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ing Member of the Imperial Academy of Science of St. Petersburg, and 

 illustrated with 24 colored plates by F. W. Frohawk, and a frontispiece 

 by Dr. Suschkin depicting a Goose scene in Siberia. The subject will be 

 treated both from a scientific and the sportsman's standpoint, and will treat 

 fully of the habits, nesting, and geographical distribution of the species 

 and subspecies. Subscription price, £2 12 6 net. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Ornithological Club, held at 

 Ann Arbor April 2, the following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: President, Prof. Walter B. Barrows, Agricultural College; First 

 Vice-President, Prof. A. H. Griffith, Detroit Museum of Art ; Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Norman A. Wood, Ann Arbor, and Jas. B. Purdy, Plymouth ; Sec- 

 retary, Bradshaw H. Swales, Detroit ; Treasurer, Chas. E. Wisner, Detroit ; 

 Editor-in-chief, Alex. W. Blain, Detroit ; Associates, Prof. Walter B. Bar- 

 rows and J. Claire Wood. 



With a view to obtaining positive evidence of the return of birds 

 to the place of their birth, or otherwise, as the case may be, Mr. P. A. 

 Taverner, of 95 North Grand Boulevard, W., Detroit, Michigan, pro- 

 poses to attach small aluminum bands to the tarsus of young birds, in the 

 hope that some of the birds thus tagged may afterward fall into the hands 

 of ornithologists and be reported. The tag, for the sake of brevity of 

 address, will be inscribed "Notify The Auk. N. Y.," to which any such 

 discoveries should be reported for publication. 



A national association of wild animal photographers is being formed 

 for the purpose of promoting the new form popularly known as "camera 

 hunting." It is hoped that this organization will be an effective means 

 of discouraging the unnecessary slaughter of American birds and other 

 wild animals. All interested should write to Mr. Leroy Melville Tufts, 

 Field Station, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmington, 

 Maine. 



