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The influence of such men as Josiah Hoopes in advancing scientific 

 work is hard to estimate, and all Pennsylvania bird students have lost a 

 staunch supporter, while to those who knew him personally he will ever 

 be remembered as a generous host and a true friend. — W. S. 



Lyman S. Foster, for a time an Active Member of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, died of pneumonia at St. Luke's Hospital, New York 

 City, January 6, 1904. Mr. Foster was born at Gloucester, Mass., Novem- 

 ber 25, 1843, but the greater part of his life was spent in New York City, 

 as a stationer and dealer in natural history books, and from 1886 to 1900 

 he was the authorized agent of the A. O. U. for the sale of its publica- 

 tions and the distribution of 'The Auk.' He took an active interest in 

 ornithology, and from time to time contributed short papers on North 

 American birds to various natural history publications, including 'The 

 Auk,' and the ' Abstract of Proceedings ' of the Linnaean Society of New 

 York, of which society he was for some years treasurer. His principal 

 contribution to ornithological literature is a minutely detailed bibliog- 

 raphy of the ornithological writings of the late George N. Lawrence, 

 published in 1892, forming No. IV of the series of 'Bibliographies of 

 American Naturalists,' issued by the U. S. National Museum. 



A PROPO.SED general work on birds, in large quarto, with plain or 

 colored plates, as may be required, is announced, to be prepared by a 

 "Committee composed of the best Ornithologists of the World." Each 

 family will be published separately, with separate pagination, and will 

 include synoptical tables and descriptions of the genera, species and sub- 

 species, references to the original descriptions, the sj'nonymy, and geo- 

 graphical distribution. The work will be published entirely in English, 

 and the drawings will be by Keulemans. A specimen part, on the 

 Eurylffimida;, by E. Hartert, of the Zoological Museum of Tring, has 

 been issued, and will be sent for inspection, post free, on application. 

 This sample part shows that the work will prove of great convenience 

 and value as a technical synopsis of the birds of the world. Subscrip- 

 tions will be received only for the complete work, on the basis of 4 cts. 

 per page of text, 30 cts. per plain plate, and 60 cts. per colored plate. 

 Subscriptions should be addressed to P. Wytsman, 108, Boulevard du 

 Nord, Bruxelles, Belgium. The New York agents are G. E. Stechert, 

 and Westermann & Co. 



Mr. Frank M. Chapiman requests the cooperation of ornithologists in 

 the preparation of a proposed work on the Warblers of North America. 

 Information in regard to those phases of the life-history of these birds on 

 which observations are particularly desired will be gladly furnished by 

 Mr. Chapman, who may be addressed at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York City. 



