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of the niaiiimals, fislu's, ami especially ot^ tlic amuilata of tlic weslerii 

 portion of tin- Aiilii- Ocean. To ns Maini^rcn is more particniarly intei- 

 esting because of liis ornithological explorations in Spitzhergen. lie 

 made no less than three trijis to that Ultima 'I'hule \\/.., in 1861, iS6| 

 and iSfiS, the ornitliological lesnlts being puhlislied in Cabani.s's 'Journal 

 tiif Ornithologie.' Mahngren clearly understood and distinguished the 

 geographical forms inhabiting that interesting archipelago, and it is 

 important to record that he was a trinominalist long before that form of 

 nomenclature was accepted in this country. — Leonhard Stejxkger. 



Dr. Felix Georg Herman August Mojsisovics von Mojsv.\r, a 

 Corresponding Member of the A. O. U., died on August 27, 1897, in the 

 city of Graz, Austria, 48 years old. He was, at the time of his death, 

 professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy' at the Imp. Technical 

 High School; ' Privat Decent' at the University; and Curator of the 

 zoological division of the ' Johanneum,' institutions all located at Graz. 



Mojsisovics von Mojsvdr was particularly interested in the fauna of 

 Europe and the anatom_v of vertebrates, but he was not a prolific writer. 

 As an ornithologist he contributed chiefly to the avifauna of Austria- 

 Hungai-y, particularly' that of Styria and of southern Hungary and Sla- 

 vonia. In 1S84 he undertook a trip to the latter provinces, the ornitholog- 

 ical report upon Avhich contained a great deal of information interestingly 

 presented. — I.,eonhard Stejneger. 



We h.\ve received the prospectus of 'A Monograph of the Turdidre, 

 or Family of Thrushes,' by the late Henry Seebohm, edited and com- 

 pleted after his death by Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. The work will be pub- 

 lished by Henry Sotheran & Co., 37 Piccadilly, London, in 12 parts, at 

 i£ i6s per part. The work will be in Imperial 4to, and each part will 

 contain 12 colored plates, by Keulemans. The edition Avill be limited to 

 250 copies. 



D. Appleton & Co. announce as in press and soon to be issued ' The 

 Art of Taxidermy ' by John Rowley, Chief Taxidermist at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. It will be profusely illustrated, and treat 

 the subject from the standpoint of the latest and most approved modern 

 methods. 



The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club held its eighth annual 

 meeting January' 6, 189S, at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 

 phia, thirty-four members being in attendance. The club is in a more 

 flourishing condition than ever before, the membership numbering 

 seventy-five. During the past ^-ear sixteen regular meetings were held 

 and one public meeting. 



Among the more important papers read were ' The Genus Sturnella' 

 and 'Molting of the Sanderling,' by Witmer Stone; 'Brant Shooting,' bv 

 I. N. DeHaven ; ' New Jersey Shore Birds,' by Wm. L. Baily; 'Local Rem- 

 iniscenses of Audubon,' by Geo. Spencer Morris; 'Ornithological Photo- 



