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is only required a reKable publishing house in this country; willing to 

 undertake the enterprise, when the labor of translating from Danish into 

 English will be entered upon, and the work pushed to a finish as rapidly 

 as possible. When issued this work will be of the greatest value to all 

 Enghsh speaking ornithologists, and to avian palaeontologists as well. 



Faithfully yours, 



R. W. Shufeldt. 

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 Washington, D. C. 

 August 18, 1916. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



John Alexander Harvie-Brown, D. D., an Honorary Fellow of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union, died at his residence, Dunipace House, 

 Stirlingshire, Scotland, July 26, 1916. He was born at Dunipace August 

 27, 1844, and spent his life there being a landed proprietor and an excellent 

 example of a gentleman of leisure who devoted himself to natural history. 



He was best known for his work in connection with the splendid ' Verte- 

 brate Fauna of Scotland,' of which he was chief editor and author of many 

 of the volumes. He was also the founder, owner and joint editor of the 

 'Annals of Scottish Natural History,' as well as a staunch supporter of its 

 successor 'The Scottish Naturalist.' While his chief interest lay in the 

 study of his home country, and the outlying Hebrides, Orkneys and Shet- 

 land Islands, he in early life explored the Petchora and Dwina valleys 

 with Seebolm and Alston, and parts of Transylvania with Danford. The 

 ornithological results of these trips appeared later in 'The Ibis.' He 

 was much interested in bird migration and was a member of the committee 

 of the British Association appointed for investigation in this field. 



The collection of skins and eggs which he had formed in conjunction 

 with Col. Feilden was destroyed by fire in 1897 and the loss was a severe 

 blow to him. 



In later life, in fact for many years. Dr. Harvie-Brown was unable to 

 travel about and was known to the present generation of ornithologists 

 mainly through his publications and through correspondence. 



Dr. Harvie-Brown became a member of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union in 1873 and was elected one of the original Correspondents of the 

 A. O. U. in 1883, being advanced to Honorary Fellowship in 1902. In 1912 

 the University of Aberdeen conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 

 recognition of his services in the cause of Natural History. 



