J890.1 Notes and News. 



299 



of the breeding habits of those species which remain in this district during 

 the summer. These observations will cover a wider field than those on 

 migration, the latter being confined to the immediate vicinity of the Del- 

 aware River south of Trenton, as it is thought that better results can he 

 obtained by restricting the country covered by the observations to one 

 river rather than by including other river or coast districts. 



During the present year the Club has seven regular observers, — Wm. 

 L. Baily at Wynnevvood, Pa. ; Samuel N. Rhoades at Haddonfield, N. J. ; 

 J. Harris Reed at Tinicum Island, Pa. ; Geo. Morris at Olney, Pa. ; Dr. 

 Spencer Trotter at Swarthmore, Pa. ; Chas. A. Voelker at Chester, Pa., 

 and Witmer Stone at Germantown, Pa. 



The results so far have been highly satisfactory and have far surpassed 

 our expectations. We therefore thought that by stating our methods of 

 work other observers similarly situated might be led to "join their forces" 

 and gain the benefit of each others' work as we have done. 



This work need not interfere in any way with that being conducted by 

 the Department of Agriculture, as the correspondents of the Department 

 can fill out their schedules as heretofore, or they can substitute the com- 

 bined report of the Club, as may be desired. In any case the results 

 obtained by the combined efforts of a number of observers in a small dis- 

 trict cannot fail to be of service to the Department when it undertakes to 

 work out the migration through the country at large. 



At the close of the year we hope to present to 'The Auk' an abstract of 

 the migration of 1S90 as it occurred in the valley of the Deleware, with a 

 map showing the district covered by each observer. 



Witmer Stone. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, Pa.. 

 June 5, 1S90. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



John Henry Gurney, an Honorary Member of the A. O. U., of North- 

 repps, near Norwich, England, died April 20, 1S90, at the age of seventy- 

 one years. He was "the son of the world-wide famous Joseph Henry 

 Gurney, of Earlham, whose name men hold dear for his philanthrophy, 

 and for his writings in defence of civil and religious liberty. From his 

 boyhood's days John Henry Gurney took a lively practical interest in 

 bird-life and common objects of the country. He began his connection 

 with the Norfolk and Norwich Museum by a gift to that institution when 

 he was only ten years old. In the year 1S49 h e was chosen President of 

 the Museum, which office he filled to the day of his death." For many 

 years he has been a recognized authority on the Raptorial Birds of the 

 world, and the magnificent collection of these birds — one of the finest 

 extant— in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum was brought together 

 mainly by his efforts, and is almost wholly his gift. He prepared and 



