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however, appears to have been left to the printer, if we are to judge by 

 the frequent misspelling of scientific names. The leading article, on the 

 Finches and Warblers of Iowa, contains much valuable information. The 

 magazine is edited and published by David L. Savage, Salem, Iowa. 



The other claimant for attention is ' The Museum,' " a journal devoted 

 exclusively to research in Natural Science," published by Walter F. Webb, 

 Albion, N. "\'. This is a monthlv. and the first number, of 32 pages, is 

 dated November, 1894. It is only in part ornithological, although nearly 

 one-half of the present number is devoted to that subject. Some of the 

 articles, however, are unsigned, and we fail to find a table of contents, 

 although a blank page of the cover might well have been taken for this 

 purpose. We welcome these new-comers and wish them a full measure of 

 prosperit\. 



We have just received 'The Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania and New 

 Jersey,' prepared by Mr. Witmer Stone " under the direction of the 

 Delaware Ornithological Club," and published by the Club. This 

 important contribution to local ornithology, coming too late for formal 

 notice in the present number of ' The Auk,' will be reviewed in a later 

 issue of this journal. 



We are also just in receipt of Part III (Moa-Sheathbill) of Professor 

 Newton's 'Dictionary of Birds,' a most welcome continuation of this 

 important work. 



At the Twelfth Congress of the A. O. U. the Committee on Nomen- 

 clature, having in charge the preparation of a new edition of the Check- 

 List of North American Birds, reported that the manuscript was 

 practically ready for the press. The Council thereupon authorized its 

 immediate publication, under the joint supervision of this Committee 

 and the Committee on Publications. The work will proliablv be read_\' 

 for distribution toward the end of the present year. 



Owing to the absence of a quorum of the Committee on Nomenclature 

 at the last Congress of the Union, and to the impracticability of calling 

 the Committee together immediately thereafter, the publication of its 

 report for 1894 is necessarily deferred till the April number of 'The 

 Auk.' 



Mr. George K. Cherrui, of the Field Columbian Museum, has just 

 sailed for the Island of San Domingo, West Indies, where he will make 

 an extended exploration of the ornithology of the island. The expedition 

 is under the direction of Mr. C. B. Cory, Curator of Ornithology of the 

 Columbian Museum, in continuation of his work on West Indian ornith- 

 ology, which he has heretofore prosecuted with so much success. 



It may be of interest to know that Mr. William Mcllwraith, of Rock- 

 hampton, Qiieensland, Australia, with others of a similar taste, is taking 

 preliminary steps toward founding an 'Ornithologists' Union' in that 

 distant land. We wish the new society every success. 



