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26 (Wm. H. Wiegmann and Rogers) and another and also forty 

 Song Sparrows (Melospiza m. melodia) and seven Fox Sparrows 

 (Passerella i. iliaca) in one patch of cedars and thickets at 

 Sheepshead Bay, L. I., January 9, and about thirty Myrtle 

 Warblers {Dendroica coronata) and twenty-five Bluebirds 

 {Sialia s. sialis) at Englewood January 10 (Nichols). 



Mr. Rogers, who had again edited the Christmas Census 

 returns for Bird-Lore, described the' main features of this 

 winter's bird-life in the United States as revealed by the Census, 

 to appear in Bird-Lore for February. 



Dr. Dwight spoke on the Scoters (Oidemia), and described at 

 length their molts and plumages, and the development in the 

 color and shape of the bill, using in illustration a selected 

 series of skins of the three American species and the plates of 

 his article in The Auk (Vol. XXXI., No. 3, pp. 293-308, pi. 

 XXIV.-XXX.). The speaker described also the extralimital 

 species. Considerable discussion followed and many questions 

 were answered by the speaker. 



January 26, 1915. — The President in the chair. Fourteen 

 members and eleven visitors present. 



The President announced his appointment of Mr. Woodruff 

 and Mr. Nichols as the Committee on the Annual Dinner. 



A letter was read from Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary of 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, extending the 

 thanks and appreciation of the Association for the Linnsean 

 Society's recent donation of fifty dollars, which is to be applied 

 to the Egret Protection Fund for 1915. 



Mr. J. M. Johnson reported that Mr. W. DeW. Miller and 

 he had on January 17 found a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) 

 hauled up on Long Beach, L. I.; it allowed a close approach 

 before taking refuge in the sea. 



Several members told of recent visits to the ducks on Jerome 

 Reservoir. Most of the species seen last year have been present 

 irregularly. An adult Black-backed Gull {Larus marinus) 

 was seen there January 17 by Mr. LaDow and Mr. Rogers and 

 another on the 24th by Mr. J. M. Johnson. Mr. Pangburn 

 spoke of having seen six or eight Black-backs from the 130th 

 Street Ferry January 1 ; they were floating on ice-cakes. He also 



