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Hix, Mr. John F. Kieran and Mr. B. S. Taubenhaus were elected 

 to Resident Membership. 



Mr. Rogers told of an effort of Mr. W. DeW. Miller, Dr. Wm. 

 H. Wiegmann and himself to see as many species of birds as 

 possible May 17 around Plainfield. Birds were found in extra- 

 ordinary numbers, and as a result 104 species were noted, the 

 most interesting being a Great Blue Heron (Ardea h. herodias), 

 a Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) on its nest and four eggs, 

 a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) , a White- 

 crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia I. leucophrys), four Blue-headed 

 Vireos (Vireo s. solitarius), a Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora 

 peregrina), three Cape May Warblers (Dendroica tigrina), eight 

 Wilson's Warblers {Wilsonia p. pusilla) and a Red-belHed 

 Nuthatch {Sitta canadensis). 



Mr. Griscom spoke of a similar effort on the same day around 

 Engiewood, in which Mr. J. M. Johnson, Mr. Lenssen, Mr. 

 Nichols and Mr. LaDow had taken part with him. Mr. 

 Nichols had worked separately in the morning, joining the rest 

 of the party at 3 P. M. Birds were by no means abundant, but 

 nevertheless 99 species were recorded. Of these the most 

 noteworthy were a Wilson's Snipe (GalUnago delicata), an Olive- 

 sided Flycatcher {Nuttallornis borealis), two Acadian Fly- 

 catchers {E7npidonax virescens), six Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus), 

 four Worm-eating Warblers {Helmitherus vermivorus) , a Lawr- 

 ence's Warbler (Vermivora lawrencei), five Tennessee Warblers 

 (V. peregrina) — a truly remarkable number — a Kentucky 

 Warbler {Oporornis formosus) and a Red-bellied Nuthatch 

 (Sitta canadensis). In this connection Mr. Griscom mentioned 

 that around New Haven, Conn., also on May 17, Mr. Aretas 

 A. Saunders and Mr. Clifford H. Pangburn had observed 100 

 species, and they reported birds as being very abundant. He 

 next remarked that Miss Anne A. Crolius had observed a 

 Mourning Warbler (Oporornis Philadelphia) in Central Park 

 May 18. 



Mr. Griscom next told of a trip which Mr. Johnson, Mr. 

 LaDow and he had made to Jones Beach, across Great South 

 Bay from Amityville, L. I., May 24. Shore birds were very 

 abundant, no fewer than thirteen kinds having been seen, a 



