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collected a Golden Plover (Charadrius d. dominicus) at Ithaca, 

 N. Y., the third record for the locality. 



Mr. Davis stated that at evening on July 26, 1914, two 

 Hermit Thrushes were on the southerly side of Deep Pond, 

 near Wading River, L. I. The birds sang for about an hour. 

 This locality is about eight miles to the northeast of Yaphank, 

 where they are known to breed. This extends the summer 

 range of the bird on Long Island from that reported in '^The 

 Auk," October, 1909. 



Mr. Davis showed two primary feathers of the Bald Eagle 

 (Haliceetus I. leucocephalus) , one found on the shore of Long 

 Pond, near Wading River, June 25, 1913, and the other col- 

 lected at the same place July 27, 1914. According to those 

 living near Long Pond, Bald Eagles have frequented the locality 

 for several years past during the warmer months, and probabl}^ 

 have a nest somewhere in the interior of the Island. Mr. 

 Thurston had compared the primaries shown with those of the 

 Bald Eagle, which have slanting ridges extending across the 

 shaft on each side; these do not occur in the same feathers in 

 the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) . 



Other interesting local records follow: three Brown Creepers 

 (Certhia familiaris americana) on a hotel at Long Beach, L. L, 

 November 3, apparentlj'' searching for spiders on the stucco 

 wall (J, M. Johnson) ; a Rough-legged Hawk (Archibuteo lagopus 

 sancti-johamiis) , light phase, flying westward over the Museum 

 October 31 (Nichols); at Englewood, N. J. — a Pheasant {Phasi- 

 OMUS torquatus; a cock with a conspicuous white collar), two 

 Night Herons {Nycticorax nycticorax nwvius; the latest record 

 for the region), a Long-billed Marsh Wren (Telmatodytes p. 

 palustris) in full song and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet {Regulus c. 

 calendula), all November 8 (Ball and Rogers); on the same 

 day near Richmond Village, S. L, a Long-billed Marsh Wren in 

 subdued song (Davis); a Yellow Palm Warbler {Dendroica 

 palmarum hypochrysea) at Pahsades Park, N. J., November 3 

 (Weber). 



The following brief papers were presented by Mr. Weber and 

 by Mr. J. M. Johnson. Lack of time caused the postponement 

 of those prepared bj^ Dr. Dwight and by Mr. Taubenhaus. 



