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Mr. Grant spoke of a visit with several British ornithologists 

 last spring to Saltee Island, Ireland, where probably 500,000 

 Puffins {Fratercula a. arctica) were breeding. He and others 

 present spoke of the great regularity of their migrations and of 

 other habits. 



Mr. Weber recorded his recent collecting of a Bittern {Bo- 

 taurus lentiginosus) which contained the remains of four or five 

 Meadow Mice (Microtus pennsylvanicus) . 



October 28, 1913. — The President in the chair. Eight mem- 

 bers and thirty-two visitors present. 



The name of Mr. Charles J. Fetterer was proposed by the 

 Secretary for Resident Membership. 



Upon motion of Mr. Frankhn, duly seconded, the Chair 

 appointed a committee to investigate the various types of pro- 

 jectoscopes on the market, to see whether one of them might 

 be feasible for use by the Society. The Chair appointed 

 Messrs. Johnson, Franklin and Thurston to serve upon the 

 committee. 



Mr. Johnson described the clever manner in which some 

 Chickadees (Penthestes a. atricapillus), observed by him in 

 Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on October 19, extracted the meat 

 from the seed-wings of ash trees (Fraxinus). He also reported 

 a flock of sixty Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus) feeding on Black 

 Birch {Betula lento) seeds. 



Mr. Griscom recorded an Arkansas Kingbird {Tyr annus 

 verticalis) from Watch Hill, R. I., on September 24, which was 

 observed at close range for half an hour. This is an addition 

 to the State list. He also mentioned the unusual abundance 

 of Pine Siskins, and reported a Junco (Junco h. hyemalis) on 

 September 10 and a flock of eight Baldpates {Mareca americana) 

 on September 14 — both of them the earliest fall dates for the 

 State. 



Mr. Weber recorded a Junco at Long Beach, L. I., August 28, 

 the earliest fall date for Long Island. He also mentioned that 

 Pine Siskins were common near Leonia, N. J. 



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

 which was entitled '^ Impressions of British Bird Life." The 

 speaker compared the bird life of Great Britain with that 



