206 Notes and News. [April 
Mr. S. LoweLtyt ELxiorr, an Associate Member of the A. O. U., died 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., of consumption, Feb. 11, 1889, at the age of forty-five 
years. Mr. Elliott was well known among the scientists of New York and 
Brooklyn, being a member of several of the leading scientific associations 
of these cities. Fora number of years he had been a sufferer from the 
disease which terminated his career, yet he continued to work with enthu- 
siasm ti!l within a few weeks of his death. Although taking a general 
interest in natural history, entomology was his special field. He had 
acquired one of the finest entomological libraries in the country, and also 
a large and valuable collection of insects. He was also a well-known 
bibliophile and collector of American works and papers relating to natu- 
ral history. 
We ARE pained to hear of the death of Mr. Richard Spaulding Wray, 
B. Sc., of London, who died Feb. 12, 1889, of phthisis, at the early age of 
twenty-four years. He was a biologist of great promise, and for the last 
four years had been an assistant of Professor Flower in the Natural His- 
tory Museum of South Kensington. In making preparations to illustrate 
the wing structure in birds, he made many original observations, which 
he later published in papers entitled ‘On some Points in the Morphology 
of the Wings of Birds’ (P. Z. S., 1887, pp. 343-357, pll. xxix-xxxii) and 
‘On the Structure of Barbs, Barbules, and Barbicels of a Typical Pen- 
naceous Feather’ (Ibis, 1887, pp. 420-423, pl. xii). His great natural gifts 
fitted him eminently for a successful investigator, and he had entered 
upon his work with great earnestness. 
Messrs. CuppLes & Hurp of Boston are publishing in parts a work 
on ‘The Eggs of North American Birds, by Mr. C. J. Maynard, of which 
two parts have already appeared. The work will be completed in “‘eight 
parts, each part containing a description of seventy species more or less, 
and at least one or two hand-colored plates,’ all to be issued by May 1, 
1889. The price is four dollars for the eight parts. 
Unpber the title ‘Contributions to Science,’ Mr. C. J. Maynard of New- 
tonville, Mass., is about starting a quarterly octavo journal, illustrated 
with plates, to serve as the medium for the publication of his own papers 
on various scientific subjects in a connected or concentrated form. Vol- 
ume I will contain ‘‘over two hundred pages” of text and ‘‘sixteen hand- 
colored plates.” The first number is announced to appear in April, and 
will be mainly ornithological, including among other things a ‘Descrip- 
tion of a Supposed New Species of Gannet,*from the Island of Little 
Cayman, West Indies. The subscription price to the Journal is $3.75 per 
year or $1.00 per number. 
‘THE ORNITHOLOGISTS’ AND O6LoGISTS’ SEMI-ANNUAL,’ of which 
Vol. I, No. 1, was issued in January, by Mr. W. H. Foote, of Pittsfield, 
Mass., is an octavo of 48 pages, of creditable appearance, and containing 
many notes and papers of permanent interest. Prof. J. A. Singley, of 
Giddings, Texas, is the leading contributor to the present number, and 
