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eg'gfs. It was two feet up in a small wild 

 plum bush. 



W:\i. H. FiSHEK. 

 Baltimore, Md. 



KED-BELLIED WOODPECKEK. 



I wish to record as one of our rarest 

 visitors this year, a male Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker on July 17. It is the first 

 one I ever saw so far north. 



Arthur M. Farmer. 



Clinton, Mass. 



A COKKECTION. 



Mr. A. M. Nicholson writes that the 

 measurements of eg-g^s of the Wood Ibis 

 in "General Notes'' of October number 

 were incorrect throug-h a mistake made 

 in taking- them. The correct are as fol- 

 lows: "Set 14 1.90x1.44—2.55x1.79— 

 2.65x1.80-2.62x1.81. One set 1-5 1.70x1.36 

 —2.68x1.84—2.34x1.75—2.39x1.76—2.30- 

 xl.78. These I know are correct meas- 

 urements, as near as I can get them by 

 my calipers and rule." 



A. M. Nicholson. 



MiGliiQan OrnitliolOQical GliiD. 



CiHAND KAPIUS, MICH. 



October 9, 1896. — The meeting- was 

 called to order by Vice President Robert 

 R. Newton. 



After the regular business, during 

 which Mr. Frank A. Wood, of Ann Ar- 

 bor; Mr. Mark B. Mills, of Macom, and 

 D.. Robt. H. Wolcott, of Lincoln, Neb., 

 were elected to active membership, the 

 following- papers were presented: "A 

 few thoughts on the Origin of Migration," 

 by W. Earle Mulliken. The paper was 

 discussed by Messrs. Cole, Jones and the 

 author. 



"The American Coot," by Burton Lar- 

 oway, followed by remarks by Messrs. 

 Cole, Read and Laraway. 



"Protective Resemblances of Animals, 

 Especially in Regard to Color, " by Leon J. 

 Cole. The paper was followed by re- 

 marks by Messrs. Mulliken, Jones, Lar- 

 away and Read. 



After which the club adjourned. 



W. Earle Mulliken, 



Sec'y. 



Illustration of young- Little Blue Heron in 

 this number, is from a photograph owned by 

 the Frank B. Webster Company, Hyde Park, 

 Mass. 



Note and Comment. 



Prof. D. B. Burrows has returned to Casa 

 Blanca, Texas. 



Mr. W, S. Cobleigh, of Canton, 111., was a 

 visitor at The Ospkev office October 24th. 



Mr. A W. Anthony has just returned from a 

 three month's cruise along- the coast of Lower 

 California. 



Mr. Horace A. Gaylord, of Pasadena, Cal., 

 reports his trip to Lower California very suc- 

 cessful as well as enjoyable 



Mr. Andrew Nelson has lately succeeded to 

 the business of Mr. Walter F. Webb's natural 

 science establishment at Keokuk, Iowa. 



Prof. L. L D^-che, of Kansas State Univer- 

 sity, returned from Alaska, Oct. 17th, arriving 

 at Seattle, Wash., on the "City of Topeka." 



Mr. H. B. Kaeding has been visiting Mr. D. 

 A. Cohen at Alameda. Quail hunting was the 

 prevailing- amusement and was reported good. 



The 111. Weslevan Universitv Mag'-azine for 

 October, and Bulletin No. 10 o"f the W. O. C. 

 of the Agassiz Association, come with pleasing 

 reviews of The Osprev. 



The Boston Camera Club have offered prizes 

 of $100 and $50 for best photographs of large 

 soaring birds. We would like to see some of 

 our contributors and readers compete for a 

 prize. The competition is open until October 

 1897. 



Mr Theo. Hurd, of Riverside, Cal , is visiting 

 relatives at Galesburg, and incidently strength- 

 ening his acquaintance with the editor of The 

 O.SPKEV. Mr Hurd was a resident of Gales- 

 burg some fifteen years ago, and is an associate 

 member of the A. O. U. 



The fourteenth cong-ress of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union will convene at Harvard 

 Universitv, Cambridg-e, Mass., on Tuesday, 

 November 10, 1896, at 10 o'clock A. M. The 

 meeting-s will be held in the Nash Lecture- 

 room, University Museum, Oxford Street. 



Mr. E vS. Rolfe, of Minnewakan, N. D , 

 reports a family of half-g-rown Short-eared 

 Owls, occupant.s"of his yard last summer, and 

 regrets that he had not the requisite camera 

 or local photog-rapher that he mig-ht have ob- 

 tained the valuable photog-raph this family 

 would have afforded. 



Mr. Chas. K. Worthen has lately secured 

 some extremely rare skins, among them are 

 Black, Least, and Socorro Petrels, Frazar'sOys- 

 tercatcher, Guadalupe Junco, Guadalupe Rock 

 Wren, Guadalupe House Finch, and Great Lapp 

 Owl. Some of these are almost mythical, there 

 being but two of Socorro, and three of the 

 Least Petrels in collections to our knowledge. 



The election of new officers of the Wilson 

 Ornithological Chapter of the Agassiz Associa- 

 tion will occur between November 25th and 

 December 5th. The candidates are as follows: 

 For President. R. M. Strong and N. Hollister: 

 for Secretary, J. E Dickinson and A. T. Wayne: 

 for Treasurer, Lynds Jones and O. W. Knight: 

 for Executive Council, John H. Sage. V. H. 

 Chase, \V. I. Mitchell. B. T. Gault, J. C. Gal- 

 loway, H. C. Oberholser. 



