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NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Black-fronted Warbler {De?tdroica nigrifrons Brewst.) fig- 

 ured in the Janiiarv number of the present volume of 'The Auk', was 

 described by Mr. Brewster (Auk, VI, Jan. 18S9, p. 94) from specimens 

 taken at Pinos Altos, Chihuahua, Mexico, in June and July, i888, by Mr. 

 M. Abbott Frazar, and is one of Mr. Frazar's most interesting discoveries 

 in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico. This forms one of the series of 

 species which Mr. Brewster will notice more at length in some future num- 

 ber of this journal. By inadvertance no reference to the plate was given 

 in the January issue. 



The Audubon Monument Committee of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences is able to report subscriptions to the amount of $9000, nearly 

 one half of which, however, is contingent upon the raising of the total 

 sum of $10,000, as originally proposed. Under these conditions it 

 should be easy to secure promptly the remaining one thousand dollars, 

 which the committee is sanguine will soon be forthcoming. The erec- 

 tion of the monument now seems assured, and it is expected that the work 

 will be completed by October of the present year. 



The unveiling of the monument will be attended with appropriate 

 public exercises, including an oration by some prominent representative 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union. It is hoped that those who may 

 have withheld their contributions through fear of the ultimate failure of 

 the project will now lend a hand in completing the amount necessary to 

 give the Committee the required sum for successfully consummating their 

 labor of love. Remittances may be sent to Mr. William Dutcher, treas- 

 urer of the A. O. U. Audubon Monument Committee, 525 Manhattan 

 Ave., New York City, or to Dr, N. L. Britton, Treasurer of the Academy 

 of Sciences Committee, Columbia College, New York City. 



The Western Pennsylvania Ornithological Association was or- 

 ganized in Alleghany City, Pa., Dec. 30, 1S91, with the following officers : 

 President, Dr. A. D. Johnston, of Alleghany; Vice-President, Thomas 

 Harper, of Alleghany; Secretary and Treasurer, H. H. Wickham, of 

 Beaver. The Society has already a membership of twenty-six persons, 

 who propose to study carefully the avifauna of their respective districts, 

 with a view to elucidating the ornithology of the western half of the State 

 of Pennsylvania. Such organized effort is always a subject of congratu- 

 lation, and much benefit must result not only to those personally en- 

 gaged in such work but also to the science of ornithology. 



A Monograph of the Birds of Paradise, by Dr. R. Bowdler Sharp, of the 

 British Museum, is announced as in course of preparation. It will be 

 published by Henry Sothern & Co., 17 Piccadilly, London, in six parts, 



