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also mentioned finding a Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) with 

 three feet bitten off. Mr. Harper read a letter from Dr. 

 Overton giving details of the capture and the habits of the 

 Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus holhrooki) at Patchogue, L. I. 



Mr. Nichols reported a Sparrow Hawk {Falco s. sparverius) 

 flying around the Museum that afternoon. Messrs. Murphy 

 and Franklin said they had seen this species around the Brook- 

 lyn Museum. 



Mr. Weber reported having received a Gannet (Sula 

 bassana) captured in Virginia on April 9. He had also re- 

 ceived another captured alive with a fish weighing a pound 

 in its stomach. Mr. Weber also gave a few brief remarks 

 on the peculiar anatomy of the Gannet. 



Mr. Grant, on behalf of the bird-banding committee, reported 

 that the delay in the arrival of the bands from England was 

 due very possibly to the loss of the Titanic, but that a new 

 lot was being sent as rapidly as possible. 



Mr. Griscom reported a Migrant Shrike {Lanius ludovicianus 

 migrans) near Leonia, N. J., on April 20, and a Yellow Warbler 

 (Dendroica ce. cestiva) in Central Park on April 19, the earliest 

 record of its arrival. 



Mr. Abbott reported that on April 21 he had found two 

 nests of the Carohna Wren (Thryothorus I. ludovicianus) near 

 Englewood, N. J., within a quarter of a mile of each other — 

 one in an outhouse, and the other in a hollow tree. No eggs 

 had been laid as yet. 



The paper of the evening was by Mr. W. W. Grant, and 

 was entitled ''An Ascent of the Volcan Irazii, and Life in 

 Central America." The paper dealt with a flying visit to 

 Jamaica, the Panama Canal Zone, and more extended travels 

 in Costa Rica. Colored lantern sHdes were shown, chiefly 

 of the scenery and places of interest visited. 



May 14, 1912. — The President in the chair. Six members 

 and twenty-seven visitors present. 



A letter was read from Mr. George Welch of Port Townsend, 

 Wash., reporting the nesting of the Western Mockingbird 

 (Mimus polyglottos leucopterus) there, this being the first state 

 record. 



