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,to the members for the purpose of recording the arrival of the 

 spring and fall migrants and publishing a report of the same 

 in the Abstract of Proceedings of the Society. After much 

 discussion this motion was carried, and Dr. Dwight and Mr. 

 Rogers were appointed to prepare a suitable model for the 

 blanks. 



Mr. Cleaves spoke of his studies of migrating birds observed 

 flying across the face of the moon at night during spring and 

 fall. A very good idea of the vastness of these annual flights 

 of the birds could be gained, he said, by watching the numbers 

 moving in such a limited area in a few minutes. 



Dr. Dwight reported a Dovekie (Alle alle) which had been 

 found dead on a beach on the eastern end of Long Island on 

 Christmas Day. 



January 28, 1913. — The President in the chair. Fourteen 

 members and twenty-seven visitors present. 



Mr. Grant reported the European Goldflnch (Carduelis 

 carduelis) at Englewood, N. J., on January 19 and 26. Dis- 

 cussion of the status of this introduced species around New 

 York City followed. It has entirely disappeared from Central 

 Park, where it was originally liberated, but appears regularly 

 every winter around Englewood. It has not been observed 

 during the summer for several years. 



Mr. Rogers reported that Mr. Miller and he, along the 

 Rahway River, between Rahway and Cranford, on January 

 26, had seen a Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon), a flock of Crackles 

 {Quiscalus quiscula subsp.), and a flock of 11 Field Sparrows 

 (Spizella p. pusilla). Song Sparrows (Melospiza m. melodia) 

 were singing, several flowers were in bloom, and insects and 31 

 Painted Turtles {Chrysemys picta) were observed. On Jan- 

 uary 19 on Staten Island he had observed Herring Gulls 

 {Larus argentatus) dropping clams from a height onto the hard 

 sand so as to break the shells and get at the food within. 



The first speaker of the evening was Mr. Roy W. Miner, of 

 the American Museum of Natural History, who presented a 

 paper entitled ''Sea Creatures of Our Shores.'^ Mr. Miner 

 spoke most entertainingly of the beautiful and curious animals 

 of our coasts, especially with regard to their biological rela- 



