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ever, resulted from it, and no formal action was ever taken in the matter, 
until Miss Owen’s unsolicited gift gave impetus to this long-cherished 
scheme. On the receipt of Miss Owen’s gift the Council appointed a 
“committee to consider its disposition, resulting in a report recommend- 
ing that the money he made the nucleus of a fund, the proceeds of which 
should be devoted to the purpose already stated. In all undertakings 
it is the first step that counts, hence the hopefulness of the present out- 
look for the establishment of a fund “for the advancement of the science 
of ornithology.” There is now both reason and ground for an appeal for 
further contributions toward this end; and it is hoped that this bare 
statement of the conditions of the case will be sufficient to prompt further 
and still larger gifts toward the realization of a puypose so desirable. 
AN IMPORTANT monograph of ‘The Birds of Cheshire,’ by T. A. 
Coward and Charles Oldham is announced for publication early in the 
spring by Messrs. Sherratt and Hughes, 27 St. Ann Street, Manchester, 
England. It will be an octavo of upwards of 250 pages, with six plates 
depicting bird haunts, anda map. The main part of the work will treat 
of ‘‘all the birds known to occur in Cheshire,” with an introductory 
chapter on various special topics relating to the general subject. It is to 
be published by subscription, at 10s. 6d. net. 
ANOTHER work on British birds, announced as about to appear, is 
‘The Birds of Glanmorganshire, by Digby S. W. Nicholl, in demy 8vo, 
also to be published by subscription, at 7s. 6d., or 7s.9d. by post. Orders 
should be sent to Thomas Carter, 8 High Town, Hereford, England. 
: 
Mr. REGINALD HEBER HOWE, JR., announces that he ‘‘proposes to 
edit, if enough subscribers are secured to insure success, a quarterly orni- 
thological paper,’ to be called ‘Randon Notes on Ornithology,’ ‘to 
consist of from four to eight pages, composed of general articles and 
notes.” The subscription price is 75 cents, due after the publication of 
the first issue. Mr. Howe’s address is Longwood, Brookline, Mass. 
‘THe Conpor’ is the new name chosen for ‘The Bulletin of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club,’ which enters on its second volume with 
the beginning of the year 1900. We trust that the good record it has 
made during the first year betokens for ‘The Condor’ a long life and 
permanent prosperity. 
THE PROSPECTUS of ‘Bird-Lore’ for 1900 promises to “set a new 
standard for popular natural history journals. The articles will be 
largely by recognized leaders in the world of science and letters, and of 
a variety which cannot fail to create wide interest.’ The list of contrib- 
utors announced seems to make good the claim thus set forth. In con- 
nection with the journal the author has established an ‘Advisory Coun- 
