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tory of British Birds - (2 vols., 1883-84) 1 ; ' The Geographical Distribution 

 of the Charadriidse, or the Plovers. Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies' 

 (410, i888) 2 ; -The Birds of the Japanese Empire' (1 vol. 8vo, 1890) 3 ; 

 ' Classification of Birds: an attempt to diagnose the Subclasses, Orders, 

 Suborders, and some of the Families of existing Birds' (1S90). 4 His two 

 chief works of travel — ' Siberia in Europe' and ' Siberia in Asia' — have 

 attained well-merited popularity, on account of the interest of the regions 

 visited and the pleasant manner in which the narratives are presented. 



Mr. Seebohm was an earnest and original investigator and a vigorous 

 and at times a somewhat aggressive writer, lie was also untrammeled 

 by precedents and traditions, which to some extent detracted from the 

 utility of his work, but on the other hand gave him an independence that 

 favored the development of new lines of thought and the adoption of new 

 methods. 



Mr. Henry T. Wharton, a Corresponding Member of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union, died recently at his home in Hants, England. 

 Mr. Wharton was a well-known expert on British birds, an important 

 list of which was published bv him in 1S77. Mr. Wharton was also Sec- 

 retary and General Editor for the B (). U. Committee, appointed in 1S7S 

 to draw up a list of British Birds, which was finally published in 1883. 

 Mr. Wharton not only acted as editor, but contributed the etvmolo^ical 

 notes relating to the scientific names. 



We regret to learn that Volume II of Major Bendire's ' Life Histories 

 of North American Birds." although in type since last July, is not likely 

 to be issued for several months, owing to delays in the Government 

 Printing Office at Washington. 



Two courses of ornithological lectures are to be given as the third 

 series of Biological Lectures at Columbia College, New York, during 

 January 1S96, the courses being respectively by Mr. Frank M. Chapman, 

 Assistant Curator of Ornithology in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, and by Professor C. Lloyd Morgan, F. R. S., of University 

 College, Bristol, England, author of ' Animal Life and Intelligence.' The 

 courses will consist of four lectures each, and will be given in the Hall of 

 the Academy of Medicine. 17 West 43d Street at 5 p. m. on Tuesdavs and 

 Fridays. Mr. Chapman's course will be on ' The Distribution, Migration, 

 Nesting, Colors, and Structural Adaptations of Birds,' and will occur 

 on January 7. 14. and 28, and February 4. Professor Morgan's course 

 is entitled ' The Instincts of Birds in Relation to Habit and Inheritance,' 

 and will be given on January 10, 17, 24, and 31. Tickets for the two 

 courses may be procured at the College offices or at the Biological 

 Department of the University. 



1 Cf. Auk, II, pp. 88-9C 3 Ibid. VIII, pp. 99-101. 



2 Ibid., V, pp. [89-194. 4 Cf. Ibis, 1890, pp. 379-3S1. 



