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Mr. Arthur Goadby spoke of a measure which had recently 

 passed the New York Legislature, providing for the exemption 

 from taxation of forested lands in the Adirondack region. This 

 law will naturally have the effect of increasing the forested area. 



Mr. Dutcher spoke of the gains made by the New York 

 Audubon Society during the past legislative season. One im- 

 portant law, which had just gone into, effect, provided for a 

 resident hunter's license. Another provided an indefinite close 

 season for the Wood Duck {Aix sponsa), New York being the 

 third state to take such action. He remarked further that the 

 New York Game Bird Law had, in substance, just been intro- 

 duced into the British Parliament by Lord Avebury. Mr. 

 Dutcher also mentioned the recent seizure in Jersey City of 

 18,000 Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), which had been illegally 

 imported. In this connection he quoted Mr. Richard Kearton 

 as saying that, largely on account of persistent egging, there 

 were in England at present perhaps only ten per cent, of the 

 number of Lapwings to be found twenty years ago. 



Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., then presented the paper of the 

 evening, entitled ^'Remarks on Some New Races of North 

 American Birds." He discussed some of the changes recently 

 accepted by the A. 0. U. Committee on Classification and 

 Nomenclature of North American Birds, illustrating his remarks 

 with skins of a number of the new forms. 



The paper was discussed by Messrs. Chapman and Dutcher. 



May 26, 1908. — The President in the chair. Sixteen members 

 and visitors present. 



Mr. Herbert Lang was. elected a resident member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. P. B. Philipp recorded finding the following nests at 

 Summit, N. J., on May 24: Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora 

 pinus) (4 eggs). Hairy Woodpecker {Dryohates villosus) (young), 

 Downy Woodpecker {Dryohates puhescens) — two nests (3 fresh 

 eggs; 5 well-incubated eggs). 



The paper of the evening was entitled ''Notes Made on Birds 

 in Florida, 1908," by Messrs. P. B. Philipp and T. F. Wilcox. 

 The latter described their experiences in the interior near 

 Mohawk, Lake County, from March 30 to April 6, and the 



