THE OREGON NATURALIST, 



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THE NORTHWESTERN 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



Organized Dec. 28th, 1894, Object— To 

 advance the science of Ornithology in the 

 Northwest. President; William L. Finley, 

 2874th, St., Portland, On, First vice- 

 pres. Ellis F. Hadley, Dayton, Or. 

 Second vice-pres.Guy Stryker,Milwaukie, 

 Or. Sec. Arthur L. Pope, McMinnville, 

 Or. Treas. Dorsie C Bard, Portland, Or. 



Any person interested in Ornithology, 

 residing in the Northwest, may become 

 an active member. 



Any person interested in Ornithology 

 may become an associate member. 



The membership fee shall be fifty cents; 

 this shall cover all dues to the first of 

 January, after initiation. 



The OREGON NATURALIST, shall be 

 sent free to all members. 



Applications for membership should be 

 sent to the Secretary. 



Chautauqua scliuuls has been secured. The 

 Stnte Pioneer Association and Portland Histor- 

 ical Society are jilanning for headquarters that 

 will especi.'illy attract students of the early 

 Oregon era with its relics and romances; the 

 State Horticultural Society is arranging for 

 headquarters, with many admirable features; 

 the State Grange will have a Grange Day, 

 Wednesday, July 8, on which occasion the 

 assembly will be addressed by one of their greatest 

 speakers, Mortimer Whitehead of New Jersey, 

 the various colleges and universities are arrang- 

 ing for headquarters on a more elaborate scale 

 than ever before. The State Agricultural 

 College is arranging for a Farmers' Institute to 

 be held each day from 9:00 to 11:00 a. m, at 

 their headquarters. Many other departments 

 are under consideration and will be announced 

 later. 



WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAUTAUQUA 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Third Annual Assembly of the Willam- 

 ette Valley Chautauqua to be held at Gladstone 

 Park, Oregon City, July 7-17, 1896, promises 

 to open under the most brilliant auspices. By 

 combining with the other Coast assemblies the 

 very best talent has been secured at reasonable 

 figures. One thousand dollars has been ex- 

 pended on the platform alone, guaranteeing 

 a speaker of national celebrity each day of the 

 session. The list include.* Dr. Carlos Martyn, 

 of Chicago; Frank Lincoln, of New York City, 

 Rev. Anna Shaw, of Philadephia, .Susan B. 

 Anthony. Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey; 

 Mrs. Marion B, Baxtei', Edwards Davis, of 

 Oakland, Elbert R. Dille, of San Francisco; 

 Selah Brown, of Los Angeles, Alice Hamill- 

 HandcQck, of Chicago, and Ella Higginson, 

 the p()et, of New Whatcom, Washington. The 

 best talent possible for each de})artment of the 



April 6, '96, I found a nest of western 

 meadowlark containing young three or four 

 days old. From this it seems that they must 

 have commenced nesting near the first of 

 March. I also found a nest April 12 contain, 

 ing three eggs which began hatching the next 

 day. These are my earliest records of the 

 nesting of 5 m. negUcta. 



Hervey M. Hoskins, 

 Newberg, Ore. 



THE OREGON SUMMER SCHOOL 



will be held this summer for one month 

 — July 21 - August 18 — on its grounds 

 at Gearhart Park. 



Teachers Review Course, Normal 

 Course, Physical Training, Art, Elocu- 

 tion, Vocal Music, Biology, Chemistry, 

 Astronomy and English Literature. 



Leading teachers in the state. 



Tuition for session, all courses, $5.00. 



For further particulars address, 



C. H. Chapman, President, 



Eugene, Oregon. 



May 17, flocks of 100 or more evening gros- 

 beaks were observed in the city of Portland. 



