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Next to takin^i collectinij; trips ourselves, we all doubtless 

 enjo)' reading of the projected trips and work of others. We 

 give herewith a brief summary of the plans of several of our 

 most active members and would be pleased to hear from the 

 others from time to time. 



In addition to a special and exacting work on bird census 

 which he has undertaken, Mr. Benj. T. Gault is preparing a list 

 of trees and shrubs of the county to be used in connection with 

 the forthcoming "Flora of Chicago and Vicinity" by Prof, High- 

 ley of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, Lt. John W. Dan- 

 iels, Jr. proposes to spend a few weeks in the Blue Ridge moun- 

 tains to investigate the summer birds of the Peaks of Otter 

 (4000 feet) region. This section has never been investigated 

 by an ornithologist, and many species of the Canadian fauna 

 may be looked for as summer residents and breeders. Mr. Rob- 

 ert Windsor Smith is already hard at work on a sectional bird 

 census about his home in Georgia. We may look for an in- 

 teresting report in which he will doubtless treat the subject in 

 his usual thorough manner. 



President R. M. Strong is about completing a postgraduate 

 course at Harvard University where he has done a great deal 

 of biological work. With increasing leasure we hope to hear of 

 him in the field once more. Of Professor Lynds Jones, we can 

 truly say that he is always busy, for in addition to instructing a 

 class of over sixty students in ornithology, and other regular 

 college work, he finds time to take almost daily horizons and 

 incidently add to his knowledge of the birds of Lorain county. 

 Ohio, it is confidently predicted that a few more seasons of 

 such persistent labor will enable him to pretty accurately "guess" 

 the feathered population summering, as well as wintering, in that 

 county. 



A SUGGESTION FOR WORK. 



When our study of the birds has carried us beyond the 

 period of merely learning to recognize the different species, we 

 begin to look about for something more to learn. Naturally the 



