NEW MEMBERS. 



The following names are presented for active membership in the 

 chapter: Mr. Oliver V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minn.; William L. Daw- 

 son, Oberlin, Ohio. 



Adverse votes should be sent to the Secretary within thirty days. 



The following associate members have been received since the issue of 

 the last Bulletin : Mr. Russell Gray, Philadelphia, Penn. ; Miss Caro- 

 line Mathews, Waterville, Maine. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The LiJiJican Ferji BiiUetin. Vol. IV., No. 4, October, 1896. It is 

 growing better with every number. 



The Museum. Vol. II. Nos. 10 and 11, August and September, 1896. 

 The many and exhaustive articles treating of general science are well 

 worth ths reading and study. 



Interchayige. Vol. I. Nos. i and 2. March and June, 1896. A new 

 ten page quarterly, full of interesting general notes and news, issued by 

 Mr. O. P. Hauger, Orleans, Ind. 



The Osfrey. Vol. I. No. i. September, 1896. Published by the 

 Osprey Co., 217 Main street, Galesburg, 111. This new illustrated 

 monthly magazine of orinthology deserves more than passing notice, both 

 from promises concerning it and the magazine itself. The neat design of 

 the front cover leads one to expect something worth while within. Each 

 of the seven illustrations is well done, giving a good idea of the thing illus- 

 trated. Of the literary matter it is enough to mention such well known 

 contributors as Mr. O. Widmann, Rev. P. B. Peabody, P. M. Silloway 

 and others. The matter is well selected, and the typographical appearance 

 unusually pleasing. As an illusrtated monthly magazine of ornithology 

 it is easily among the best of its kind in the country. We hope that it 

 will be one of the established magazines, supplying a long felt want, and 

 constantly advancing the cause of popular scientific ornithology which 

 has for its aim the preservation and study of our birds, not their ex- 

 tinction. 



The Observer. Vol. VII. Nos. 8, 9 and 10. August, September, and 

 October, i8g6. No magazine is doing more than this one to eliminate 

 the objectionable features connected with the science of orinthology, and 

 to popularize the intelligent study of the birds. While its matter relating 



