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Hawks {Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) , were observed by Mr. 

 Chapin on Staten Island last season alone. In addition, he 

 told many interesting anecdotes in connection with the birds, 

 and exhibited an admirable series of photographs, mostly taken 

 by Mr. H. H. Cleaves, his companion in the field. 



The second paper of the evening was by Mr. W. DeW. Miller, 

 and was entitled ''Notes on the Feeding Habits of Birds of Prey, 

 with Results of Some Examinations of Owl Pellets." Mr. Miller 

 is practically a pioneer in making a study of the food of Owls 

 by dissecting the regurgitated pellets, and the results of his 

 work so far give ample evidence of its great economic possi- 

 bilities. He showed by means of charts the contents of the 

 pellets he had examined, as well as the variation in the food 

 of several species of Owls. He also displayed skins of the 

 various small mammals commonly devoured, and a mounted 

 set of the birds themselves. 



February 9, 1909. — The Secretary in the chair. Fifty-nine 

 members and visitors present. 



The first paper of the evening was entitled ''Notes from a 

 Trip around the Horn and to the West Coast of South America," 

 by Mr. W. B. Symmes. The speaker called attention to the 

 fact that part of the title should have read "through the Strait 

 of Magellan" instead of "around the Horn." The lantern 

 slides illustrating the paper included scenes from both the wild 

 and the civilized portions of the regions traversed. Mr. Symmes 

 described some remains of the Inca civilization which he had 

 observed on several inland trips, and also told something of the 

 animal life of the region — the llamas, the alpacas, the guanacos, 

 and the bird inhabitants of the guano rocks. 



The second paper was by Mr. J. P. Howe, and was entitled 

 "Hunting Big Game in Cassiar, British Columbia." Mr. Howe 

 told of his experiences in hunting Stone's Sheep {Ovis stonei), 

 Moose {Alee gigas), Caribou (Rangifer oshorni), Rocky Moun- 

 tain Goats {Oreamnus montanus columhianus) , and Grizzly 

 Bears {Ursus horrihilis) in this remote and wild region, and 

 showed lantern slides of the game, both live and dead, and of 

 the grand mountain scenery. The trip ended with the capture 

 of a live Goat which was attempting to swim across a river, but 

 which died in transportation to the Bronx Zoo. 



