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have been the cause in a species so free from enemies, neither 

 bird showed signs of it in feet, plumage or elsewhere. 



Mr. Fleischer strengthened the general belief that the Sky- 

 lark (Alauda arvensis) colony at Rugby, L. I., was no more, 

 by stating that he had failed to find any there since three years 

 ago. 



Mr. Saunders told of a party of at least four Night Herons 

 (Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius) that had spent the past winter 

 at West Haven, Conn, (the second winter record for the State), 

 roosting nightly in Norway Spruces in the back yard of Mr. 

 Herbert K. Job. 



Mr. Nichols stated that he had taken pains the past two win- 

 ters to observe the relative numbers of Herring Gulls of differ- 

 ent ages and had come to the conclusion that only about one-third 

 of the first year birds lived to visit us again, but that the average 

 life was over fourteen years after attaining adult plumage. 



Mr. Lemmon recorded a flock of seven Killdeer (Oxyechus 

 vociferus) at Englewood February 7, much the earliest spring 

 record for the region. Mr. Nichols told of once watching a 

 Killdeer pull some grass from the water and pick therefrom a 

 small fish and swallow it. 



