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' Ichthyological Code ' is discussed at some length in the issue of 

 'Science' for March 17, 1905 (pp. 428-433), further notice of it in the 

 present connection is not necessary, as those interested in nomencla- 

 torial matters douhtless have ready access to ' Science.' 



We congratulate the editor and publisher of ' The Warbler, A Maga- 

 zine of American Ornithology,' Mr. John Lewis Childs, of Floral Park, 

 N. Y., on the greatly improved character of the first number of its ' Second 

 Series ' (Vol. I, No. 1, Jan , 1905), as regards both the matter and the illus- 

 trations. Each issue, it is promised, " will contain at least two colored 

 plates of rare North American birds' eggs." The first number opens 

 with a colored plate of the eggs of Kirtland's Warbler, with appropriate 

 text, and contains also a colored plate of the eggs of the Olive Warbler, 

 " one of the two or three sets of this species that have thus far been 

 taken." Subscription, $1.00 per year, single copies 30 cts. 



Volume I, No. 1, of a new periodical called 'The Apteryx, A New 

 England Quarterly of Natural History,' bears date, January, 1905. It is 

 edited by C. Abbott Davis, and published " by the Roger Williams Park 

 Museum of Providence, R. I." A journal of this character may be a 

 desirable medium of communication for local workers, and may serve a 

 useful function in increasing interest in the study of the local fauna and 

 flora, but the name of the present candidate for honors seems most 

 inaptly chosen, suggesting New Zealand rather than New England, and 

 ornithology rather than the organ of a local museum, devoted to general 

 natural history and only incidentally dealing with birds. The journal is 

 octavo in form, and the first number consists of 28 pages and two half- 

 tone plates. Subscription, $1.00 per year, 25 cts. per copy. 



The Chief of the Biological Survey, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, in his report 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, gives a most interesting sum- 

 mary (Yearbook Depart. Agric. for 1904, pp. 291-305) of the work carried 

 on under his direction, which comprises the four sections, (1) Geographic 

 Distribution, (2) Economic Ornithology, (3) Bird Migration, (4) Game 

 Protection. Field work on geographic distribution was "carried on over 

 wide areas in California, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Alaska, and also 

 in several Provinces of Canada and States of Mexico. In California the 

 field operations for the purpose of securing data for a detailed map of the 

 life and crop zones of the State have been continued under the personal 

 direction of the Chief, along the western slope and foothills of the Sierra 

 Nevada, in some of the interior valleys, and among the Coast Ranges 

 south of San Francisco Bay. 



"The field parties in charge of Vernon Bailey, chief field naturalist, 

 have practically completed work in western Texas, and are now in New 

 Mexico. In Texas explorations were carried on mainly in the Pan-handle 

 region and the southwestern corner of the State in the vicinity of El 



