iSSS.] Nofes and Nevj.'!. 11\ 



He was a frequent contributor to various natural history journals, and 

 published in 'Forest and Stream' an extended account of his varied ex- 

 periences in the Florida Everglades. His exposures during this expedi- 

 tion resulted in an illness from which he seems never to have fully 

 recovered, and which eventually resulted in his death in an insane asylum. 

 He was an indefatigable worker, a noble-hearted, genial companion, ten- 

 derly loved by his pupils and associates. A large part of his Brazilian 

 collection of birds, made principally at Santarem, is in the Museum of 

 CompaVative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. ; an account of it was published 

 in the -Bulletin' of the Essex Institute (Vol. VIII, 1876, pp. 78-83). 



A JOINT meeting of the various Audubon Monument Committees of 

 New York City was held Feb. 2, at the University of New York. Pro- 

 fessor Thomas Egleston, Chairman of the New York Academy of Sciences 

 Committee, presented a draft of a design which was adopted by the joint 

 meeting, and reports of progress were made by each of the five committees 

 represented. The monument will be in the form of a Runic cross, about 

 fifteen feet in height, surmounting a pedestal eight feet high. The bas- 

 reliefs will include a medallion of Audubon, figures of various birds, mam- 

 mals, and plants, with inscriptions. A cut of the design adopted was 

 ordered, for use in connection with circulars to be issued by the commit- 

 tees in the appeal for funds. The cost of the monument is estimated at 

 $io,ooo. Considerable money has already come to hand — enough to in- 

 dicate that when the plans can be definitely' announced, and the object 

 contemplated can be fairly set forth, the amount desired will be secured. 



Mr. William Dutcher (51 Liberty St., New York City). Treasurer 

 of the A. O. U. Audubon Monument Committee, reports the following 

 contributions as all thus far (to March 20), received by the A. O. U. 

 Committee namely: Bradford Torrey, $5.00; L. O. Pindar, $2.50; E. S. 

 Holmes, $1.00; — total, $8.50! This is indeed a small beginning! The 

 A. O. U. Committee will immediately issue an appeal for contributions, 

 which will be sent to each member of the A. O. U. The responses, it is 

 hoped, will be prompt, and creditable to the ornithologists of the country, 

 who, above all others, should aid liberally this praiseworthy attempt at 

 a proper recognition of Audubon and his scientific work. 



Perhaps it should be added that the above record does not fully represent 

 the contributions of ornithologists to this fund, several having sent con- 

 siderable sums to the Treasurer of the New York Academy Committee. 



In issuing the January number of the 'The Auk' it was found, at the 

 last moment, impossible to publish with it the 'By-Laws and Rules' and 

 'List of Members,' as announced on page 97 and in the 'contents,' owing 

 to unexpected delay in the printing, without unduly delaying the publica- 

 tion of the number. They are therefore sent out with the present number, 

 separately paged (pp. ix-xxviii), to follow the title-page and 'contents' ot 

 the volume in binding. In the meantime the 'By-Laws and Rules,' etc., 

 have been published separately as a pamphlet and sent to all the members 

 of the A. O. U. 



