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efforts to interest their pupils in birds, and seems especially worthy of 
commendation. We would suggest, however, that the publishers would 
do well to supply a table of contents with each number, to facilitate _ 
reference to the plates and articles. 
WE HAVE before us No. 1 of Volume I of the ‘ Bulletin of the Michigan 
Ornithological Club,’ published at Grand Rapids, Mich., ‘‘in the inter- 
ests of Ornithology in Michigan.” The Editor-in-Chief is L. Whitney 
Watkins, Manchester, Mich. The ‘ Bulletin’ is to be published quarterly, 
and will doubtless prove a great stimulus to ornithological activity in Mich- 
igan and adjoining States. The Club, of which it is the official organ, 
has also taken a strong stand in favor of the strict enforcement of the 
game and fish laws of the State, and for the protection of birds. This 
first number of the Bulletin is in every way a credit to the Michigan 
Ornithological Club, and indicates earnestness and ability on the part of 
its members. 
‘Tur ZobLoGist,’ in entering upon its Fourth Series, passes under 
the editorial management of Mr. W. L. Distant, Mr. J. E. Harting, who 
has edited the magazine so ably for the last twenty years, being obliged 
to retire on account of the pressure of other demands upon his time. 
While the typographic appearance of its pages remains for the most part 
unchanged, its long familiar exterior has given place to a pictorial, and 
perhaps more artistic cover, differing radically in color and make-up from 
that to which we have so long been accustomed. The scope of the Maga- 
zine is extended to include anthropology, at least so far as it relates to 
‘Early Man in Britain.’ The official reports of Natural History Societies, 
however, will be omitted. The new editor trusts that the pages of ‘ The 
Zoologist’ may still ‘ be filled with facts and conclusions, whilst contro- 
versy and hypercriticism may thus be crowded out.” Under its new 
editorial management we trust the journal will continue to achieve the 
success that its sterling merit in the past has gained for it. 
THe first fasciculus of a new Italian quarto journal of ornithology — 
‘ Avicula, Giornale ornitologico italiana ’’— bears date Feb. 1, 1897. As 
its name indicates, itis to be devoted especially to Italian ornithology. 
The first number, consisting of 28 pages, begins the publication of a list 
of living ornithologists. Among the ‘ Notiziario’ we are pleased to see 
the announcement of the formation of a society at Trieste for the protec- 
tion of birds. In no country, perhaps, is there a greater need for such 
societies than in Italy. The journal is published at Siena, under the 
editorship of Sigismondo Brogi, with whom are associated as honorary 
editors Professor Enrico Hillyer Giglioli and Count Tommaso Salvadori, 
and numerous ‘collaborators.’ 
A prospectus of a work entitled ‘The Birds of Celebes and the 
Neighboring Islands,’ by A. B. Meyer and L. W. Wiglesworth, has 
