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as well as those of nearly all of the known North American species, many 

 of which are represented by extensive series. Mr. Bailey is .still en- 

 gaged upon its rearrangement, hy whom it is to be put in order and duly 

 labelled. 



Mr. George B. Sennett, having recently become a resident of New 

 York City, has placed his large ornithological collection on deposit in 

 the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park. As is well 

 known, Mr. Sennett's collection is especially rich in Texas birds and 

 their nests and eggs, which it is his intention to enlarge and render com- 

 plete by further explorations in that State. It already contains large 

 series, both of the skins and nests and eggs of many of the rarer species, and 

 thus forms a valuable addition to the available material for research in 

 ornithology contained in the American Museum. 



Mr. William Brewster has been appointed -Assistant in Ornithology' 

 at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, taking the place 

 formerly held there by Mr. Allen. The Museum is to be congratuated 

 on having secured so capable and trustworthy a curator as Mr. Brewster 

 is well known to be. 



At a meeting of the Ridgway Ornithological Club of Chicago, held 

 May 14, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent, B. T. Gault; Vice-President and Treasurer, G. F. Morcom ; Secre- 

 tary, H. K. Coale; Curator, H. L. Fulton; Librarian, J. G. Parker. 

 The papers read at recent meetings of the Club include 'Notes on 

 Arizona Birds,' by Mr. Coale, and 'The Woodpeckers of Michigan, with 

 remarks on their Anatomy,' by Dr. Gibbs. 



Mr. Cory, having completed his work on the 'Birds of Haiti and San 

 Domingo,' is now gathering material for a general work on the Birds of 

 the West Indies, "including the Bahama Island*, and the Greater and 

 Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad." As pre- 

 liminary thereto he has already published a list of the species, giving 

 their West Indian range. 



Dr. L. Stejneger's Report on his ornithological work in Kamtschatka is 

 rapidly passing through the press at the Government Printing Office, 

 and its publication may be expected at an early day. It forms 'Bulletin 

 29' of the U. S. National Museum, and is entitled 'Results of Ornitholog- 

 ical Explorations in Kamtschatka and in the Commander Islands.' It 

 will make a volume 01300-350 pages, and be illustrated with 8 plates (7 

 of them colored), and numerous cuts in the text. About 150 species 

 will be treated in detail, besides which a list will be given of all the 

 species known to have been taken in Kamtschatka. 



