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SCIENCE 



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on gases in cooperation with, the Gas Warfare 

 Service. 



In June, 1919, Dr. Phillips received the 

 honorary degree of Doctor of Science from 

 the University of Pittsburgh. 



Dr. Phillips was an authority on natural 

 gas in which field he held international recog- 

 nition. In 1904 he published the " Methods 

 of Analysis of Ores, Pig Iron and Steel used 

 by the Chemists in the Pittsburgh Region," 

 and in 1913 a text-book of " Chemical Ger- 

 man," of which a second edition appeared in 

 1916. At the time of his death Dr. Phillips 

 had two other books well under way, one on 

 the " Life and Work of Joseph Priestley," the 

 other on " Qualitative Gas Reactions." 



Dr. Phillips was a member of the following 

 societies : 



Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity since 1867. 

 Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania 



since 1880. 

 American Association for Advancement of 



Science since 1887. 

 American Institute of Mining Engineers 



since 1892. 

 American Chemical Society since 1894. 

 American Philosophical Society since 1894. 

 Phi Lambda ITpsilon Fraternity since 1919. 



Dr. Phillips was a member of the Chemists' 

 Club of New York City and the University 

 Club of Pittsburgh. 



He has been a member of the council of the 

 American Chemical Society since the organ- 

 ization of the Pittsburgh Section in 1903. 



Beside his widow, Mrs. Sarah Ormsby 

 Phillips, Dr. Phillips leaves two sons, Clifford 

 S. and Frederick I. Phillips. 



Alexander Silverman 



School op Chemistry, 

 Universitt of Pittsbuegh 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



BIRD BANDING WORK BEING TAKEN OVER 

 BY THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 



The Bureau of Biological Survey at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, has taken over the work 

 formerly carried on under the auspices of the 

 Linnaean Society of New York by the Amer- 

 ican Bird Banding Association. In taking 



over this work the bureau feels that it should 

 express the debt that students of ornithology 

 in this country owe to Mr. Howard H. 

 Cleaves for the devotion and success with 

 which he has conducted its investigation up 

 to a point where it has outgrown the possi- 

 bilities of his personal supervision. 



Under plans now being formulated this 

 work will give a great amount of invaluable 

 information concerning the migration and 

 distribution of North American birds whicb 

 will be of direct service in the administration 

 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as well as 

 of much general scientific interest. 



It is desired to develop this work along two 

 principal lines : first, the trapping and band- 

 ing of waterfowl, especially ducks and geese, 

 on both their breeding and winter grounds; 

 and secondly, the systematic trapping of land 

 birds as initiated by Mr. S. Prentiss Bald- 

 win, the early results of which have been pub- 

 lished by him in the Proceedings of the 

 JLinnsean Society of New York, No. 13, 1919, 

 pp. 23-55. It is planned to enlist the interest 

 and services of volunteer workers, who will 

 undertake to operate and maintain trapping 

 stations throughout the year, banding new 

 birds and recording the data from those pre- 

 viously banded. The results from a series of 

 stations thus operated will undoubtedly give 

 new insight into migration routes; speed of 

 travel during migration; longevity of species; 

 affinity for the same nesting-site year after 

 year; and, in addition, furnish a wealth of 

 information relative to the behavior of the 

 individual, heretofore impossible because of 

 the difficulty of keeping one particular bird 

 under observation. 



The details of operation are now receiving 

 close attention, and as soon as possible the 

 issue of bands will be announced, with full 

 information regarding the methods to be fol- 

 lowed and the results expected. In the mean- 

 time, the Biological Survey will be glad to 

 receive conununications from those sufficiently 

 interested and satisfactorily located to engage 

 in this work during their leisure time, for it 

 is obvious that a considerable part must be 

 done by volunteer operators. It is hoped that 



