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The paper of the evening was by Mr. Gilbert H. Trafton, of 

 Passaic, N. J., and was entitled ''Bird Studies with a Camera.'^ 

 Mr. Trafton's work has been confined largely to familiar birds, 

 many photographs of which were exhibited by means of lantern 

 slides. Especially worthy of mention were the winter feeding 

 scenes, showing devices for attracting birds when snow covers 

 the ground, and the very evident success attained by their use. 



Discussion followed the paper. 



November 2^, 1908. — The President in the chair. Sixty- 

 three members and visitors present. 



Dr. Dwight gave an account of the recent A. 0. U. Congress 

 at Cambridge, Mass. 



The paper of the evening consisted of an illustrated lecture 

 by Mr. Wilham L. Finley, of Portland, Oregon, entitled ''A 

 Summer with the Birds about Lake Malheur, Eastern Oregon.'' 

 In company wdth Mr. H. T. Bohlmann, Mr. Finley traveled 

 by automobile to this remote lake, where they camped out for 

 weeks in an open boat or upon muskrat houses. In the mean- 

 time they secured some very remarkable photographs of such 

 wary birds as Grebes, Ibises, Herons, Ducks, Gulls, and White 

 Pelicans {Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) . Intimate studies of 

 these birds were shown upon the screen in great variety. 



December 8, 1908. — The Secretary in the chair. Seventeen 

 members and visitors present. 



Messrs. Gilbert H. Trafton and Thos. D. Keim were elected 

 resident members of the Society. 



The first paper of the evening was by Mr. B. S. Bowdish, an 

 official of the National Association of Audubon Societies, and 

 was entitled ''Ornithological Miscellany from Audubon War- 

 dens." [Published in The Auk, vol. xxvi, 1909, pp. 116-128.] 

 It consisted of excerpts from the wardens' reports, and gave a 

 good idea of the extent of the protective work being done by 

 the Audubon Societies. 



The second paper was by Mr. P. B. Philipp, and was entitled 

 ''A Contrast of Three Types of Atlantic-nesting Gulls." The 

 speaker described the cliff-nesting Kittiwake Gull {Rissa tri- 

 dactyla), the rock- and upland-nesting Herring Gull {Larus 

 argentoius), and the marsh-nesting Laughing Gull {Larus 

 atricilla), as he had met \\dth them on the North Atlantic sea- 



