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The Chair appointed Messrs. J. T. Nichols and J. A. Weber 

 as additional members of the bird-banding committee, in 

 accordance with the motion carried at the last meeting. 



Mr. J. M. Johnson recorded a Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma 

 rufum) which he had seen on December 10 in the Bronx 

 Zoological Park — not in a cage. 



Mr. Ludlow Griscom spoke of a trip which Mr. W. DeW. 

 Miller, Mr. S. V. LaDow, and he had taken to Gardiner's 

 Island on December 1, 2, and 3. During that time they 

 recorded at the Island 64 species of birds, including 17 species 

 of waterfowl (Anatidce). Of especial note was the record of 

 two adult male European Widgeons {Mareca penelope), ob- 

 served on the north inlet of the island. 



Mr. H. H. Cleaves reported some observations which he 

 had made on a flock of seven White-winged Scoters {Oidemia 

 deglandi) and on a female Old-squaw (Harelda hyemalis) off 

 Prince's Bay, Staten Island, on December 10. They were 

 diving for food in water that was probably seven or eight feet 

 deep. He timed the periods during which one of the Scoters 

 and the Old-squaw remained under water. The former was 

 observed to make two dives, lasting 26 seconds and 32 seconds, 

 respectively. On seven successive dives the latter remained 

 beneath the surface for the following lengths of time: 32, 32, 

 33, 33, 31, 36, and 33 seconds; the periods between the dives 

 lasted for 13, 10, 12, 12, 11, and 11 seconds, respectively. 

 The Scoters swallowed their food, which consisted apparently 

 of shellfish, after reaching the surface ; the Old-squaw, on 

 the other hand, was not observed in the act of eating, and 

 seemed to swallow its food (if it secured any) beneath the 

 surface. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited a Corn Snake {Coluber guttatus) 

 collected at Chatsworth, Burlington County, N. J., in July, 

 1911. He stated that this was apparently the first specimen 

 recorded from that state, and that Prof. Cope, in his ^'Croco- 

 dilians, Lizards, and Snakes of North America," particularly 

 mentions the fact that it had not been found in New Jersey, 

 though common to the southward. 



The paper of the evening, entitled ^'A Week with the Birds 



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