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meritorious service. Later he was placed in command of Company C, 
Twenty-second Infantry, U. S. A., and was stationed for many years at 
various remote posts in the West, Fort Thorne, N. M., being named for 
him. He was retired in April last for disability due to an accident while 
on duty at Fort Keogh. For many years he took an active interest in 
ornithology, becoming an Associate Member of the A. O. U.in 1885, 
and while well known to many of our leading ornithologists, through 
correspondence, he has published comparatively little. His chief paper 
isa ‘ List of Birds observed in the vicinity of Fort Keogh, Montana, from 
July, 1888, to September, 1892,’ published in ‘The Auk’ in 1895, (XII, 
pp. 211-219). Previously he had observed and collected for six years at 
Fort Collins, Colorado, and in 1887 published ‘ Additions to Mr. Drew’s 
List of the Birds of Colorado’ (Auk, IV, 1887, pp. 264, 265). He was a 
careful, conscientious observer, and made a_ considerable collection 
of ornithological specimens, many of which have been generously loaned 
or presented to specialists for examination or study. A wife and six 
children survive him. 
“THe OsprREY,’ inits issue for March, makes the announcement that Dr. 
Elliott Coues has been secured as Associate Editor of this excellent mag- 
azine. In this connection the editor says: ‘‘Our endeavor will be to 
make ‘The Osprey’ as a popular monthly, what ‘’The Auk’ is as a tech- 
nical quarterly.” The March number contains an excellent portrait of 
the late Major CHARLEs E. BENDIRE, with a biographical notice of this 
eminent ornithologist by Dr. F. H. Knowlton; also a portrait of Louis 
Agasiz Fuertes, with a number of his recent bird paintings, and a short 
notice of his work by the Associate Editor. There are various papers 
and many notes of general interest, but unfortunately it includes one 
article, ‘A Peculiar Hybrid’, that might well have been omitted. With 
the new aid now secured doubtless such slips will not again occur, 
and the journal has doubtless before it an era of increased prosperity 
and usefulness. © 
AMONG new Claimants for notice is the illustrated monthly ‘ Birds,’ of 
which several numbers have appeared. It is published by the Nature 
Study Pubiication Company of Chicago, at the very low price, consider- 
ing its character, of $1.50 a year. It is profusely illustrated with colored 
plates done by *‘colored photography.” The February number (No. 2) 
contains eleven quarto plates, representing the Blue Jay, Robin, Red- 
headed Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Red-winged Blackbird, and Cardinal, 
and four foreign birds, including a Mot-mot, Lory, etc. The illustra- 
tions are evidently photographed from mounted specimens, and thus 
show some defects in structural detail, but the colors are reproduced with 
surprising fidelity. The text is intended for popular reading, and some 
of the articles are written with special reference to young readers. 
The magazine should prove of much service to teachers in their 
