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term’s work in the pine woods of Alabama. After three months 
in the South, during which I tremblingly tackled the civil service ~ 
examinations, I found myself at Washington, D. C., ready to start 
work with the United States Forest Service. My fate was soon 
dealt out and I was shipped to Bozeman, Mont. Here I remained 
a year and learned to master the wiles of a saddle horse and 
acquired a few other accomplishments. In August, 1909, I was 
transferred to Anaconda, Mont., and in June, 1911, to Chouteau, 
Mont., which still remains my headquarters. Since graduation I 
have come East once for a visit in December, 1909.” 
He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Concerning poli- 
tics he writes: “Am independent of party, but opinions and 
sympathies at present with those of the Progressive Party.” 
He is a member of the Cooper Ornithological Club of California 
and an associate of the American Ornithologists Union. 
He has published: Some birds of central Alabama, The Auk, Oct. 
1908; A preliminary list of the birds of Gallatin County, Montana, The 
Auk, Jan., 1911; Bird notes from southwestern Montana, The Condor, 
Nov., 1910, illus.; A study of the nesting of the cedar waxwing, The 
Auk, July, 1911; Some birds of southwestern Montana, The Condor, 
Jan., 1912. 
John A. Sweigert 
Plattsburg, N. Y. 
John Addison Sweigert was born October 4, 1884, in Holtwood, Pa., 
the son of B. L. Sweigert and Mary Elizabeth (Clark) Sweigert. 
He was prepared at the Lancaster High School, Lancaster, Pa. 
He is unmarried. 
Sweigert is assistant forester for the Delaware & Hudson 
Railroad. He has held this position since November 11, 1912. 
Dean S. Tiffany 
Hop Bottom, Pa. 
Dean Stanley Tiffany was born in 1883 in Dimoch, Pa. He 
was prepared at Keystone Academy and received the degree of 
B.S. at Keuka College, Keuka Park, N. Y., in 1905. He attended 
