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who >vill be willing to enter into the spirit of our work and to 

 undertake the various lines of study we have outlined, hiform- 

 ation concerning our work may be obtained from Mr. Lynds 

 Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



Our constitution calls for an annual election of officers. We 

 were once in the habit of holding this election regularly, but 

 during the past two or three years it seems to have been for- 

 gotten. There appears to me no better way to make amends 

 for past neglect than to call for a regular election. Every active 

 member is urged to make nominatior.s to the secretary at once. 

 A list of candidates will then be published and an election held 

 by mail. As the office of secretary is at present vacant, 1 ap- 

 point Mr. Benj, T. Gault to be secretary for the few weeks 

 remaining before a regular secretary can be elected. 



The officers to be elected are a president, secretary, treas- 

 urer, and three members of the executive council. 



According to our constitution any active member may place 

 in nomination during the month of September, one eligible mem- 

 ber for each elective office; all nominations to be sent to the 

 president. R. M. STRONG, W. O. C, President, 



Woods Hole, (Mass. 



A Criticism. 



A criticism in the March-April number of " The Condor," 

 upon Bulletin No. 33, which is a running account of " A Sum- 

 mer Reconnoissance in the West," under the joint editorship 

 of the writer and Rev. W. L. Dawson, seems to call for some 

 comment. It is true that the criticism is mainly directed against 

 the writer's list taken in Los Angeles county alone, but some 

 remarks of a general nature seem to reflect upon the whole 

 enterprise. 



In the interest of ac:uracy the criticism is welcomed, the 

 more so, because for Los Angeles county it accomplishes what 

 did not seem feasible in the small space allotted to that large 

 field; namely, indicating what species were rare and therefore 



