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THE OOLOGIST 



for 1896; President, A. B. Durfee; vice- 

 president, R. R. Newton; secretary, W. 

 E. iduUiken: treasurer, Prof. C. A. 

 Whittemore; libiariau, Leon J. Cole. 



The following were elected active 

 members: L. Whitney Watkins, Man- 

 chester; Dr. Morris Gibbs, Kalamazoo; 

 T. L. Haukinson, Hillsdale; W. A. 

 Davidson, Detroit; Prof. C A. Whitte- 

 more and Hattie M. Bailey, of Grand 

 Rapids. 



All Michigan ornithologists should 

 address the secretary at 191 First Ave., 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., for particulars. 



all whom he was indebted for eggs to 

 please send in their accounts at once to 

 his brother, Harold A. Greene. 



Northwestern Ornithological Association- 



The second annual meeting of the 

 Northwestern Ornithological Associa- 

 tion was held at Portland, Oregon, De- 

 cember 27, 1895. 



The forenoon was spent in transact- 

 ing business of the association. In the 

 afternoon interesting papers wei'e read, 

 and a most enjoyable time reported by 

 those who were pi'esent. 



The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, Wil^am L. Finley, 

 Portland. Ore.; fii'st vice-president, Ellis 

 F. Hadley, Dayton, Ore.; second vice- 

 president, Guy iStryker, Milwaukee, 

 Oi'e. ; secretary, Arthur L. Pope, Mc- 

 Minnville, Ore.; treasurer, D. C. Bard, 

 Portland, Ore. 



Associate members are admitted to 

 the association from any part of Amer- 

 ica. For particulars address the secre- 

 tary at McMinnville, Oregon. 



Necrology. 



Monmouth H. Greene, aged 18 years, 

 son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlin H Greene, 

 died at his home in Atlantic Highlands, 

 N. J., on Nov. 21st, of hasty consump- 

 tion. 



He requested his mothei", a few days 

 before his death, to write, "after he had 

 gone," to the publisher of the Oologist 

 and request him to give notice that to 



Charles W. Wells died on Dec. 20th, 

 at his home in Granville, O., after an 

 illness of fifteen months. Charlie was 

 an enthusiastic collector, making oolo- 

 gy his specialty; has been a subscriber 

 to the Oologist for several years and 

 was well known, through correspona- 

 ence, to many of its readers. 



The Bond Which Unites Us. 



Mr. Editor: 



It is agreeable to know that there are 

 hundreds -of lovers of Nature who are 

 keeping up their interest in our special 

 subjects, although they are not known 

 to the readers of the Oologist It is 

 pleasing to know that there are recruits 

 coming into our ranks, who will yet 

 make their marks as scientists; and it is 

 doubly pleasing to hear through the 

 columns of our medinm from long silent, 

 yet not forgotten writers of season's 

 past. 



The interesting remarks "From a 

 Rusty Pen" in your Octo'oer issue par- 

 ticularly pleased me, and your note re- 

 garding the distant subscriber (C. H. 

 Hall, Fort St. Michael, Alaska) led me 

 to think of the wide spread and increas- 

 ing influence of your paper. 



The obituary of our fellow culu ct'ii-, 

 R. A. Fitch, causes us to liiiuk ot the 

 uncertainty of life and \u\w suddenly 

 one may be taken from tl:i.s \\<aJd of 

 troubles and pleasures. kSmely we can 

 saj that there is a bond which unites 

 us, and may uphold our standard and 

 quote the words or Bacon: 



"I hold every man a debtor to his 

 profession; fioni the which as men of 

 course do seek to receive countenance 

 and profit, so ought they of duty to en- 

 deavor themselves by way of amends to 

 be a help and ornament thereunto." 



M. G. 



