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while on a visit here in 1877, arrangements were made with her to assist 

 in the preparation of bird groups, and later insect groups, for the Ameri- 

 can Museum, and she was thus engaged, with her brother, at intervals 

 during the remainder of her life. Other museums also profited bj her 

 skill, including the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Washington, the 

 Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh, the Field Columbian Museum at Chi- 

 cago, the Brooklyn Institute, and the Natural History Museum at Spring- 

 field, Mass., where she left uncompleted work. The late Mrs. R. L. 

 Stuart of New York City was one of her warm friends and patrons, Mrs. 

 Stuart generously providing the means for the construction of a large 

 series of bird groups for the American Museum. Mrs. Mogridge was a 

 woman of rare skill in her special line of work, exceedingly conscientious, 

 and personally a most agreeable and cultured woman. The last twenty 

 years of her life were passed in America, with occasional visits to Eng- 

 land. She imparted her art to a considerable number of students, who 

 came to her for instruction, so that the kind of work she lirst introduced 

 in this country is now carried on at quite a number of our larger 

 museums. 



The Atlantic Slope Naturalist, edited and published bimonthly 

 at Nazereth, Pa., by W. E. Rotzell, M. D., is among the later new aspi- 

 rants to fame, of which two numbers have thus far appeared. No. i, for 

 March-April, and No. 2, for May-June. Although general in scope, as 

 its name implies, the first two numbers are mainly ornithological, and 

 contain bird notes of general interest. The editorial announcement states 

 that "It will be devoted to natural history in general and that of the East- 

 ern United States in particular." It is intended as "a medium through 

 which observations may be recorded, opinions may be expressed, ques- 

 tions may be asked, and specimens announced for exchange." The sub- 

 scription price is 30 cts. a year. 



A NEW journal called ' The Zoological Qiiarterly ' has made its appear- 

 ance. Volume I, No. i, bearing date May 15, 1903. It is edited by H. A. 

 Surface, M. S., Economic Zoologist of the Department of Agriculture of 

 Pennsylvania, and is to be issued quarterly from his office at Harrisburg, 

 Pu., as an official medium of publication. 



The first number, also bears the title 'Zoological Circular, No. 1,' and 

 carries the general title ' Birds around the Farm,' with the subheadings : 

 'I. Bird Houses and Nesting Sites' (illustrated) ; 'II. Their Economic 

 Value, Destruction and Preservation ' ; ' III. Bird Study : Its Educational 

 Value and Methods.' 



The Annu.\l Meeting of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club 

 was held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, January 2, 

 1903. 



