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May 24, 1910. — The President in the chair. One hundred 

 and sixteen members and visitors present. 



At the suggestion of the President, the motion was made, 

 seconded, and unanimously carried, that the Society present to 

 Mr. Abbott several early volumes of The Auk, now in its library, 

 as a token of its appreciation of his faithful and efficient service 

 as Secretary. 



Mr. Geo, E. Hix recorded three Hudsonian Curlews {Nume- 

 nius hudsonicus) seen at Rockaway Beach, L. I., on May 11. 

 Mr. Ludlow Griscom recorded a flock of 13 individuals of the 

 same species observed at Long Beach, L. L, on both May 13 

 and May 21. 



Mr. J. A. Weber spoke of a trip taken by himself and Mr. 

 Francis Harper to the marshes and the beach near Freeport, 

 L. I., on May 21 and 22. On the second day nine species of 

 Shore Birds were collected or observed, as given below with their 

 approximate numbers: 



White-rumped Sandpiper (Pisohia fuscicollis) , 6. 



Least Sandpiper {Pisohia minutilla) , 1 ^ ono 



Semipalmated Sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus), J ' 



Sanderling {Calidris leucophcea), 10. 



Greater Yellow-legs {Totanus melanoleucus) , 2. 



Spotted Sandpiper {Actitis macularia) , 15. 



Black-bellied Plover {Squatarola squatarola), 175. 



Ring-neck {Mgialitis semipalmata) , 75. 



Ruddy Turnstone {Arenaria interpres morinella), 10. 



Dr. Dwight and several other members spoke of the present 

 migration season, the unusual lateness of which had been re- 

 marked upon at several previous meetings, and had been notice- 

 able up to the time of this meeting. 



Mr. James L. Clark presented the paper of the evening, which 

 was entitled ''Snapshots from British East Africa." Mr. Clark 

 set out for Africa in December, 1908, and had only recently 

 returned from his trip. For some five months he was with 

 Mr. A. R. Dugmore and assisted him in securing the photographs 

 of big game which have now been published in Mr. Dugmore's 

 book, "Camera Adventures in the African Wilds." Later he 

 was associated for a time with Mr. Cherrie Kearton, of England, 



