida Keys. He also reported that Robins 

 {Planesticus migratorius) had wintered in very large numbers in 

 Florida, and that, as usual, a great slaughter among them had 

 been carried on. He stated that the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus 

 ocddentalis) is an abundant winter resident on the West Coast 

 of Florida, but does not breed till May. 



Mr. P. B. Philipp reported that this year he had found a few 

 fresh eggs of the Brown Pelican on the West Coast as early as 

 April 21. 



Mr. Chapman then mentioned the curious difference in the 

 nesting habits of these birds on the East Coast of Florida, which 

 usually begin to breed in November, and last year began even in 

 the first week of October. He said that on April 17 there were 

 300 nests of a second brood on Pelican Island. 



Mr. Wm. Dutcher reported seeing three Herring Gulls {Larus 

 argentatus) on the North River on May 10, an unusually late 

 date for their presence in the harbor. 



