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The Chair announced that an old member, Dr. C. B. 

 McQuesten, had died, leaving a bequest of $50 to the Society 

 in his will. 



Mr. J. M. Johnson reported the Tufted Titmouse (Bceolophus 

 bicolor) and the Cardinal (Cardinalis c, cardinalis) in northern 

 New Jersey on May 5. He also reported the Baj^-breasted 

 Warbler (Dendroica castanea) in Prospect Park on May 14; 

 Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia p. pusilla) was also common that 

 day. 



Mr. Murphy read a list of 148 species which had been seen 

 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, by various observers during the 

 last decade. The Chair observed that he had seen a Brown 

 Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) and a Veery {Hylocichla f. 

 ficscescens) in City Hall Park that morning. 



Mr. Abbott recorded that Mr. Cleaves had found a nest 

 of the Killdeer (Oxyechus vociferus) on Staten Island. 



Mr. Griscom reported that Mr. Grant, Mr. Nichols, Mr. 

 Lensen, and himself had spent a 15-hour day around Engle- 

 wood, N. J., on May 12. Although the weather conditions 

 were unfavorable, they succeeded in identifying 90 species 

 of birds. A Lesser Scaup Duck {Marila affinis) on Overpeck 

 Creek and a pair of Rough-winged Swallows {Stelgidopteryx 

 serripennis) were the birds most worthy of note. 



Mr. Charles H. Rogers reported that Mr. W. DeW. Miller 

 and he had been all day in the field on the same date around 

 Plainfield, N. J., and had observed 79 species of birds, of 

 w^hich the Prairie Warbler {Dendroica discolor) was noteworthy, 

 this being a very rare species in that locality. Mr. Griscom 

 then remarked that the total number of species seen by 

 various observers around New York on May 12 amounted 

 to 107. 



Mr. Abbott, on behalf of the bird-banding committee, 

 reported that the bands had not been lost on the Titanic, 

 but had arrived, and were admitted duty-free after some 

 trouble with the customs. 



Mr. Charles H. Rogers then presented the paper of the 

 evening, entitled ''Five Weeks at Juan Vinas, Costa Rica." 

 The speaker told in a very interesting way of the bird life in the 



