Vol. XV 



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fessor Bickmore exhibited a series of slides in illustration of a method by 

 which bird-studies could be tauji^ht. 



The meeting was attended b_v about looo people, doubtless liio larjjest 

 audience which has ever assembled in this country to listen to addresses 

 relating to bird protection, and the interest and enthusiasm shown were 

 excellent evidences of the appreciation of the importance of this subject. 



Mr. George K. Cherrie has resigned his position of Assistant Cura- 

 tor of Ornithology in the Field Columbian Museum and in October 

 sailed for Bolivar, Venezuela, which he proposes to make the base of 

 explorations in the upper Orinoco region for a period of a vear or more. 



Dr. J. BuTTiKOFER, SO wcU-known for his ornithological work at the 

 Leyden Museum, has resigned his cui-atorship in that institution and 

 accepted the appointment of Director of the Zoological Garden at Rot- 

 terdam. He has nearly completed his report on the ornithological results 

 of the Borneo Expedition, which he accompanied as zoologist. 



Dr. Otto Finsch, the eminent ornithologist and anthropologist, has 

 been appointed, we are informed, to succeed Dr. Biittikofer at the Leyden 

 Museum. 



Prof. R. A. Philippi, for fortj-three years Director of the National 

 Museum at Santiago, Chili, and well-known as an authority on Chilean' 

 ornithology, has retired from active work at the age of ninety years, his 

 son succeeding him in the office of Director. 



We HAVE learned of the recent death of two of our Corresponding 

 Members, but no details have yet reached us, — namely. Dr. A. J. Malm- 

 gren of the University at Helsingfors, Finland, and Dr. X. von Mojsiso- 

 vics. Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at the University 

 of Gratz, Austria. Some notice will be taken of their ornithological 

 work in a later number of this journal. 



The final plans for the location of the buildings, ranges, dens, aviaries 

 and other enclosures for animals, and the ponds, walks, roadwavs, 

 entrances, etc., for the Zoological Park in South Bronx Park, New York 

 City, were lately submitted by the New York Zoological Society (see Auk, 

 XIV, July, 1S96, p. 344) to the Department of Parks and approved and 

 adopted by the Park authorities. The Society has raised $65,000 toward 

 the $100,000 necessary to receive from the city an appropriation of 

 $125,000 for laying out the grounds and providing drainage and water 

 supply. The funds provided by the Society — namely, $250,000 to be raised 

 during the three year limit — are to be applied to the erection of buildings 

 and the purchase of collections. It is a work that may well interest people 



