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Mr. Clinton G. Abbott contributed notes on his experiences in 

 Crow-baiting at College Point, Long Island, on March 20. In 

 company >^dth Mr. Francis Harper, he had set up a stuffed 

 Barred Owl {Strix varia) as a decoy in the meadows at College 

 Point, and had secured some unusual photographs of both 

 American and Fish Crowds (Corvus hrachyrhynchos and C. ossi- 

 fragus), which came to "mob" the Owl. ' 



Mr. J. T. Nichols then presented the paper of the evening, 

 w^hich was entitled "A Recent Cruise among the Florida Keys 

 and the Everglades." The speaker had returned but a short 

 time previously from a six weeks' collecting trip in this region 

 in behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. He 

 related some of his more interesting experiences on the trip, 

 and gave notes on the fauna in general, but spoke mth particular 

 reference to the large number of fishes collected. The paper 

 was illustrated with lantern slides of fishes and also of scenes 

 photographed on the trip. In addition, a number of specimens 

 of fishes were exhibited. 



April 12, 1910. — The President in the chair. Seventy-two 

 members and visitors present. 



Mr. Francis Harper reported the Pine Warbler {Dendroica 

 vigorsi) heard at Mastic, L. I., on April 3. 



Dr. Dwight reported that in a recent conversation with 

 members of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, the 

 general opinion had been expressed that the bird migration so 

 far this season had not kept pace "^dth the warm weather and 

 the early flowers. 



The paper of the evening was by Dr. Frank Overton, and was 

 entitled ''Glimpses of Long Island Bird Life." For a number 

 of years past Dr. Overton has been making a most interesting 

 collection of photographs of Long Island birds, animals, people, 

 flowers, scenery, and nature in general, and he illustrated his 

 talk with a large series of lantern shdes made from these photo- 

 graphs, together with a number of Lumiere autochrome plates. 

 He spoke in particular of the home life and nesting habits of 

 several familiar birds found in the vicinity of Patchogue, L. I., 

 and also of the waterfowl on Great South Bay. Of especial 

 note were two photographs of thousands of Scaup Ducks {Marila 



