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music at the Academy in St. Johnsbuiy, and for a time was curator of the 

 Musemn in her native town. Mrs. Carter was an active member of the 

 Vermont Bird Club and of the Botanical Club of her State. Proficiency 

 in music made it possible for her to do much original work in scoring the 

 songs of wild birds, and Chapman in his 'Warblers of North America' 

 makes frequent acknowledgment of help received from her in this line. — 

 J. H. S. 



Mrs. Jacob L. Sweiger, an Associate of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union, died in Waterbuiy, Conn., March 24, 1907, in the 47th year of her 

 age. She was born in Waterbury, May 13, 1860, and was the daughter 

 of Joseph Shelton and Sarah (Denman) Bronson. The family removed 

 to Watertown, Conn., shortly afterwards, where were spent Mrs. Sweiger's 

 childhood and young womanhood. After her marriage she returned to 

 Waterbury and resided in that city imtil her death. She was an active 

 member of the Naturalist Club of Waterbury, contributing frequently 

 and materially to the work of that flourishing organization. Mrs. Sweiger 

 was an enthusiastic lover of birds, and her sunny, cheerful disposition 

 won for her a host of friends. — J. H. S. 



The Council of the American Ornithologists' Union, at a meeting held 

 in Philadephia November 9, 1907, unanimously adopted the new Article 

 30 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (see Auk, Vol. 

 XXIV, Oct. 1907, pp. 464-466 for the full text of the article) as a part of 

 the Revised A. O. U. Code, soon to appear, and instructed the Committee 

 on Nomenclature and Classification of North American Birds to make 

 such changes in the present draft of the Code as were necessary to bring it 

 into harmony with said Article 30. It also provided that in case any 

 differences of opinion should arise in the Committee in respect to the inter- 

 pretation or application of the Article as applied to particular cases, such 

 points of difference should be referred to the International Zoological 

 Commission for decision, and the decisions of the Commission to be accepted 

 as final. As the Zoological Commission has signified its willingness to act 

 as an Arbitration Commission on moot points of nomenclature, the way 

 seems now open for the adjustment of any cases where experts may reach 

 different conclusions. It is to be hoped that other scientific bodies which 

 have to deal officially with questions of zoological nomenclature will 

 emulate the example of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



An important illustrated work soon to appear in five quarterly parts 

 is 'A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares),' by F. DuCane Godman, 

 D. C. L., F. R. S., President of the British Ornithologists' Union. The 

 edition will be limited to 225 numbered copies, in large quarto, illustrated 

 with 105 hand-colored plates, drawn by J. G. Keulemans. The work will 

 comprise all of the known species of Petrels, Shearwaters, and Albatrosses, 



