Scudder.] 454 [March 17, 



Colymbns arcticus Linn. I can find no authority for includ- 

 ing this species among the birds of New England, though its pres- 

 ence is far from being improbable. The nearest approach that I can 

 ascertain is one taken near Point Lapreaux, New Brunswick. 



Podiceps cristatus Lath. Although this species has been 

 given as a New England bird, and Mr. Boardman named as author- 

 ity, this is a misapprehension. Mr. Boardman informs me that he 

 has never met with it. It must therefore be taken from the list. Its 

 right to be regarded even as North American is also questioned. 



Mormon cirrhata Pallas. The references to Mr. Boardman as 

 authority for the presence of this Pacific species on our coast, are 

 founded in error. He has never met with it. It rests its claim only 

 on an example, given to Mr. Audubon, and said to have been take 

 off the mouth of the Kennebec Biver. This, though not impossible, 

 is so improbable that I prefer to place it among the apoehryphal 

 Ywds of New England, until its claim can be supported by stronger 

 evidence. 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson exhibited a curiously malformed ster- 

 num of a turkey, containing a large cavity through which 

 the intestine passed. 



March 17, 1875. 



Vice President S. H. Scudder in the chair. Forty-five 

 persons present. 



The following papers were read : — 



A Century of Orthoptera. Decade II. — Locustaree. 

 By Samuel H. Scudder. 



Stalia nov. gen. 

 Head of excessive size, very tumid, smooth, with no prominence 

 excepting the rather irregular raised edges of the antennal sockets, in 

 the region of which the head is slightly depressed; labrum very large, 

 circular; last joint of maxillary palpi very slender, obconical, nearly 

 as long as the two preceding joints combined ; first joint of antennae 

 cylindrical, scarcely depressed, nearly twice as long as broad ; second 



