THE OSPREY. 



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IReccnt literature* 



Biblioiirap/iv of the Piiblis/icd ll'rifiiios of 

 Philip Lutley Sclater, F. R. S., Secretary of 

 the Zoolog-i'cal Society of London. (1844-1896) 

 Prepared under the direction of G. Brown 

 Goode. Bulletin of the U. tt. National Museum 

 No. 49. Washing-ton: Government Printing- 

 office. 1896. 



A most welcome addition to the National 

 Museum series of bibliographies, which 

 already embrace those of Baird, Girard, Lea, 

 and Lawrence, is that of Philip Lutley Sclater, 

 one of the best known of living- zoologists. 



This series has before inchtded in its scope 

 only the work of naturalists living and work- 

 ing in America; but the series would be incom- 

 plete without that of Mr. Sclater, who. thoug-h 

 an English naturalist, has contributed more to 

 systematic Central and South Amercan orni- 

 thology than has any American ornithologist. 



The above birds are mounted, and in the col- 

 lection of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



F. M. WOODKIFF, 



Secretary Ornithological Section. 



A List of the Birds of IVinuebago and Han- 

 rock Counties, loiva With notes on 216 species. 

 B3' Rudolph M. Anderson, Forest City, Iowa. 

 Published by the author, 1897. 20 pag-es. 



Hand Book of the Sparrows a>id Pinches of iXezv 

 England. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. 

 Newton ville, Mass.: Published by the author, 

 1896. Cloth %l 75. 



In this second edition of Prof. Maynard's 

 little book the text remains the same as in the 

 first; but the 17 colored plates, including the 

 heads of 38 species, are now new, and were pre- 

 pared wholly b^' Prof. Ma^^nard and applied by 

 a process of his own. 



This is an excellent little book for beginners 

 in the study of ornithology'. 



The Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



The regular meeting of the Ornithological 

 Section was held at the office of Mr. J. Grafton 

 Parker, Jr., 100 Washington Street, Wednesday 

 evening, January 6th, at 8 p. m. There was a 

 good attendance of members and their friends. 



The paper of the evening was read by Mr. J. 

 G. Parker, Jr., entitled "A Collecting-" Trip to 

 the Gulf Coast of Texas." The talk was exten- 

 sively illustrated by specimens collected by 

 Mr. Parker. 



Mr. F. M- Woodruff reported the following 

 rare birds taken and purchased by him during 

 the past month : 



Pissa trydactyla, Kittiwake Gull. — Shot on the 

 Lake shore near the jack-knife bridge, Lincoln 

 Park, on December 9th, 1896. This being the 

 first record for this region. Glaucionetta Psl- 

 andica, Barrows's Golden-eye. — Two specimens 

 in immature plumage, shot near the Lincoln 

 Park Sanitarium on December 9th, 1896. Clan- 

 gula hyemalis, old Squaw Duck, an adult pair 

 of this species, taken on the same day and 

 locality. C/ria lomvia, Brunnich's Murre, an 

 adult male was sent to him December 31st, 1896, 

 which was shot on asmall lake at Toresman, 

 Indiana. 



Northwestern Ornithological Association, 



The third annual session of the Northwest- 

 ern Ornithological Associati<jn was held in the 

 auditoriuna of the Williamette Universitj- at 

 Salem, Oregon, Dec. 29 and 30, and was attend- 

 ed by members from various parts of the state. 



The prog-ramme of the meeting on the even- 

 ing of the 29th was arranged so as to be of in- 

 terest to the public and to call more attention 

 to the studj' of nature in general. 



One of the most interesting features (jf the 

 sessiota was the beautifully arrang-ed exhibit of 

 mounted birds and skins belonging to the col- 

 lection of Mr. Geo. D. Peck, of Salem. Mounted 

 skins of 35 different Warblers were on exhibi- 

 tion, and these, with other series of specimens, 

 made a most interesting study. 



At the Wedne.sday morning session Mr. Geo. 

 D. Peck g-ave a most interesting lecture on 

 Taxidermy. He supplemented his remarks by 

 practical illustrations in the art of skinning 

 birds and mounting- them. The value of such 

 a lesson from one so experienced is inestimable 

 to students who as a rule have access only to 

 written descriptions. 



In the afternoon an excellent article by Mr. 

 Re3' Stryker, of Milwaukee, on " Audubon's 

 Warbler," was read and discussed; and an ex- 

 tended paper on "Some Methods of Keeping- 

 Ornithologrical Records," was presented by Mr. 

 Darsie C. Bard. 



The remaining part of the afternoon and 

 evening was devoted in deciding upon the plans 

 of work for the coming year, appointment of 

 committees, election of officers and general 

 discussion for the good of the association. 



It was agreed that the principal work for the 

 coming year would be the collecting of migra- 

 tion data and the revising of the list of Oregon 

 birds compiled a year ago. 



A special committee was appointed to take 

 steps in preventing- the spread of the English 

 Sparrow pest throughout the State. 



The election of officers for the coming year 

 resulted as follows: President, William L. 

 Finley; First Vice President, Ellis F. Hadley, 

 Second Vice President, Herman T. Bohlman; 

 Secretary, Darsie C. Bard ; Treasurer, D. 

 Franklin Weeks; Editor, Arthur L. Pope. 



It was decided that the next annual meeting 

 would be held in Portland. 



Philo W. Smith, Jr., of St. Louis, will 

 spend three of the Winter and Spring months 

 in Texas. 



It is rumored that Mr. W. H. Osg-ood, of San 

 Jose, Cal., will soon go East to accept a posi- 

 tion in the Department of Agriculture. 



Mr W.E. Snyder, of Beaver Dam, Wis., writes 

 that when at Farina, 111., in the fall of 1894, a 

 stock buyer informed him that a gentleman of 

 Effingham, 111., had a pure white Bob-white, 

 shot near the latter place, for which he had re- 

 fused $50 cash. 



