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informed upon the subjects of which they write, rather than 

 trusting to scattered contributions from all sources. This 

 magazine fills a distinct want in the popular literature of the 

 times, and is doing a good work in the education of the people 

 to the proper appreciation of ' ' All Nature. 



A most encouraging sign of the deep interest that is being 

 manifested in birds by all classes of people is the demand for 

 courses of Ornithology in colleges and universities. There are 

 at hand circulars announcing a summer school of Ornithology 

 at Princeton, New Jersuy, to be conducted by Mr. W. E. D. 

 Scott, Curator of the Department of Ornithology in Princeton 

 University ; and " Bird Study at Wood's HoU Marine Biologi- 

 cal Laboratory," under the direction of Dr. Thomas H. Mont- 

 gomery, Jr. , as.sisted by Drs. Whitman and Herrick and Messrs. 

 Stone, Dearborn and Chapman. These courses will not be 

 such as to require the sacrifice of life of any bird but will be 

 directed toward the .study of the living bird in its natural 

 environment in the enjoyment of full liberty. We rejoice in 

 the movement for supplying a real want on the part of these 

 great universities. 



It has been impos.sible to fulfil the promise made last Nov- 

 ember to issue the Bulletins for 1900 on time. The editor 

 has fretted over this at least as much as anyone, but he has 

 been powerless to avoid it. But he feels a certain satisfaction 

 in at last seeing in print the results of years of earnest work. 

 The compilation of these reports was completed more than a 

 month before they were due to appear, but from their nature 

 the proof was slow in passing thru our hands. In spite of the 

 most careful scrutiny there must be .some typographical errors 

 or some omissions which nothing but an errata page can reach. 

 Accompanying this number will be found slips to be inserted 

 in No. 30 on the pages indicated in the index. We confidently 

 expect (that is, as confidently as our broken promises will per- 

 mit) that* the October number will be mailed in October. At 

 this distance it begins to appear that the title of the October 

 number will have to be changed on account of a lack of ma- 

 terial out of which to make a report on Migration, but we can 

 promise something worth reading at an}' rate. 



