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meritorious service. Later he was placed in command of Company C, 

 Twenty-second Infantry, U. S. A., and was stationed for many years at 

 various remote posts in tlie West, Fort Thorne, N. M., being named for 

 him. He was retired in April last for disability due to an accident while 

 on duty at Fort Keogli. For many years he took an active interest in 

 ornithology, becoming an Associate Member of the A. O. U. in 18S5, 

 and while well known to many of our leading ornithologists, through 

 correspondence, he has published comparatively little. His chief paper 

 is a ' List of Birds observed in the vicinity of Fort Keogh, Montana, from 

 July, 1888, to September, 1892,' published in 'The Auk' in 1895, (XH, 

 pp. 211-219). Previousl}' he had observed and collected for six years at 

 Fort Collins, Colorado, and in 1887 published ' Additions to Mr. Drew's 

 List of the Birds of Colorado' (Auk, IV, 1887, pp. 264, 265). He was a 

 careful, conscientious observer, and made a considerable collection 

 of ornithological specimens, many of which have been generously loaned 

 or presented to specialists for examination or study. A wife and six 

 children survive him. 



'The Osprey,' in its issue for March, makes the announcement that Dr. 

 Elliott Coues has been secured as Associate Editor of this excellent mag- 

 azine. In this connection the editor saj'S : "Our endeavor will be to 

 make ' The Osprey ' as a popular monthly, what ' The Auk ' is as a tech- 

 nical quarterly." The Marcli nuinber contains an excellent portrait of 

 the late Major Charles E. Bendire, with a biographical notice of this 

 eminent ornithologist by Dr. F. H. Knowlton ; also a portrait of Louis 

 Agasiz Fuertes, with a number of his recent bird paintings, and a short 

 notice of his work by the Associate Editor. There are various papers 

 and many notes of general interest, but unfortunately it includes one 

 article, ' A Peculiar Hybrid ', that might well have been omitted. With 

 the new aid now secured doubtless such slips will not again occur, 

 and the journal has doubtless before it an eia of increased prosperity 

 and usefulness. 



Among new claimants for notice is the illustrated monthly ' Birds,' of 

 which several numbers have appeared. It is published by the Nature 

 Study Publication Company of Chicago, at the very low price, consider- 

 ing its character, of $1.50 a year. It is profusely illustrated with colored 

 plates done by " colored photography." The February number (No. 2) 

 contains eleven quarto plates, representing the Blue Jay, Robin, Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Red-winged Blackbird, and Cardinal, 

 and four foreign birds, including a Mot-mot, Lory, etc. The illustra- 

 tions are evidently photographed from mounted specimens, and thus 

 show some defects in structural detail, but the colors are reproduced with 

 surprising fidelity. The text is intended for popular leading, and some 

 of the articles are written with special reference to voung readers. 

 The magazine should prove of much service to teachers in their 



