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bird life — particularly that of the three lakes in the region, 

 Lake Elhs, Great Lake, and Little Lake. On Great Lake there 

 is a most interesting colony of tree-nesting Cormorants {Phala- 

 crocorax auritus floridanus) . 



February 8, 1910. — The Secretary in the chair. Thirty-threp 

 members and visitors present. 



Mr. H. H. Cleaves was elected a resident member of the 

 Society. 



The paper of the evening was by Mr. P. B. Philipp, and was 

 entitled "The Sea-bird Colonies of PamUco Sound." [Pub~ 

 lished on pp. 79 ff. of this Abstract.] This was the third and 

 last paper of the series describing the previous summer vacation 

 of three Linnsean Society members. The part of the trip de~ 

 scribed by Mr. Philipp covered Core and Pamlico Sounds from 

 Beaufort, N. C, to Cape Hatteras. A number of populous and 

 well-protected sea-bird colonies, situated on low sandy islands 

 in the sound, were described. The camera had been used with 

 good effect, as was evidenced by a large series of excellent 

 lantern slides, showing Royal Terns {Sterna maxima), Cabot's 

 Terns {Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida), Common Terns {Sterna 

 hirundo), Least Terns {Sterna antillarum), Skimmers {Rynchops 

 nigra), Laughing Gulls {Larus atricilla), and their eggs and 

 young. 



February 23, 1910. — The President in the chair. Thirteen 

 members and visitors present. 



There was some discussion of the present status of the Pas^ 

 senger Pigeon {Ectopistes migratorius) , suggested by the rewards 

 recently offered publicly for the discovery of an undisturbed 

 nest of this species. 



Dr. L. B. Bishop said that he saw a Mockingbird {Mimus poly- 

 glottos) in Central Park on October 30, 1909, and asked if these 

 birds were often seen there. Mr. Abbott recalled having once 

 observed one in the Park, but said that the possibility of such 

 birds having escaped from captivity always rendered the 

 records of uncertain value. 



Dr. Bishop recorded the following additions to his collection 

 since his last visit to the Linnsean Society: 



Bald Eagle {Haliceetus leucocephalus) , taken at WiUimantic, 

 Conn., October 27, 1909. 



