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Ohio Medical College in 1S40, and moved to Racine. Wis., in 1850. He 

 for many years was the most prominent naturalist of the State, holding 

 for a time the position of naturalist on the Geological Survey, and was* 

 for four years Fish Commissioner, and later was for three years President 

 of the Wisconsin Academy of Art, Science, and Letters. He is well 

 known to the older ornithologists for his various papers on Wisconsin 

 birds. These papers include 'Notes on the Ornithology of Wisconsin,' 

 published in 1853; 'Some of the Peculiarities of the Fauna near 

 Racine' (1874); 'Journal of an Exploration of Western Missouri in 

 1S54, under the Auspices of the Smithsonian Institution' (1865), 'Man's 

 Influence on the Avifauna of Southeastern Wisconsin' (18S5), an< ^ 

 numerous minor papers in various scientific journals. 



At the Tenth Congress of the American Ornithologists Union, Article 

 V, Section 4 of the By-Laws was amended to read as follows: "The 

 name of any member one year in arrears for dues shall be removed from 

 the roll of membership ; provided that two notices of indebtedness shall 

 have been given him by the Treasurer, at intervals of three months; and 

 no such member shall be restored to membership until he has been re- 

 elected." 



The following new rule was also adopted, to stand as Rule IX (the 

 subsequent rules to be renumbered), as follows: "A committee on com- 

 munications, consisting of three members, shall be appointed by the 

 President each year, which shall receive from the Secretary all papers 

 sent to him, from which said Committee shall select those to be read at 

 the stated meetings." 



The President appointed as this Committee for the ensuing year the 

 Secretary and Messrs. Elliot and Allen. 



The British Ornithologists' Club was organized at the Mona Hotel, 

 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, October 5, 1892, Dr. P. L. 

 Sclater, F. R. S., in the chair. Rules were proposed and adopted, and 

 Mr. Howard Saunders was elected Secretary and Treasurer. It was deter- 

 mined to hold a meeting on the third Wednesday of every month from 

 October to June inclusive, and that an abstract of the proceedings of the 

 Club be printed as soon as possible after each meeting, under the title of 

 the 'Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.' Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe 

 was appointed editor, and R. H. Porter, iS Princes Street, Cavendish 

 Square, VV. London, was selected as publisher. Three numbers have 

 been issued, No. 3 bearing date Dec. 1, 1892. The 'Bulletin' offers a 

 speedy medium for the publication of preliminary descriptions of new 

 species, of which not less than 16 are described in No. 2, and 6 in No. 3. 

 It also gives brief abstracts of papers, most of which will doubtless appear 

 at length later in 'The Ibis.' At the second regular meeting, held Nov. 16, 

 the chairman announced that the Club had already 72 members. Evi- 

 dently the plan meets a 'long felt want.' 



A new monthly ornithological journal is announced to appear in Berlin 

 in January, 1893, entitled 'Ornithologische Monatsberichte.' It will be 

 under the editorship of Dr. Anton Reichenow, and published by R. Fried- 

 lander und Sohn. 



