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"It is proposed that the interest on the Mary Dutcher Fund be used 

 [for bird protection] in such a manner that a report on the results attending 

 its expenditure [can] be rendered yearly." (F. M. C, in Bird-Lore, 

 Vol. XII, No. 4, July-August, 1910, p. 172.) 



Messrs. Owen Bryant and William Palmer, who have been collect- 

 ing natural history material in Java for the past year and a half, have 

 recently returned home. Both of the travellers suffered from exposure, 

 and from the effects of prolonged work in the tropical lowlands. Their 

 operations were confined to the western end of the island, where they 

 were very successful, collecting both at sea level and up to the summits of 

 Mount Gede and other peaks. They obtained nearly all of the indigenous 

 birds of western Java, and made large collections in other branches of 

 natural history. The expedition vras conducted under the auspices of 

 the U. S. National Museum, and the expenses were defrayed by Mr. 

 Brj'ant. 



Part V of i\Ir. Ridgway's work on the ' Birds of North and Middle 

 America' is nearing completion, and it is expected the manuscript will be 

 ready for the printer by the first of November. The author is now engaged 

 upon the Woodpeckers, the last family to be included in this part, and is 

 working diligently to bring the volume to a close. 



The appearance of his 'Nomenclature of Colors' has been delayed by 

 unexpected mechanical difficulties in printing the plates. These have 

 now been overcome and their preparation is going on rapidly. 



A NEW book on 'Methods of Attracting Birds,' by Gilbert H. Trafton 

 (Houghton Mifflin Co.), has reached us just in time for brief mention in 

 the present connection. It is a volume of nearly two hundred pages, with 

 about forty text illustrations, and has been prepared in cooperation with 

 the officers of the National Association of Audubon Societies and is pub- 

 fished with their approval. The book treats of nesting-house, how to 

 attract winter birds, the preparation of bathing and drinking-fountains, 

 planting trees and shrubs to furnish food and shelter, bird protection and 

 other allied topics. 



The Twenty-eighth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union will be held in Washington, D. C, beginning November 14, 1910. 

 The business meeting will be on the evening of that date, for the election 

 of officers and members and the transaction of routine business. Tuesday 

 and the following days of the session will be devoted to the presentation 

 and discussion of scientific papers, and will be open to the public. Mem- 

 bers intending to present communications should forward the titles to 

 the Secretary, Mr. John H. Sage, Portland, Conn., in time to reach him 

 not later than November 10. 



