222 Notes, and News. [(April 



The Treasurer of the A. O. U. desires to express his thanks to the 

 members of the Union for their prompt response in the matter of payment 

 of dues. Of the 47 Active Members and 170 Associate Members, eighty- 

 seven per cent have paid their assessment for the current year. Resig- 

 nations and deaths have reduced the membership list three per cent, 

 leaving ten per cent of the members still to be heard from. 



In this connection the Treasurer would call the attention of Active and 

 Associate Members to the desirability of increasing the subscription list 

 of 'The Auk.' At present the journal is about on a paying basis, but 

 were its circulation increased the magazine could be enlarged and other- 

 wise improved. It is to be hoped that each member of the Union will 

 endeavor to secure immediately as many new subscribers as possible from 

 among his ornithological friends who are not as yet readers of this 

 journal. 



The patrons of 'The Auk' will be interested to learn that the publi- 

 cation of a series of papers by Capt. Charles E. Bendire, U. S. A., on the 

 nesting habits of some of our least known North American birds, will 

 begin in the July number. The first paper will treat at considerable 

 length and in a popular way of the nesting habits of the Woodpeckers of 

 the genus ^/^^''^/Zcwi, concerning several of the species of which group 

 very little has hitherto been published. Captain Bendire's long experience 

 in the field, his unequalled resources in the way of material, and his well 

 known accuracy as an observer, will render his papers exceptionally 

 authoritative and interesting. 



An ornithological society has been founded, at New Haven, Conn., 

 under the name 'New Haven Ornithological Club.' Its officers are L. 

 B. Bishop, President; H. H. Flint, Vice-President; C. C. Trowbridge, 

 Treasurer; Robert D. Camp, Secretary. The Secretary's address is P. O. 

 Box 726, Stamford, Conn. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of 

 each month. The Club is in a flourishing condition, and it has our 

 cordial wishes for continued success. 



At THE annual meeting of the Linnzean Society of New York, held 

 March 9, the following officers were elected : President, George B. Sen- 

 nett; Vice-President, Frank M. Chapman ; Treasurer and Corresponding 

 Secretary, Newbold T. Lawrence; Recording Secretary, Jonathan 

 Dwight, Jr. The Linnsean Society has of late come to be practically an 

 ornithological Society, all of its most active members being ornitholo- 

 gists, and ornithological subjects largely predominating at its meetings. 

 At the last meeting the principal paper was by Mr. William Dutcher, on 

 rare Long Island birds, and is published in the present number of 'The 

 Auk.' 



The American Museum of Natural History of New York City has 

 recently received from Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, U. S. A., two large cases of 

 bird skins from Arizona. The collection numbers over 2,000 beautifully 

 prepared specimens, including a very fine series of the Birds of Prey 



