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new edition is to duly incorporate with the original edition the numerous 

 additions and nomenclatural modifications contained in the six 'Supple- 

 ments' that have appeared since the publication of the original edition, 

 and to revise and give more in detail the 'habitats' of the species and sub- 

 species, rendered possible through our greatly increased knowledge of the 

 geographical distribution of our birds during the ten years that will have 

 elapsed between the publication of the two editions. For this purpose it was 

 thought desirable to place the work as nearly as possible in the hands of 

 the original 'Committee on the Classification and Nomenclature of North 

 American Birds,' which was accordingly reappointed, with a single sub- 

 stitution, as follows: Elliott Coues (Chairman), J. A. Allen, William 

 Brewster, C. Hart Merriam, and Robert Ridgway ; Dr. Merriam thus 

 taking the place of Mr. Henshaw, in view of the probable inability of the 

 latter to serve, owing to prolonged absence in the West. It is not 

 expected that the new edition will be ready for the press till early in 1S95. 



Owing to the pressure of other engagements, Mr. Charles F. Batchelder 

 declined reappointment as Associate Editor of 'The Auk,' and the place was 

 filled by the selection of Mr. Frank M. Chapman. Mr. Batchelder had 

 filled the position so efficiently for a period of six years that his declina- 

 tion was accepted with sincere regret, not only by the Editor-in-Chief, but 

 by all the members of the Council, with whom rests the selection of the 

 Editorial Staff, his attention to all the details of publication having been 

 unremitting and most satisfactory. 



We have received a prospectus of 'A Monograph of the Coraciidas, or 

 Family of the Rollers.' The work will he published by the author, Mr. 

 Henry E. Dresser, author of 'The Birds of Europe,' 'A Monograph of the 

 MeropidaV etc., in an edition limited to 250 copies. The size will be 

 imperial quarto, and the work will give "as complete an account as pos- 

 sible of all the known species of these richly colored birds." The plates 

 have been drawn by Mr. J. G. Keulemans, and will be hand-colored. 

 Intending subscribers may address the author, Topclyffe Grange, 

 Farnborough, Kent, England. 



The New York Academy of Sciences has recently published in its 

 'Transactions' the report of the Audubon Monument Committee, ap- 

 pointed in October, 1SS7, to secure funds for the erection of a monument 

 over the grave of the distinguished ornithologist John James Audubon. 

 The report (Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. XIII, pp. 23-65, Nov. 1893) 

 contains, besides an account of the proceedings of the Committee (pp. 

 23-30), and as accompanying documents, the addresses in full made at 

 the unveiling of the Monument, April 26, 1893. These were by Prof. 

 Thomas Egleston, Chairman of the Committee, in behalf of the Academy 

 presenting the monument to the Corporation of Trinity Church (pp. 30- 

 36), and the reply of the Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D., accepting the monu- 



