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owner. In January, 1886, Mr. Norris became one of the editors of the 

 'Ornithologist and Oologist,' and continued in that capacity until the maga- 

 zine suspended publication in 1893. During this time he contributed a 

 number of articles to its columns while his active interest and support were 

 largely responsible for its success. He contributed a number of articles 

 to 'The Country Gentleman,' (1863-67) and wrote the introduction to 

 Davie's 'Nests and Eggs of North American Birds' (1889). In his writings 

 he pointed out many errors of the early authors, notably in the number 

 of eggs of the Raptores. Besides his other interests Mr. Norris was greatly 

 interested in Shakespeariana and was author of a work on ' The Portraits 

 of Shakespeare' (1885.) — W. S. 



Dr. Frank M. Chapman and Mr. Geo. K. Cherrie left New York on 

 May 6, 1916, for Ecuador to procure materials for a 'Paramo group' for the 

 American Museum representing bird life on the upper slopes of Chimborazo. 

 Dr. Chapman expects to meet Mr. Leo E. Miller in Argentina and there 

 secure specimens for a companion 'Pampas group.' On the way he will 

 investigate the bird life of the Urubamba Valley, Peru, and later visit the 

 Museums at Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro for the 

 purpose of establishing closer relations with the American Museum. 



Mr. Cherrie after leaving Dr. Chapman will start field work with the 

 Roosevelt Expedition in the marshes of Paraguay. 



•Mr. Harrv S. Swarth, for the past three years Zoologist at the Los 

 Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, has rejoined the staff of the 

 California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, with which institution he had 

 already been affiliated from 1908 to 1913. Mr. Swarth resumes the duties 

 of Curator of Birds, which involve not only the care of the extensive collec- 

 tions of birds in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, but also enquiry into 

 the systematic status of the lesser worked western bird groups. 



Mr. Francis Harper, has joined the staff of the Biological Survey of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



