ol l8 ^ IH Notes and News. 1 93 



It is due the librarian of the Academy to state that the irregularity in cata- 

 loguing resulted naturally from the absence of Ord's name on the separate 

 as the authoritative author and to the fact that the main page heading of 

 the tract reads " United States of America." 



Samuel N. Rhoads. 

 Acad. Nat. Sri. Phi la., 

 March 3, 1S90. 



Chen hyperborea and C. nivalis. 



To the Editors of 'The Auk': — 



Dear Sirs, — ] am desirous of ascertaining the status of Chen hyper- 

 borea et nivalis east of the Mississippi River, and therefore request 

 that all members of the Union and readers of 'The Auk' that have 

 specimens of these forms in their collections from the territory in 

 question will favor me with the following data: locality where taken, 

 date, sex and measurement. — length and wing. 



William Dutcher. 

 52 j Manhattan Ave., 

 New York City. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Dr. Willard Lorraine Maris, an Associate Member of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union, died at the German Hospital in Philadelphia, 

 December 11, 1S95. Dr. Maris was a graduate of the University of Michi- 

 gan, and shortly before his death, from typhoid fever and pneumonia, 

 was appointed resident physician at the hospital where he died. He was 

 a young man of fine education and exceptional abilities, and was much 

 interested in natural history, devoting special attention to ornithology. 

 He was a son of Prof. L. Maris of Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 



The Delaware Valley Ornithological Cluis held its annual 

 meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, on January 2, 

 1896. The annual reports showed a continuance of the prosperous con- 

 dition of the Club as reported last year, while the membership list 

 shows a decided increase. Among the communications of the past year 

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