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•localities distributed throughout the basin, and of various forms 

 of animal life which are characteristic of each. These localities 

 are as follows: (1) the Canadian Rockies from Banff to Glacier, 

 B. C, near the headwaters of the Columbia; (2) Crab Creek, 

 Wash., in an arid part of the country between the Snake and 

 Columbia Rivers; (3) Ontario, Oregon, with a salmon hatchery 

 and racks near the mouth of the Snake River; (4) The Dalles, 

 Oregon; (5) the Hood River valley and mountains; (6) the Cas- 

 cades of the Columbia; (7) the mouth of the Columbia; and (8) 

 the beach near the river's mouth. The paper was illustrated 

 with lantern slides, including photographs of the Rock Squirrel 

 {Callospermophilus), Me^Tmot {Marmota pruinosa), Little Chief 

 Hare (Ochotona princeps), Lamprey Eels {Entosphenus triden- 

 tatus)y Salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) , and Western Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper {Ereunetes mmiri) . 



November 22, 1910.— The President in the chair. Thirty- 

 three members and visitors present. 



Mr. B. S. Bowdish reported seeing a Brown Thrasher {Toxo- 

 stoma rufum) at Palisades Park, N. J., on November 8. 



Mr. Geo. E. Hix recorded a male Chewink {Pipilo erythroph- 

 thalmus) seen in Central Park on November 20. 



Mr. H. H. Cleaves reported a Tree Swallow {Iridoprocne 

 hicolor) observed at Prince's Bay, Staten Island, on November 

 13. Mr. Ludlow Griscom recorded a flock of about 10 indi- 

 viduals of the same species seen at Long Beach, L. L, on the 

 same date. 



Mr. J. A. Weber reported Pine Siskins {Spinus pinus) present 

 in large numbers at Rockaway Beach, L. I., on November 8. 

 He had also observed hundreds of these birds recently at 

 PaHsades Park, N. J. 



Mr. Francis Harper reported the taking of a tagged bird. 

 On July 7, 1910, he had placed a band on a young Spotted Sand- 

 piper {Aditis macularia) at Four Brothers Islands, Lake Cham- 

 plain, N. Y., and had just received notice from Dr. Leon J. 

 Cole, President of the American Bird Banding Association, that 

 this bird had been shot from a flock of other Sandpipers on 

 September 5 or 6 by Hay den Crocker at Squantum, Mass. 



Dr. Robert T. Morris presented the paper of the evening, 



