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NOTES AND NEWS. 



The unveiling of the monument to John James Audubon, at Trinity 

 Cemetery, New York City, will occur on Wednesday, April 26, 1893, 

 at 3 p. m., under the auspices of the New York Academy of Sciences, with 

 appropriate addresses by Professor Thomas Egleston and others. The 

 exercises at the cemetery will be followed by a commemorative meeting in 

 the lecture hall of the American Museum of Natural History, at 8.30 p. m., 

 at which an address will be delivered by Mr. D. G. Elliot, on 'The Life 

 and Services of Audubon.' The monument has been completed in accord- 

 ance with the plans announced some time since in 'The Auk' (V, 18S8, p. 

 221). Invitations to attend the public exercises as above announced will 

 be sent to a large number of ornithologists and naturalists^ both in this 

 country and abroad. 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire will be under many obligations to any 

 readers of 'The Auk' for breeding specimens, male and female, of he 

 different species and subspecies of the genera Junco and Otocoris, nesting 

 west of the Great Plains, and especially those from the Pacific Coast, Ari- 

 zona and New Mexico. He desires this material for the purpose of 

 enabling him to define the breeding ranges of the various species and sub- 

 species as accurately as possible in his work, 'The Life Histories of North 

 American Birds,' now in course of preparation under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Specimens loaned for this purpose will be promptly 

 returned. Accurate and interesting breeding records of our rarer birds will 

 also be acceptable and due credit will be given for the same. Address, 

 Capt. Charles E. Bendire, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Hubert Lyman Clark of Pittsburgh, Pa., is studying the pteryl- 

 ography of the North American Gallinas and is in need of further 

 material. The species especially desired are Colinus ridgzvayi, Cyrtonyx 

 motitezunice, Lagofiusivelchi, a.nd Tympanuc/ius cupido. Mr. Clark would 

 be glad to be placed in communication with any one able to supply alco- 

 holic material or fresh specimens. His address is 3922 Fifth Avenue, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Mr. Frank M. Chapman, of the American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City, sailed for the Island of Trinidad, B. W. I., February 11, 

 where he will spend several months exploring the natural history of the 

 island, giving, of course, special attention to birds. Late advices 

 announce his safe arrival, and indicate that every prospect is favorable for 

 a rich harvest of ornithological specimens. Although this is by no means 

 a new field, its resources prove not to have been exhausted when subjected 

 to the prying scrutiny of an expert in field work. 



