Mr. Ludlow Griscom recorded the following observations in 

 Central Park: Blue-gray Gnateatcher {PoUoptila c, ccerulea) 

 on April 17; Wilson's Warbler {Wilsonia p, pusilla) on May 2; 

 Blackpoll Warbler {Dendroica striata) and Olive-backed 

 Thrush {Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni) on May 3. 



Dr. Dwight said that Mr. John H. Sage had reported an 

 unusually early migration at Portland, Conn. 



Mr. C. H. Rogers recorded a Palm Warbler (Dendroica 

 p. palmarum) seen near Englewood, N. J., on May 6. 



Mr. J. T. Nichols spoke of a skate {Raja) which he had 

 seen offered for sale in a fish market on Columbus Avenue. 

 He was told that considerable numbers of the skates were sold 

 to the French and the Japanese in the city. Mr. Rogers 

 remarked that the ''wings" of the skates caught on the fishing 

 banks near the city were eaten by the fishermen. 



Professor Bashford Dean presented the first paper of the 

 evening, which was entitled '^ Field Notes on Hagfishes and 

 Lampreys," and was illustrated with specimens, wax models, 

 and lantern slides. Many points concerning these imper- 

 fectly known forms were very interestingly and ably discussed, 

 the notes touching upon their evolution, distribution, habits, 

 and life histories in general. The speaker also described his 

 collecting experiences off the coasts of California and Japan. 

 The lantern slides of some of the species were the first ones 

 ever exhibited. 



The paper was discussed by Mr. Andrews. 



Mr. F. C. Walcott presented the second paper of the evening, 

 which was entitled ''Hunting with the Camera in Wyoming 

 and New Brunswick." It dealt with various vacation trips 

 to the Jackson's Hole country in Wyoming, the Maine Coast, 

 the Bay of Fundy, and the Tobique River in New Brunswick, 

 and was illustrated with a large number of splendid lantern 

 slides. Especially noteworthy were a superb fiashlight photo- 

 graph of a "Silvertip" Grizzly Bear (Ursus h. horrihilis) at 

 close range, and a picture of one of the speaker's friends 

 actually riding upon the back of a wild Moose {Alces amer- 

 icanus) in a New Brunswick lake. Many photographs of the 

 Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Leach's Petrels (Oceano- 



