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Foreign ornitliologists are respontiing liliei;ill\- to the cull for funds f r r 

 the erection of the proposed moniinient to Audubon, their shifts beiii'. 

 often accompanied by expressions of hearty appreciation of the gieat 

 naturalist and his work. An eminent German ornithologist writes :" Ku . 

 closed in this letter I send you ... as a small contribution for the monu- 

 ment to Audubon, whose memory is so dear and so much venerated bv 

 all who have worked in ornithological science." Another savs : "By 

 Imperial post I have the honor to send you .... as a small contribution 

 for tlie Audubon Monument in the hope that even so small a sum will be 

 kindly received as a sign of the high esteem for the great American oriii- 

 th-ologist, so much admired in Europe and by all brother f)rnithologists." 

 If Americans feel the same interest and respect for Audubon they are cer- 

 tainly slow in manifesting it in the same substantial way as foreign 

 oinithologists are doing, as shown by the following list of contributions 

 submitted by the Chairman of the A. O. U. Audubon Committee ( Mr. 

 Wm. Dutiher, 51 Liberty St., New York City), as covering the period 

 from yune 11 to .September 14: (). F., Bremen, $4.71 : Dr. A. nou Pel- 

 zeln. $5: Prof. F. Ferrari-Perez, $10.00; B. H. Dutcher. $1 00: W. Dutch- 

 er. $3.00. Total, $133.71.— In the July Auk ( p. 33^)) the credit to •• Dr. R. 

 Blasius, $8.00," should stand as follows: Dr. W. Blasius. $3.00: Dr. R 

 Blasius, $5.00. 



BKHinRS the continuation of Professor Evermann's paper on the binh 

 of Indiana, anil Mr. Scott's article on the birds of Southern Florida, the 

 following papers are in hand awaiting publication in future numbers of 

 'The Auk': ' Notes on the Habits. Nests, and Eggs of the Subgenus /'rt.s-.s-- 

 e;f//rt,' bv Capt. Charles E. Bendire ; ' Notes on the Habits, Nests, and 

 Eggs oi De?idra^apus obscurtis fulighiosns . by Capt. Charles E. Bendire ; 

 'On the Summer Birds of Berkshire County, Massachusetts,' by Walter 

 Faxon ; ' Oological System,' by Josiah Hoopes ; ' An Account of the Breed- 

 ing Habits oi Pnffinus auduboni in the Island of Grenada, West Indies,' by 

 George N. Lawrence; 'Remarks upon Abnormal Coloring of Plumage 

 observed in some species of Birds,' by George N. Lawrence; 'On the 

 Subdivisions of the Family Cypselida;,' by Frederic A. Lucas; 'Notes on 

 the Birds of White Top Mountain, Virginia,' by William C. Rives, Jr., 

 M. D. : ' Revision of the Clapper Rails,' by George B. Sennett: ' On the 

 Position of the Genus Chamcea in the System,' by R. W. Shufeldt; 'The 

 'Booming' of the Bittern', by Bradford Torrey. Also numerous 'Gen- 

 eral Notes,' and reviews of ornithological publications. 



