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the guidance of local members, and "it is recommended that walking 

 shoes be included in the baggage." 



If this spring meeting proves the success that we hope it may, there is 

 no reason why the field trips may not eventually become as important a 

 part of the program as in the case of the Royal Australasian Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, where regular 'camp outs' are held after the meeting and 

 observations of much importance are made. 



At any rate let us urge every member of the Union to make a point of 

 being in Washington on April 7, prepared to help make this the best meet- 

 ing that the A. O. U. has held. 



