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I.v the death of Chester A. Reed of Worcester, Mass., on December 16, 

 L912, the Union losl an Associate of much promise. While only thirty-six 

 years of age Mr. Reed had already attained a wide reputation by his pub- 

 lications on popular I n r< 1 study. Ee early conceived the idea thai colored 

 illustrations were the suresl means of obtaining a familiarity with birds 

 and in .'ill Ih's works, the furnishing of adequate illustrations was the chief 

 aim. 



In the use both of the camera and the brush he had acquired great skill 

 and his efforts have contributed not a little to the spread of the popular 

 knowledge of bird life which has marked the past few years. His most 

 not a I lie publications have been his ' Bird Guide' j ' Flower Guide'; 'Xorth 

 American Birds' Eggs'; 'Birdsof Eastern North America'; 'NatureStud- 

 ies in Field and Wood'; and ' Camera Studies of Wild Birds.' 



WILLIAM Bebnhabd TeGETMEIEK, the English ornithologist, died on 

 November 20, 1912, at the age of 96 years. Ee was born in Buckingham- 

 shire, November 4, 1816, and was noted for his investigations on the breed- 

 ing of Pigeons, Poultry and Pheasants. Be was a correspondent of Darwin 

 and furnished him with much information derived from his experiments 

 in breeding and variation. 



At the 30th annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, held 

 in Cambridge, Mass., November 11, ini2.it was voted to publish an index 

 to the volumes of 'The Auk' from 1901-1910, inclusive, and the appoint- 

 ment of a Committee to undertake' the work was authorized. The Presi- 

 dent lias appointed Dr. T. S. Palmer as Chairman with authority to select 

 the members of the committee. Dr. Palmer informs us that the Index 

 Committee as at present organized comprises: 



Dr. T. S. Palmer, Chairman; Prof. W. W. Cooke, Secretary; Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher, V Bollister, A. B. Howell, A. II. Howell, D. E. Lantz, B. B. T. 

 Jackson, W. L. McAtee, Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., E. A. Preble, J. H. Riley, 

 and John (\. Tyler. The work, he states, has been divided so that ten of 

 the members will do the actual indexing and the other three will prepare 

 the copy for the press. The plan of this index is the same as that of the 

 25-year index published in 1907. It is expected that the same high stan- 

 dard of completeness ami accuracy will be maintained and with much less 

 labor than was necessary in the preparation of the larger work. The Bio- 

 logical Survey already has the material for a 10-year index on cards pre- 

 pared by Prof. Cooke. These cards have been divided among the indexers, 

 the entries for one volume being given each member to check with the 

 text and make any necessary additions or corrections. The cards are then 

 to be returned to the secretary who will rearrange them in a single alphabet 

 and prepare the final copy for the printer. This copy will then be divided 

 into 10 equal [/arts and given to the indexers a second time before being 

 sent to press. In this way much of the arduous labor of writing cards 

 can be avoided and the entries checked twice with a minimum of effort. 



