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Notes and News. 



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arousing anew our enthusiasm for our favorite study. The daily midday 

 luncheons, the informal dinner on the evening of the 14th and the smoker 

 in the ornithological rooms of the Academy which has been arranged 

 for the evening of the 15th, offer abundant opportunities for informal 

 discussion. 



Then the many historical points of interest which are to be seen about 

 Philadelphia — Audubon's home on the Perkiomen, Bartram's house on 

 the Schuylkill, which is so closely identified with Alexander Wilson — 

 are objective points for dehghtful outdoor trips. 



A large registration benefits not only those who are fortunate enough 

 to be present at a meeting, but strengthens the whole A. O. U. as an 

 organization. Therefore let us make this thirty-fourth meeting the best 

 in the history of the society and plan at once to be present. 



