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meantime. The acorns proved to be from the Pin Oak {Quercus 

 palustris) . 



Mr. Crosby recorded the unusual occurrence of eight or ten 

 Red-headed Woodpeckers wintering at Rhinebeck, N. Y. 

 In October he had watched one industriously hiding acorns in a 

 vertical section of piping, inserting them through a hole near 

 the top and hstening to their fall of several feet inside. 



Mr. Hix said that on January 16 in 'Van Cortlandt Park he 

 had seen eight Rusty Blackbirds {Euphagiis carolinus) and a 

 flock of twenty Field Sparrows {Spizella p. pusilla). 



Mr. Cleaves reported for his friend Mr. H. K. Decker that 

 the latter had seen a Towhee (Pipilo e. erythrophthalmus) at 

 West New Brighton, S. I., Januarj^ 10, and on February 1, 

 after a sleet-storm, had found on the ground a Red-shouldered 

 Hawk (Buteo I. lineatus) with its wing-quills and other plumage 

 so incased in ice that the bird was helpless. Mr. Decker took 

 the bird home, thawed it, fed it on meat for two days and 

 released it with a band on its leg. 



Mr. Fleischer remarked that he was famihar with the wood- 

 chopping of the Pileated Woodpecker {Phloeotomus pileatus) 

 in the north woods and that he had recently found similar 

 excavations near Verona Lake, N. J., more extensive than he 

 had known any of our smaller woodpeckers to make. The 

 possible occurrence of this fine species in New Jersey was dis- 

 cussed; no definite records were known. 



Mr. Quarles gave a brief sketch of the origin, aims and activi- 

 ties of the American Game Protective Association — of which he 

 is Second Vice-President — speaking particularly of its work in 

 aid of the Federal bill for the protection of migratory birds. 



Lack of time caused the postponement of a brief paper pre- 

 pared b}^ Mr. Nichols. 



February 23, 1915. — The President in the chair. Eleven 

 members and about forty visitors present. In the absence of 

 the Secretary pro tern., the Chair appointed Mr. LaDow to 

 that office for the evening. 



Mr. Nichols proposed for Resident Membership Mr. L. L. 

 Mowbray, of the New York Aquarium, and his name was sub- 

 mitted to the Committee on Membership. 



