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61. Red-breasted Nuthatch — Sitta canadensis. 



62. Tufted Titmouse — Barjioplius iicolor. 



63. Carolina Chickadee — PcntJicstes c. carolinensis. 



64. Wood Thrush — Hylocichla miistelina. 



65. Olive-backed Thrush — HylocichJa u. swainsoni. 



66. Robin — Plancsticns m. migrator i us. 



NOTES-HERE AND THERE 



Conducted by the Secretary. 



Mr. Benj. T. Gault is preparing for the Illinois Audubon So- 

 ciety a " Checklist of the Birds of Illinois." It is planned to have 

 it ready in time for spring migration. 



Mr. Fted M. Dille, one of our pioneer western bird men, is in 

 charge of the U. S. Biological Surveys' Niobrara Reservation for 

 Wild Life in northern Nebraska. His postofflce is Valentine. 



Hon. R. M. Barnes is piloting the venerable Oologist through 

 its 38th year and expresses confidence in its future. We regret 

 that Mr. Barnes missed the Chicago meeting by reason of getting 

 the dates mixed. 



Miss Althea R. Sherman, who in past years has written many 

 valuable articles for the columns of The Bulletin, has of late been 

 devoting her time and talents to securing the establishment of a 

 National Monument park on the Mississippi River, near McGregor, 

 Iowa. 



Prof. Horace Gunthorp, formerly of Topeka, Kans., is now 

 with the Department of Zoology of the University of Washington 

 at Seattle. In the May, 1920, issue of School, Science and Mathe- 

 matics, is published his paper on " Bird Study in the Mississippi 

 Valley." In this paper is incorporated an analysis of the distribu- 

 tion of the membership of the three major bird clubs. 



Professor Z. P. Metcalf of the North Carolina State College, 

 has been elected Instructor in Ornithology and Entomology at the 

 University of Michigan Biological Station, at Douglas Lake, for 

 the coming session. He will give courses in elementary orni- 

 thology and direct the research work in ornithology as well. 



Mr. Herbert L. Stoddard, formerly with the Field Museum, is 

 now Curator of Ornithology in the Milwaukee Public Museum. One 

 of the treats in store for our readers is a very thorough paper by 

 Mr. Stoddard treating of the life histories of the Great Horned Owl. 

 Mr. Wm. D. Richardson will furnish some of his excellent photos 

 from life as illustrations. 



Dr. L. Ottley Pindar, who wrote of Kentucky bird-life while 



