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ticorax nydicorax ncevius) in Pelham Bay Park on the 21st. 

 A Kingfisher (Ceryle a. alcyon), three Bluebirds (Sialia s. sialis) 

 and some Meadowlarks (Sturnella m. magna) were also seen. 

 He had seen a flock of thirty Night Herons in the same locality 

 December 15. 



Mr. Cleaves spoke of seeing large flocks of Dowitchers 

 (Macrorhamphus g. griseus) on the South Carolina coast late in 

 June. 



The paper of the evening, entitled "Albatrosses of the South 

 Seas," was presented by Mr. Robert Cushman Murphy. Mr. 

 Murphy is almost the only ornithologist who has had the 

 opportunity of studying certain pelagic species on their breeding 

 grounds. On South Georgia he found several species nesting, 

 and he gave a most interesting account of their life-histories at 

 this season. The breeding habits of the Wandering Albatross. 

 (Diomedea exulans) were unknown prior to his observations. 

 The paper was fully illustrated by splendid lantern-slides, 

 many of them wing-shots made possible by the great tameness 

 of his subjects. 



January 13, 1914- — Regular meeting omitted owing to lack 

 of a quorum. 



January 27, 1914. — ^The President in the chair. Thirteen 

 members and twenty-five visitors present. 



Mr. Hubbell proposed the name of Mr. Neil Morrow Ladd of 

 Greenwich, Conn., for Resident Membership, and the Secre- 

 tary proposed Dr. Witmer Stone of the Philadelphia Academy 

 of Sciences for Honorary Membership and Mr. Stanley Vaughan 

 LaDow of 610 West 116th Street for Resident Membership. 



After much discussion it was voted to present a medal at the 

 Annual Dinner to Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot. 



Mr. Cleaves recorded a Snowy Owl (Nydea nydea) which had 

 been shot on Staten Island January 10. 



Mr. Hubbell reported a Towhee (Pipilo e. erythrophthalmus) 

 at Greenwich, Conn., January 11, and a flock of eleven Blue- 

 birds (Sialia s. sialis) on the 18th. 



Mr. Thurston recorded the Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawar- 

 ensis) at Fire Island Beach, L. I., December 31 and January 1. 

 One was collected, the first specimen ever taken in winter on 

 Long Island. 



