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families of the Ploceida?, the Viduinae and the Estrildina?, leaving the 

 Ploceinre for treatment in Part II of the present volume. The species 

 and subspecies embraced in the present part number 167, being Nos. 356 

 to 522 of the ' Nomenclator Avium ^Ethiopicarum,' as given in volume I, 

 or about one-fifth of the Ethiopian ornis. The seven colored plates illus- 

 trate 14 species, previously unfigured. As in former volumes (see Auk, 

 XVIII, 1901, pp. 122, 123, and XX, 1902, p. 414, for notices), the text con- 

 sists of keys to the species and higher groups, the synonymy and princi- 

 pal bibliographical references, and description of the external characters, 

 followed by a summary of what is known of its geographical range and 

 life-history of the species. — J. A. A. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Evan Lewis died in Pasadena, California, October 23, 1904. He was 

 born in Berks Co., Pa., April 3, 1856, and there acquired his fondness for 

 bird study which clung to him through his subsequent life. In 1S81 he 

 removed to Colorado, where he has since resided, in the vicinity of Idaho 

 Springs. 



Here he was engaged in mining interests, and his opportunities for 

 observing the birds of that locality were exceptionally good, and most of 

 his spare time was devoted to them. Probably few persons know the 

 birds of a given district better than Evan Lewis did in his chosen field. 

 His fondness for them frequently led him into the higher mountain 

 regions where the White-tailed Ptarmigans make their summer home. 

 He found numerous nests of these interesting birds, and secured a fine 

 series of photographs, showing the female bird on the nest; the eggs 

 and young ; as well as many interesting facts relating to their nesting 

 habits. Eggs of this species taken by him, are in the Smithsonian collec- 

 tion, as well as in the private collections of J. P. Norris of Philadelphia 

 and T. H. Jackson of West Chester, Pa. 



Evan Lewis was an enthusiastic student of Nature. No climb was too 

 difficult, no hardship too great to deter him from the pursuit of his favor- 

 ite object, and his death will be felt as a distinct loss to those who knew 

 him or of his work. — T. H. J. 



In the January-February issue of 'The Condor' (pp. 28-30) appeared 

 a notice, with extended extracts, of a paper entitled ' Nomenclature in 

 Ichthyology.' While it is professedly based on the A. O. U. Code, it 

 contains several radical departures from it and from all other modern 

 codes, some of them almost revolutionary in character. As the new 



