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'Coloured Plates of Birds' from 1859 to 1917 has appeared in the volume 

 for 1918, pp. 10-51. 'Stray Feathers' has had a general index provided 

 for its eleven volumes, 1873-1888, and ' Novitates Zoologicae ' in a recent 

 number (vol. XXI, p. 457) has a list of the new species described in the 

 first 20 volumes. 



Of the German serials at least three are provided with general indexes. 

 The earliest is ' Naumannia, ' which has an index to six of its eight volumes 

 for the years 1850-1856. The 'Journal fur Ornithologie,' founded in 1853, 

 has issued three general indexes — one for the 15 years 1853-1867, a second 

 for the 26 years 1868-1893, and the third for the 20 years 1894-1913 — thus 

 including 61 of its 67 volumes. The second index, containing 296 pages, 

 appeared in the first quarter of 1894, less than three months after the com- 

 pletion of the last volume indexed, and established a record for prompt 

 publication that is not likely to be surpassed. The third periodical, the 

 ' Ornithologische Monatsschrift,' established in 1876, has at least two 

 general indexes issued at 12-year intervals for the years 1876-1887 and 

 1888-1899. 



Of the American journals, several have thus far been provided with 

 general indexes. 'The Auk' has two, one covering the 25 years, 1876-1900, 

 and including the eight volumes of the 'Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithologi- 

 cal Club ' in addition to the first seventeen of ' The Auk ' ; and the second, 

 a decennial index for the years 1901-1910. Another decennial index for 

 the volumes from 1911 to 1920 should be prepared in the near future. 

 'Bird Lore,' now in its 21st volume, has a general index to the first 15 

 volumes, and 'The Condor,' also in its 21st volume, has issued two decen- 

 nial indexes for the volumes down to the close of 1918. In this con- 

 nection mention should perhaps be made of Howe's 'Faunal Index to 

 the Ornithologist and Oologist, ' volumes I-XVIII, which appeared in 

 'Contributions to North American Ornithology,' vol. I, 1901-1904. This 

 is incomplete, but includes the states from Alabama to New Mexico. 



No general indexes have been provided for 'British Birds,' 'The Emu,' 

 the 'Ornithologische Monatsberichte,' 'Cassinia,' the 'Wilson Bulletin,' 

 and certain other ornithological journals, and consequently readers must 

 consult each volume to ascertain the contents. In the case of the eleven 

 journals above mentioned it is possible by consulting about 25 general 

 indexes to gain ready access to notes and observations scattered in more 

 than 300 volumes containing many thousands of pages. — T. S. P. 



Where American Ornithologists Rest. — Mt. Vernon, Va., and 

 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass., have become famous as the last 

 resting places of some of America's leading men. George Washington's 

 tomb at Mt. Vernon is the mecca of many a traveler from abroad who 

 visits the National Capital, and the graves of Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, 

 and others in Sleepy Hollow are frequently visited and widely known. 

 Botanists often place on record references to the spots which mark the 

 graves of their departed men of genius, but ornithologists apparently have 

 given less attention to such details. Few persons can tell the location of 



