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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 9-No. 7 



THE 



ORNITHOLOGIST 



— AND — 



OOLOGIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY ] 



l'ED TO THE STUDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. 



DESIGNED AS 



MEANS FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF NOTES 

 t OBSERVATIONS ON BIRD LIFE. 



FRANK B. WEBSTER, Publisher, 

 PAWTUCKET, E. I. 



Editor's Notes. 



The new series of onr Magazine has 

 now passed safely its first half-year, and 

 we take the opportunity which this con- 

 sideration suggests, to thank our contribu- 

 tors for the zeal and earnestness with 

 which they have seconded the efforts of 

 the Editor to sustain its position, and to 

 carry out the objects it was designed to 

 accomplish. 



The Editor has been much encouraged 

 by numerous testimonies from unexpected 

 sources in appreciation of the Magazine, 

 and desires to acknowledge in this manner 

 many communications which it has been 

 impossible to reply to more directly. 



The Publisher also would add his 

 acknowledgement of support, but regrets 

 it must be accompanied by the announce- 

 ment that the subscription list is not yet 

 long enough to cover the year's expenses, 

 which are heavier than were at first con- 

 templated. 



For some reason at present unknown to 

 us the Smithsonian Check List cannot be 

 obtained from the Institute. We hope 

 another edition is being printed or will be 

 shortly. There is a constant demand for 



the work, which the Smithsonian authori- 

 ties should find means to supply — at any 

 rate " until its successor arrives." 



Amongst the publications announced as 

 soon to be issued is " Our Birds in their 

 Haunts," by the Eev. J. H. Langille, of 

 Buffalo. To judge from the extracts that 

 have come under our observation, the work 

 is written in a popular and entertaining 

 style. It is also written " almost entirely 

 from personal observation," a fact which 

 must commend it to all seeking additional 

 knowledge of our Birds. 



International Ornithological Con- 

 gress at Vienna. 



Herr Tscbusi sends us a copy of the 

 resolutions at the Congress, of which we 

 give a translation. 



" The First International Ornithological 

 Congress assembled at Vienna resolves : 



1. To elect a standing International 

 Committee for the appointment of Bird- 

 observing stations, of which the Crown- 

 Prince is asked to take the Protectorate. 



2. To ask the Austro- Hungarian Gov- 

 ernment to make representations to all 

 those countries not represented in this 

 Congress with a view to tbeir arranging 

 for Ornithological Observation Stations, 

 and to their notifying the President of 

 this Committee of proper persons inter- 

 ested in the matter. 



3. To request the delegates of the 

 States here represented to suggest to their 

 respective governments as follows : 



a. The arrangement, so far as may be 

 possible, of Ornithological Observation 

 Stations. 



h. The granting of money to carry on 

 the business of the Stations and for the 

 publication of the annual record of their 

 observations of birds ; also to appoint 

 local committees in their various States to 

 be under the general direction of the 

 President of the International Committee. 



