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about 5,000 Scaup Ducks (Marila marila or M. affinis) on the 

 Hudson River above Kingston on November 22. 



Mr. J. T. Nichols remarked that Scaup Ducks had been 

 more than usually abundant on Moriches Bay, L. I., this fall. 



He also stated that the Charles River at Cambridge, Mass., 

 had recently been dammed, and that the Whistlers (Clangula 

 clangula americana) no longer frequented the river above the 

 dam, since the water has become fresh. He had recently seen 

 there, however, a flock of 15 Scaup Ducks. 



Mr. C. H. Rogers recorded 1 or 2 Piping Plovers {Mgialitis 

 meloda) which he and others had observed at Long Beach, L. I., 

 on November 7. 



Mr. J. A. Weber reported that a farmer at Bound Brook, 

 N. J., had stated that the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa u. umhellus) 

 were more common there this fall than usual, but that the 

 Quail {Colinus v. virginianus) were not present in their former 

 numbers. Since the Quail imported from the south were said 

 to disappear in the fall, Mr. Weber raised the question as to 

 whether or not the birds had become migratory. Mr. J. M. 

 Johnson suggested that they might have been exterminated 

 by the Alabama Quail disease, but Mr. Weber replied that the 

 Quail reappeared in the spring. Mr. Nichols pointed out the 

 opportunity here offered to the bird-banders. 



The paper of the evening, entitled ''Bird Notes from 

 Pisgah Forest, North Carolina," was presented by Mr. Harry 

 C. Oberholser, of Washington, D.C., a corresponding member 

 of the Society. Three life zones, the Carolinian, Alleghenian, 

 and Canadian, are represented in the region under discussion, 

 which supports an unusually rich fauna and flora. Mr. 

 Oberholser contributed very interesting notes not only on the 

 birds, but also on the mammals, reptiles, fishes, insects and 

 other invertebrates, and on the plant life. He spoke in 

 particular of the distribution of the species through the three 

 life zones. The paper was illustrated with lantern slides. 



Discussion followed by Messrs. Rogers, Weber, J. M. John- 

 son, Grant, and Nichols. 



December 12, 1911. — The President in the chair. Thirteen 

 members and nine visitors present. 



