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specimens taken, several new species of mammals, in all probability, 

 being represented in the lot, as well as the addition of several 

 species of birds new to the Alaskan fauna. 



In speaking of the weather conditions encountered on this trip, 

 the following is taken from his letter of October 17th : 



" It's a nasty country to work in, and if you are looking for a 

 pleasure trip I would recommend almost any other place in the 

 country. In the last three months there were, I believe, just six 

 days in which it did not rain. In May and June we had a few 

 stretches of nice weather, a week or so at a time, which was for- 

 tunate, else we would not have been able to reach many of the out- 

 lying islands. It was cold and raw about all the time, and I had 

 to have a fire in the tent whenever I skinned specimens, partly for 

 warmth and partly to keep things dry. Personally, I infinitely 

 prefer the desert! I would not have missed the experience for a 

 good deal ; but I am not sorry that it is over, and have no desire 

 to go back. They say the summer was unusually cold and rainy, 

 which may or may not be the fact, but at any rate it had one ad- 

 vantage, in that we were not bothered at all by mosquitoes and 

 flies, except in one or two places." b. t. g. 



NAMES PROPOSED FOR INIIEMBERSHIP. 



The following nominations for membership in the Wilson Orni- 

 thological Club have been approved by the Executive Committee. 

 Members will therefore confer a favor in notifying the Secretary 

 at once if objections to any of these are offered. In the absence of 

 objection candidates are considered duly elected according to our 

 constitution. 



FOB ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP. 



Edward E. Armstrong, 2148 North Sawyer Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Miss Elizabeth Eldridge, Plainfield, Will County, 111. 



W. Elmer Ekblaw, 505 E. Green Street, Champaign, 111. 



Miss Laura Gano, Earlham Place, Richmond, Ind. 



Isaac E. Hess, Phllo, 111. 



J. Watts Marcus, Jr., Wallingford, Penn. 



Harry S. Swarth, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, Calif. 



FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP. 



Arthur W. Moline, 7G22 Ingleside Avenue, Chicago, 111. 



JOHN FARWELL FERRY. 

 The sudden and untimely death at St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 

 February 11, 1910, from acute pneumonia, of our fellow member, 

 John Farwell Ferry, came as a great surprise and shock to his 

 many friends in and about the city and throughout the country at 

 large. 



