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list of which follows: Dowitcher {Macrorhamphus g. griseus), 28; 

 Knot (Tringa canutus), 4; Least Sandpiper (Pisohia minutilla) , 

 500; Red-backed Sandpiper {Pelidna alpina sakhalina), 4; 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus), 1,500; Sanderling 

 (Calidris leucophcea), 75; Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) , 

 25; Black-bellied Plover {Squatarola squatarola), 400; Semi- 

 palmated Plover {^gialitis semipalmata) , 150; Piping Plover 

 (^. meloda), 10; Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella), 55. 

 Other species of note were Red-breasted Mergansers {Mergus 

 serrator), Black Ducks {Anas ruhripes), all three Scoters {Oidemia 

 americana, 0. deglandi and 0. perspicillata) , a Duck Hawk (Falco 

 peregrinus anatum) and a Myrtle Warbler {Dendroica coronata) . 

 The most interesting bird, however, was a Black Rail {Creciscus 

 jamaicensis) , which was flushed at Mr. Griscom's feet, and 

 after fluttering forward a little, doubled back, passing him at a 

 distance of about ten feet, and continuing some twenty-five 

 feet further, when it dropped into the grass and was lost. He 

 was able to make out the red iris with his naked eye. 



Mr. Nichols recorded a Tennessee Warbler at Mastic, L. I., 

 May 23 and a Gannet {Sula hassana) on the 25th. 



Mr. Cleaves recorded fifteen Semipalmated Plover at Princes 

 Bay, Staten Island, May 15. 



Mr. Weber recorded finding a nest of the Green Heron {Butor- 

 ides virescens) in some bushes on the marshes near Long Beach 

 May 23, — an unusual situation. 



Mr. Granger reported a Great Blue Heron {Ardea h. herodias) 

 seen by him on the Ramapo River May 17. Birds, he said, 

 were very abundant. 



Mr. C. William Beebe was scheduled to speak on ^'Bird Notes 

 of a Visit to India and Ceylon." As, however, this subject had 

 been presented before the Society a year or two previously, at 

 his own request he spoke on '' Pheasant Hunting in the Malay 

 Peninsula and China." Mr. Beebe described his experiences 

 in hunting all the known pheasants of these regions, and spoke 

 most entertainingly of the difficulties encountered. In the 

 Malay States leeches were found to be an almost intolerable 

 pest, and in China his party was held up for some time by a 

 riot. Many finely colored lantern-slides illustrated his remarks. 



