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Mr. J. M. Johnson was elected to resident membership in 

 the Society. 



The first annual dinner of the Society was held at the Hotel 

 Endicott on December 17. Fifty-eight members and visitors 

 were present. Mr. Frank M. Chapman was the guest of 

 honor of the Society, and was presented with the Linnaean 

 Medal for his distinguished success in popularizing the subject 

 of ornithology. Among the guests who attended were Professor 

 H. F. Osborn, Dr. F. A. Lucas, Dr. A. K. Fisher, Dr. Spencer 

 Trotter, and Messrs. John Burroughs, John H. Sage, Ernest 

 Thompson Seton, and George Bird Grinnell. 



Mr. Grant reported that around Englewood on December 

 22 he had observed a total of 22 species of birds, including 75 

 Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius p. phoeniceus), 8 Rusty 

 Blackbirds {Euphagus caroUnus) and 2 Fox Sparrows {Passerella 

 i. iliaca). Mr. Nichols commented upon the unusual abun- 

 dance of Redwings at this late date. Fully 50 per cent of the 

 birds seen were young males. He had seen 30 this morning. 



Mr. Griscom reported an interesting day with Messrs. 

 Harper and LaDow at Long Beach on December 22. Twenty- 

 six species of birds were seen, including a Gannet {Sula 

 hassana), 14 Ipswich Sparrows {Passerculus princeps), 2 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrows (Passerherhulus caudacutus), 4 Seaside 

 Sparrows {P. m. 'maritimus) ,Si Fox Sparrow (Passerella i. iliaca) j 

 and a Robin (Planesticus m. migratorius) . At Bronx Park 

 with Mr. LaDow on December 14, he had seen 11 Black- 

 crowned Night Herons (Nydicorax nycticorax ncevius) and a 

 flock of Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula subsp.). On December 

 15 with Mr. J. M. Johnson around Plainfield, N. J., he had 

 seen 2 Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus) and a Field 

 Sparrow (Spizella p. pusilla). 



Mr. Noble reported that Dr. Victor had seen a pair of Wood 

 Ducks (Aix sponsa) in Prospect Park on Christmas Day. 



Mr. Rogers reported twenty-four species seen at Cross- 

 wicks, N. J., in less than three and a half hours on Christmas 

 Day, including a fine male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphy- 

 rapicus v. varius) and a flock of 5 White-breasted Nuthatches 

 (Sitta c. caroUnensis) . Numbers of birds were singing. A 



