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may be mentioned the following : ' Food Birds of the Eskimo,' Dr. Wm. 

 E. Hughes ; ' Summer Birds of the Pennsylvania Coal Region,' R. T. 

 Young; 'Nesting Habits of the Parula Warbler in Cape May Co., X.J.,' 

 M. L. C. Wild : ' Ornithological Notes from the Diary of William Bar- 

 tram.' Witmer Stone; ' Birds of Tennessee.' S. X. Rhoads ; 'Winter Birds 

 of Cape Charles. Va.,' G. S. Morris; ' Some Xotes on the Extermination 

 of the Wild Pigeon,' Wm. L. Bail v. 



The officers of the Club for the ensuing year are President, Dr. Wm. 

 E. Hughes; Vice-President, I. Norris De Haven ; Secretary, Charles J. 

 Rhoads; Treasurer. Wm. L. Bailv. 



Tiih. Michigan Ornithological Club held three meetings during the 

 last quarter. January 12, Mr. A. B. Durfee read an interesting paper on 

 the Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus stellaris), based on nearly half 

 a century's experience; and Mr. W. E. Mulliken presented a paper on 

 Evolution. .February 14. Mr. L.J. Cole read a paper entitled 'Winter 

 Experiences." and Mr. Mulliken gave a talk on Migration. March 13 Mr. 

 T. L. Ilankinson presented a paper entitled ' Winter Notes,' and Mr. II. F. 

 Jones a paper on the Prairie Horned Lark. A neatly printed Constitution 

 has been issued and a copy sent to all observers in the State. At the 

 meeting of February 14. a committee composed of L. Whitney Watkins, 

 W. Earle Mulliken, and Thos. L. Ilankinson, was appointed to prepare a 

 migration schedule and to take up the study of bird migrations in Michi- 

 gan. The blanks (similar to those used by the Department of Agriculture) 

 have been printed and a copy sent to every observer in the State or near 

 its borders. The membership of the Club now numbers forty, and is 

 evenly distributed over the State. Persons interested in the work of the 

 Club should address the Secretary, W. Earle Mulliken, at 191 First Ave., 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., for particulars. 



The publishers, the J. 15. Lippincott Company of Philadelphia, 

 announce a " second edition, thoroughly revised," of Mr. Ridgway's 

 ' Manual of Xorth American Birds.' The prospectus states that this new 

 edition of the ' Manual' " has been carefully revised to the close of 1895, 

 and includes the characters of over one hundred species and six genera 

 which have been added to the Xorth American fauna since 18S7. Various 

 errors in the first edition have been corrected, several of the analytical 

 kevs having been entirely rewritten." Directions are given for the use 

 of the keys, and marginal references in the body of the work refer to the 

 additional matter in the appendix. 



D. Appleton and Company of New York have brought out a third 

 edition of Mr. Chapman's ' Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America.' 

 A few errors that escaped rectification in the second edition are here 

 corrected, but no essential changes are introduced. 



