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1920 Notes ana News. 01 < 



from Drs. C. W. Richmond and A. K. Fisher. The use of this collection 

 is available to ornithologists visiting Washington and the services of Mr. 

 McAtee to others who may have original labels or other bits of handwriting 

 which it is desirable to identify. Contributions to the collection will be 

 welcome and exchanges can be arranged with others having similar col- 

 lections. 



In a paper published in 'School Science and Mathematics' entitled 

 'Bird Study in the Mississippi Valley' Mr. Horace Gunthorp presents an 

 interesting summary of the members of ornithological societies in the 

 various states as well as information on the teaching of ornithology in the 

 schools of the country. 



We note that in the A. O. U. Massachusetts leads with 204 members 

 while New York has 123, Pennsylvania 75, District of Columbia 63, and 

 California 50. While in the Cooper Club, California of course leads 

 with 278, Massachusetts, 40, New York 33, and District of Columbia 

 29. The Wilson Club has its largest membership in Illinois, 66, while 

 Iowa has 51, Nebraska 48, Ohio 41 and New York, 23. The computation 

 was made from the 1919 lists and have no doubt been changed somewhat 

 by those of 1920. 



Dr. W. H. Osgood returned the last week in May from a brief but suc- 

 cessful trip to Venezuela. Several hundred birds and mammals were 

 collected chiefly in the vicinity of Lake Maracaibo and in the Sierra de 

 Merida. 



Dr. Alexander Wetmore, of the Biological Survey, sailed on May 29 

 for Buenos Aires to conduct investigations on the migratory birds which 

 winter in southern South America. He expects to visit Argentina, Para- 

 guay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. 



' Mr. James L. Peters sailed about two weeks earlier, also bound for 

 Argentina, on a collecting trip for the interests of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology. 



In connection with the meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union 

 in Washington, D. C, this year, the Local Committee plans to hold an 

 exhibit showing the history and development of zoological illustration as 

 applied to birds, including original drawings, paintings and photographs. 

 The pictures, which may be mounted in cards, but not framed, will be 

 exhibited under glass in the Library of Congress (fireproof structure) where 

 in exchange for facilities the exhibit will be held together a month or 

 more. So far the consensus of opinion is that to keep the exhibit 

 within bounds, each artist shall be limited to 6 original drawings or paint- 

 ings and each photographer to 2 prints. This announcement is intended 



