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be a very successful expedition to the region about the southern end of 

 Hudson Bay. 



Investigation of the economic relations of birds was continued as visual, 

 both in the tield and in the laboratory, the contents of some 2000 bird 

 stomachs having been examined; special field investigations were also 

 continued, by Dr. S. D. Judd and Prof. F. E. L. Beal. The enforcement 

 of the Lacev Act, special! ^' consigned to the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, added greatly to the work and responsibilities of the Biological 

 Survey, and the prompt and thorough measures taken bv the Acting- 

 Chief, Dr. Palmer, are already a matter of record in this journal. 



The publications of the Survey, both economic and technical, have been 

 carried on with vigor, and include several numbers of the ' Farmers' 

 Bulletins,' and four numbers of the 'North American Fauna.' There 

 were also reprints of several ' Bulletins,' including three reprints of 

 the Farmers' Bulletin No. 54, on ' Common Birds in their relation to 

 Agriculture,' aggi-egating 70,000, and making a total issue of more than 

 200,000 copies of this important document. In addition to all this was 

 of course the laborious routine work, including the distribution of 

 schedules and the writing of some 2000 letters. 



The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club held its annual 

 meeting at the Academj' of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, January 3, 

 1901. Dr. Spencer Trotter spoke on 'Birds observed in Nova Scotia' 

 and Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads on 'The Economic Value of Hawks and 

 Owls.' Mr. Wm. L. Baily exhibited a number of lantern slides of birds 

 and nests photographed from nature. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year are : President, Charles 

 J. Pennock ; Vice-President, William A. Shryock; Secretary, Henry W. 

 Fowler ; Treasurer, Stewardson Brown. The average attendance for the 

 past 3'ear was twenty, and among the more interesting communications 

 may be mentioned the following : ' Winter Bird Life at Cape Charles, \"a.,' 

 by Geo. Spencer Morris; 'Notes on the Birds of Palm Beach, Fla.,' by 

 Dr. W. E. Hughes; 'The Earliest Describers of our Birds,' by Witmer 

 Stone; 'Resemblances in Bird Songs,' by Samuel N. Rhoads; 'Shore- 

 birds observed at Stone Harbor, N. J.,' by D. N. McCadden and Dr. J. F. 

 Prendergast; ' Crossbills in New Jersey,' by Wm. B. Evans; 'A Season's 

 Observations of the New Jersey Gull Colonies,' by Wm. L. Baily; 

 'Breeding of the Hermit Thrush on Martha's Vineyard,' by H. W. Cog- 

 gins; 'Recent Capture of Ivorv-billed Woodpeckers in Florida,' by 

 C. J. Pennock. The club has recently elected as an Honorary Member, 

 Dr. Samuel W. Woodhouse. 



Professor Alfred Newton, F. R. S., has recently been awarded by 

 the Royal Society one of the Royal medals in recognition of his emi- 

 nent services to ornithology. In presenting the medal the President, 



