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original water-color drawings of birds by Mr. R. I. Brasher. 

 Mr. Brasher is undertaking the task of painting every known 

 bird of North America. So far he has completed about one 

 half, or 500, of the subjects. Of these he exhibited a selection 

 composed chiefly of water birds and Hummingbirds. They 

 are mostly life-size, and are executed with great detail and 

 accuracy. Mr. Brasher intends ultimately to pubhsh the plates 

 in illustration of a book on all the birds of North America. 



Mr. J. T. Nichols, who had just returned from abroad, told 

 something of the food fishes of Europe. He exhibited specimens 

 in alcohol, and compared them with closely related American 

 species. 



Mr. Ludlow Griscom reported seeing three Lesser Scaup 

 Ducks {Marila affinis) at Overpeck Creek, N. J., on June 8. 

 They were not cripples, but perfectly able to fly. He also 

 reported seeing an Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax trailli alnorum) 

 at Coytesville, N. J., on June 26, and a Horned Grebe (Colymbus 

 auritus) at Watch Hill, R. L, on September 26. He had observed 

 from a transatlantic steamer an unusual number of sea birds, 

 including a Tern 800 miles from land on June 28, and six 

 Fulmars {Fulmarus glacialis) in mid-ocean on September 15. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott outlined an ornithological trip made the 

 past summer in company with Messrs. P. B. Philipp and B. S. 

 Bowdish of the Linnsean Society. Sea-bird and Heron colonies 

 on the coasts of North and South Carolina were visited, as well 

 as the woods and lakes in the neighborhood of Havelock, N. C. 



October 26, 1909.— The President in the chair. Thirty-two 

 members and visitors present. 



In accordance with the motion passed at the last meeting, 

 the President appointed Messrs. Harper and Abbott as the 

 committee to attend to the matter of providing luncheon for 

 the delegates during the A. O. U. convention. 



Mr. J. A. Weber reported collecting a Cerulean Warbler 

 (Dendroica cerulea) at Pahsades Park, N. J., on September 25. 



Mr. Ludlow Griscom reported seeing a Stilt Sandpiper 

 (Micropalama himantopus) near Watson's Woods in the Bronx 

 on September 19. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop noted the following records from the neigh- 

 borhood of his home in New Haven, Conn. : 



