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NOTES AND NEWS. 



Dr. Gu.stav Harti.aub, an Honorary Member of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, died at his home in Bremen on Nov. 20, 1900, in the 

 Sytli year of his age. From memorial notices by Dr. Rudolf Blasius 

 (Zeitschrift flir Orn., Jan. 1901 ) and Dr. Moritz Lindeman (Orn. Monatsb., 

 Jan. 1901) we learn that Dr. Hartlaub was born in Bremen, Nov. 8, 1814, 

 his father being the head of one of the oldest and most prominent mer- 

 cantile houses of that city, and also a senator. He received his early edu- 

 cation at the Bremen training school, and later studied medicine and 

 natural history at the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Goettingen. After 

 receiving his medical degree he traveled in Austria, Holland, France, 

 England and Scotland, studying in Vienna, Le^^den, Paris, London and 

 Edinburgh. He then settled in Bremen as a practising physician, follow- 

 ing his profession till his death, and visiting the Alps of Northern Italy 

 and Switzerland for a few weeks in summer for rest and recreation. 



As regards liis ornithological work, for twenty-five years (1846-1871) he 

 wrote for Troschel's ' Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte' the ' Berichte iiber die 

 Leistungen in Naturgeschichte der Vogel,' the most useful and valuable 

 record of ornithological literature for this period. In 1857, appeared his 

 ' System der Ornithologie Westafrika's,' the first general work on the 

 birds of that region, and still one of the most useful. His ' Beitrag zur 

 Fauna Centralpolynesiens ' followed in 1867, and his ' Die Vogel Mada- 

 gaskars und der benachbarten [nselgruppen ' in 1877. His lesser ornitho- 

 logical writings number several hundred titles, published mainly in the 

 'Journal fiir Ornithologie' and in the ' Abhandlungen ' of the Bremen 

 Natural History Society. He was greatly interested in geographical 

 exploration and exerted his great influence in behalf of numerous German 

 expeditions of this character. He was president for many years of the 

 Bremen Natural History Society-, and also of the Deutsche Ornitholo- 

 gische Gesselschaft. His services to descriptive ornithologv have been 

 eminent, his name having long been one of the most prominent in the 

 literature of the science. 



Baron Edmoxd de Selys Long-schamps, a Corresponding Member 

 of the x\merican Ornithologists' Union, died at his home in lijege, Bel- 

 gium, Dec. II, 1900, in the 87th year of his age. A notice of his life and 

 scientific work will be given in a subsequent number of this journal. 



Mr. George A. Boardman, an Associate Member of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union, died at his home at Calais, Maine, Jan. 11, 1901, 

 at the age of 83 years. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 5, 1818, 

 and went with his parents to Calais in 1S28. His ancestors came from 



