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Payne; Corresponding Secretary, J. C. Crawford, Jr. ; Recording Secre- 

 tary, R. H. Wolcott; Treasurer, August Eiche. After the usual routine 

 business the President presented his address, entitled 'The Progenitors 

 of Birds,' which, very fully illustrated, occupies pp. 9-39, of the 'Pro- 

 ceedings.' The papers read at the meeting and here published number 

 a dozen or more, and include, among the longer articles, ' Our Winter 

 Birds,' by M. H. Swank (pp. 52-58, an annotated list of aljput 120 spe- 

 cies) ; 'A Comparison of the Bird-life found in the Sand-hill Region of 

 Holt County in i8S3-'84 and in 1901,' by Lawrence Bruner (pp. 5S-63) ; 

 ' Some General Remarks upon the Distribution of Life in NorthAvest 

 Nebraska,' by Merritt Cary (pp. 63-75, includes an annotated list of the 

 birds) ; ' Notes on the Nesting of Some Sioux County Birds,' by M. A. 

 Carriker, Jr. (pp. 75-89) ; ' Bird and Nest Photography,' by J. S. Trostler 

 (pp. 89-93) ; 'Record of Nebraska Ornithology,' by Robert H. Wolcott 

 (pp. 93-105, bibliography). On p. 107 is an interesting note on the 

 Carolina Paroquet, reported to have been abundant in 1856, and to have 

 bred on an island in the Missouri River near Brownville, in the south- 

 eastern corner of the State, but it suddenly disappeared about 1866. The 

 ' Proceedings,' edited by Robert H. Wolcott, form an important contribu- 

 tion to Nebraska ornithology. — J. A. A. 



Fisher on the Birds of Keam Canyon, Arizona.' — This is a nominal 

 list of 39 species, preceded by several pages descriptive of the region, and 

 general' comment on the birds seen and formally listed at the end of the 

 paper. He says : "Anyone unacquainted with the conditions of bird life 

 in the arid regions would be disappointed with the small number of 

 species found in Keam Canyon, and would be surprised at the meagre 

 representation of most of them. Although considerable time between 

 July i8 and August 3 [1894] was devoted to exploring the canyon and 

 surrounding mesa for the purpose of observing birds, only thirty-nine 

 species were found, and of these seven were included on single records.'* 

 -J. A. A. 



Stone on a Collection of Birds from Sumatra. — ISIr. Stone states that 

 this collection,^ presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia by the collectors, Messrs. Harrison and Hiller, is the "most exten- 

 sive ever brought to America from this island and adds materially to our 

 knowledge of the distribution and relationships of a number of species." 

 The collection includes 138 species, of which one is described as new, 



1 A Partial List of the Birds of Keam Canyon, Arizona. By A. K. Fisher. 

 The Condor, Vol. V, 1903, pp. 33-36. 



* A Collection of Birds from Sumatra, obtained by Alfred C. Harrison, Jr., 

 and Dr. H. M. Hiller. By Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1902, pp. 670-691. Jan. 20, 1903. 



