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gave an account of several of them, and devoted particular 

 attention to the poetic Myth of the Medicine Lodge, reading 

 a hteral translation of a portion of it. 



Remarks followed by Mr. Grant. 



Mr. A. R. Dugmore gave the second paper of the evening, 

 entitled '^ Photographing Caribou and Other Creatures." He 

 spoke first of his efforts for the past six years to photograph 

 migrating Caribou {Rangifer terrce-novcB) in Newfoundland, and 

 of his final and complete success in the fall of 1911. The atti- 

 tudes of these animals, their manner of migrating, and some of 

 their queer habits were not only described by Mr. Dugmore, but 

 were also shown graphically in a remarkable series of lantern 

 slides. 



Among the other creatures later referred to, were various 

 species of Shore Birds and waterfowl in the United States, 

 and lions, zebras, giraffes, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, a 

 hyena, and hartebeestes in British East Africa, all of which 

 were represented by means of slides made from Mr. Dugmore's 

 wonderful photographs. The pictures of the lions and of 

 several of the other animals were flashlights taken at night. 



January 9, 1912. — The President in the chair. Twenty- 

 two members and about thirty visitors present. 



Mr. C. H. Rogers reported having seen a Chipping Sparrow 

 (Spizella p. passerina) and several Fox Sparrows {Passerella i. 

 iliaca) on December 24 near Fort Lee, N. J. On January 1 

 he had seen at Manhattan Beach, L. I., several Lapland Long- 

 spurs (Calcarius I. lapponicus), which remained in that vicinity 

 for several weeks. Another interesting record was that of a 

 female Cardinal {Cardinalis c. cardinalis), observed near 

 Sheepshead Bay on January 1, 1912. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott recorded a Seaside Sparrow {Passer- 

 herhulus m. maritimus) which had been seen by Mr. H. H. 

 Cleaves and himself on Staten Island on December 25, 1911. 



Mr. Frank M. Chapman gave the paper of the evening, 

 entitled ''A Natural History Reconnaissance of Colombia." 

 He had conducted an expedition of the American Museum of 

 Natural History to this country early in 1911, entering it at 

 Buenaventura on the Pacific coast, and leaving it several 



