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NOTES AND NEWS. 
HEREAFTER, until further notice, ‘ THE AuK’ will be issued from Cam- 
bridge, Mass., instead of from New York, its distribution having been 
placed in the hands of Mr. E. W. Wheeler, who for many years past has 
been ‘The Auk’ printer, to whom communications concerning subscrip- 
tions should be sent, addressed, Edward W. Wheeler, Printer and Pub- 
lisher, 30 Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass. Manuscripts intended for 
publication, books, and pamphlets for review, and all exchanges, should 
be sent, as heretofore, to the Editor, American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, New York City, N. Y. 
THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ConcrREss of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union will be held in Cambridge, Mass., beginning on the evening of 
November 12, 1900. The evening session will be for the election of offi- 
cers and members and the transaction of the usual routine business. 
Tuesday and the following days, the sessions will be for the presentation 
and discussion of scientific papers, and will be open to the public. Mem- 
bers intending to present communications are requested to forward the 
titles of their papers to the Secretary, Mr. John H. Sage, Portland Conn., 
so as to reach him not later than November 8. The sessions will doubt- 
less be held in one of the lecture halls of the University Museum. 
In connection with this Congress of the Union it is proposed to hold a 
conference of representatives of the Audubon Societies, who will be sent 
as authorized representatives of their respective Societies, for the purpose 
of establishing a closer relationship between the Societies and the Union, 
and to consider ways and means for the more systematic prosecution of 
the work of the Societies. 
Mr. CuarLes C. MARBLE, an Associate Member of the American Orni- 
thologists’ Union, died at his home in Chicago, September 25, 1900, of 
heart disease, at the age of 52 years. Mr. Marble was until recently editor 
of the illustrated magazine ‘ Birds,’ so well known as a popular magazine 
of ornithology. He was a native of Ohio and moved to Chicago in 1893. 
As DOUBTLESS known to many of our readers, Mr. Robert Ridgway has 
been engaged for some time in the preparation of a work on ‘The Birds 
of North and Middle America,’ the first volume of which is now ready for 
the printer. In reference to this, doubtless the most important work on 
American birds ever undertaken, we are permitted to give the following 
interesting information, kindly furnished at our request by Dr. Charles W. 
Richmond: 
In September, 1894, Mr. Ridgway undertook, by direction of the Assist- 
ant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the preparation of a treatise 
