i8S6.] Notes (Did News. 41"^ 



my intention, if nothing prevents, to further pursue the investigations I 

 have ah-eadj inaugurated, and thoroughly compare the remaining systems 

 of these groups, more especially the muscular, arterial, and digestive sys- 

 tems. To this end it is very important that I should have my material as 

 complete as American types can make it, and the principal object of this 

 letter is to call the attention of the members of the A. O. U. to this matter, 

 and to solicit their assistance in the work. As my desiderata are not ex- 

 tensive, and for the most part not difficult to obtain, I feel that I can look 

 with certainty to the realization of my hopes in that direction. 



I have already written to some of my friends in Arizona and California 

 for alcoholic specimens of the various forms of Trochili, and all such do- 

 nations of course will be fully acknowledged in mv future contributions to 

 the subject. 



Alcoholic specimens of any of the Trogons are particularly desirable, 

 and the following forms essentially so: Antrostomus carolinensis, two 

 specimens; On^tura pclagica. six specimens; Prague sudi's, six speci- 

 mens. And, as I have already said, any of the Hummingbirds. 



The specimens should be properly tagged, giving donor, locality, date, 

 etc., and placed in good alcohol in an ordinary screw-top glass fruit-jar, 

 and packed round with sawdust in a box as small as is compatible with 

 safe transportation, and sent C. O. D. to me by express. I would beg 

 such persons as are willing to assist in this work, to communicate with 

 me before sending material, in order to save expense (as express rates are 

 very high), and the undue duplication of material. 

 Very respectfully vours, 



R. W. Shufeldt. 

 Fort Wingdte. Neiv Mexico. Mav i, 1886. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The second edition of Dr. Coues's 'Key" being already out of print, 

 Messrs. Estes & Lauriat announce the third edition, which will contain 

 the new nomenclature of the A. O. U. Committee, with all necessary cor- 

 rections and additions to date. This edition will appear in two forms, one 

 like the second edition, the other called the 'Sportsman's Edition' for use 

 in the field, on thin paper, trimmed to a \erv narrow margin, and bound 

 in flexible Russia leather covers. 



The Milwaukee Society of German Journalists and Booksellers have 

 issued a prospectus of Mi-. H. Nehrling's work on North American birds, 

 entitled 'Die nordamerikanische Vogelwelt,' which is to be published bv 

 subscription in ten to twelve quarto parts, with colored plates, at $1 per 

 part. A work in the German language on North American birds is still a 

 desideratum, and one which is doubtless much felt by the German Amer- 

 icans: and no one is doubtless better fitted than Mr. Nehrling to supply 



