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Day, a Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum) flying even below 

 the house-tops along West 91st Street, Manhattan, and a Swift 

 (Chcetiira pelagica) at Marksboro, N. J., October 11 (Hix); 

 a Lincoln's Sparrow {Melospiza I. lincolni) on the Rahway 

 River below Cranford, October 4 (LaDow and Rogers) and 

 another in Bronx Park September 26 (Hix) ; three Philadelphia 

 Vireos (Vireosylva philadelphica) at East Hampton, L. I., 

 September 28 (Hollister) ; and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Poli- 

 optila c. ccerulea) at East Hampton September 6 (Hix). 



October 27, lOl^.—TYiQ Vice-President in the chair. Ten 

 members and thirteen visitors present. 



A letter from the Pennsylvania State Museum, at Harris- 

 burg, was read, thanking the Society for a gift of its publications. 



Mr. David Spencer Ball, Mr. Wm. Helmuth and Mr. Geo. 

 Whiting Hollister, whose names had been proposed at the 

 previous meeting, were elected to Resident Membership. The 

 following additional names were proposed: by Mr. J. M. John- 

 son, Mr. Edward Fleischer, of 1591 Union Street, Brooklyn; 

 and by the Secretary pro tern. Mr. E. Sydney Marks, of 655 

 Kearney Avenue, Arlington, N. J. 



Mr. Woodruff told of the unusual abundance of Wilsons' 

 Petrels (Oceanites oceanicus) in the Upper Bay during July and 

 August. On one trip on the Municipal Ferry he had noted 

 well above two thousand between Staten Island and South 

 Ferry, counting those seen from only one side of the boat. 



Mr. Nichols reported a Scarlet Tanager {Piranga erythro- 

 melas) October 12 and a Black-poll Warbler {Dendroica striata) 

 on the 20th, both at Englewood, and possibly the latest records 

 for the locahty. Mr. Rogers said that Mr. J. M. Johnson, 

 Mr. W. DeW. Miller and he had seen six Black-polls on the 

 25th between Cranford and Rahway, N. J. 



The paper of the evening was presented by Mr. Murphy 

 and was on his "Experiences with the Smaller Subantarctic 

 Birds." It was his third paper before the Society on material 

 gathered during his visit to South Georgia in 1912-'13. This 

 evening he told in detail of the nesting, feeding and many 

 other habits of several of the petrels and of the species — one 

 each — of penguin, cormorant, skua, gull, tern, teal, goose. 



