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T'ebmary 26, ten Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), and on February 27, 

 a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds {Agelaius phoeniceus). 



Mr. Geo. E. Hix reported that Redpolls {Acanthis linaria) 

 had been abundant in the northern part of the city during the 

 past winter. 



Mr. Francis Harper recorded a Red- winged Blackbird seen on 

 February 26 at College Point, L. I. 



Mr. Roy C. Andrews remarked on the great numbers of 

 birds of many species which he had seen exposed for sale in the 

 market at Nagasaki, Japan. Throughout that country a whole- 

 sale destruction is going on, he said, which has resulted in a 

 marked scarcity of bird life. 



The first paper of the evening was presented by Mr. Andrews, 

 ■and was entitled ''Whale Hunting with a Camera." He told 

 •of modern methods of whaling on both sides of the Pacific, but 

 particularly along the coast of Japan, where he had spent a 

 number of months during the previous year. Many remarkable 

 photographs of whales, in a great variety of attitudes, were 

 exhibited by means of lantern slides. These photographs 

 effectively supplemented Mr. Andrews's account of various 

 whaling adventures, and his notes ^on the habits of the several 

 species which he had met with, including the Humpback 

 {Megaptera versabilis) , Finback {Balcenoptera velifera) , Sei Whale 

 {Balcenoptera arctica), and Sperm Whale {Physeter macroceph- 

 Mus) . 



'The paper was discussed by Messrs. H. H. Cleaves and J. M. 

 .Johnson. 



The second paper was presented by Mr. James L. Clark, and 

 'was entitled ''Lion Hunting." It dealt with the experiences of 

 'the speaker and several fellow-hunters with this formidable 

 'beast of prey in British East Africa. Mr. Clark described at 

 length some thrilling adventures in hunting lions both by 

 day and by night, and in the open as well as from a blind. 

 Of particular interest was his description of the taking of flash- 

 light photographs by Mr. A. R. Dugmore and himself from a 

 homa, or blind constructed of thorns. The paper was iUustrated 

 with lantern slides. 



March 14, 1911. — Annual Meeting. The President in the 

 tchair. Nine members and seven visitors present. 



