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black-and-white slides. For the most part the autochromes^ 

 rendered the color values with far greater fidelity and detail 

 than hand-colored slides usually show. The speaker gave 

 interesting notes on his methods and experiences in obtaining 

 the photographs, and on the conditions under which they were 

 taken. 



December 27, 1910. — The Vice-President in the chair. 

 Twenty-one members and visitors present. 



Mr. Clinton G. Abbott reported four Seaside Sparrows {Pas- 

 serherhidus maritimus) seen by Mr. H. H. Cleaves and himself 

 on Staten Island near Raritan Bay on December 26. 



Under the title of ''The Seminoles and the Everglades," Mr, 

 Alanson Skinner recounted his experiences on a journey across 

 the Everglades between Fort Myers and Miami in August, 1910. 

 The trip w^as undertaken in behalf of the Department of Anthro- 

 pology of the American Museum of Natural History. His party 

 traversed the saw^-grass region of the Everglades in canoes, 

 visiting on the way a number of Seminole camps along the edge 

 of the Big Cypress Swamp. Mr. Skinner spoke particularly of 

 the Seminoles' ways of living — their arts and implements of 

 the household and of the chase, their games, dress, ornaments, 

 ceremonial costumes, dwellings, boats, etc. He also mentioned 

 many interesting forms of animal life which he had met with, 

 including the Florida Wild Turkey {Meleagris gallopavo osceola), 

 American {Herodias egretta) and Snowy Egrets {Egretta candi- 

 dissima), Florida Barred Owl {Strix varia alleni), Panther {Felis 

 cougar), Alligator {Alligator mississippiensis) , Diamond-back 

 Rattlesnake {Crotalus adamanteus), Cotton-mouth Moccasirt 

 (Ancistrodon piscivorus), Scorpion {Scorpionida) , and Red Bug 

 {Tromhidium) . His descriptions of the Seminoles and of vari- 

 ous scenes and incidents on the journey were rendered more 

 graphic by an admirable series of lantern shdes. 



Discussion followed the paper. 



January 10, 1911. — The President in the chair. Thirty 

 members and visitors present. 



The first paper of the evening was presented by Mr. J. T. 

 Nichols, and was entitled ''The Fishes Found within Fifty Miles 

 of New York City." [Pubhshed on pp. 90 ff . of this Abstract.] 



