Vol. XXXIII n , 1QQ 



1915 Correspondence. loo 



Ornithologische Monatsschrift, 39, No. 7, July, 1914. 



Ottawa Naturalist, XXVIII, No. 7, October, 1914. 



Philippine Journal of Science, IX, Sec. D, Nos. 2 and 3, April and 

 June, 1914. 



Proceedings, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LXVI, Part II, April-August, 1914. 



Records of the Australian Museum, X, Nos. 8 and 9, August and October, 

 1914 



Science, N. S., XL, Nos. 1029 to 1041. 



Scottish, Naturalist, The, Nos. 33, 34 and 35, September to November, 

 1914. 



South Australian Ornithologist, The, I, Part 4, October, 1914. 



Wilson, Bulletin, The, XXVI, No. 3, September, 1914. 



Zoologist, The, (4) XVIII, Nos. 213, 214 and 215, September to No- 

 vember, 1914. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Obituary Notices. 



Editor of 'The Auk': 



The undersigned begs to call attention to the following facts disclosed 

 by an examination of the last list of Deceased Members of the A. O. U. 



(1). That 3 Corresponding Fellows (Altum, Hoast and Philippi) and 1 

 Member (Judd) have never had any obituary notices in 'The Auk.' 



(2) . That nearly one half (55) of the deceased Associates have never had 

 obituary notices. 



(3) That during the last two years eight Associates have died without 

 mention except in the list of Deceased Members. These Associates are 

 Beers, Butler, Mrs. Davis, Hales, Hill, Miss Howe, Marsden and Welles. 



(4). That every obituary notice should give at least the full name of 

 the person and the date and place of birth and death. Fully 50 percent 

 of the obituaries in ' The Auk ' fail to mention one or more of these essen- 

 tial facts. 



Respectfully, 



T. S. Palmer. 



1939 Biltmore St., N. W. 

 Washington, D. C. 

 November 16, 1914. 



[While entirely in accord with Dr. Palmer's suggestion, the editor begs 

 to call attention to the fact that incomplete notices of deceased members 

 are often sent in for publication only a short time before the number of 



