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IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



being very successful as a teacher. 

 In 1875 he moved to Philadel- 

 phia, and began the building up 

 of his now world wide business 

 in minerals and scientific books. 

 He was married in 1872, to Miss 

 Augusta Matthews of Iowa, who, 

 with two sons and a daughter, 

 survives him. His business will be 

 continued by Warren G. Foote, a 

 son of the deceased, as manager. 

 Mr. J. H. Brown, Iowa City, 

 la., writes: "I shot three Great- 

 er Redpolls on Jan. 11, and one 

 the 13th inst. They were un- 

 doubtedly of the variety Acanthis 

 linaria rostrata (Coues). I have 

 never seen mention of this variety 

 occurring in the state before. 



Mr. John V. Crone has a live 

 Snowy Owl which was wing- 

 tipped and captured near Mara- 

 thon, Iowa, about Dec. 20. He 

 is thriving on a diet of meat of 

 different kinds, including sparrow, 

 turkey, grouse and pork; diversi- 

 fied by occasional bites from his 

 captor's fingers. 



Prof. Gus. Walters, Cedar 

 Falls, Iowa, writes: "We are 

 taking some interest in birds 

 here. Have captured the Pur- 

 ple Finch and Rusty Grackle. 

 Secured a fine Meadow Lark, 

 Dec. 27 — rather late for him. 



The Northwestern Ornitho- 

 logical Association held its second 

 annual meeting at Portland, Ore., 

 Dec, 27, 1895. The forenoon 

 was devoted to business; the 

 afternoon to reading of papers 

 and election of officers. The 

 officers chosen were; Wm. L. 

 Finly, Pres. ; Ellis F. Hadley, 

 I St Vice Pres.; Guy Striker, 2d 

 Vice Pres. ; Arthur L. Pope, Sec. ; 

 D. C. Bord. Treas. 



The N. O. A. is a live associ- 

 ation, as is shown by the fact 

 that the past year it has compiled 

 a list of Oregon birds embracing 

 over twice as many as were ever 

 before contained in a list of birds 

 of Oregon. This list is being 

 published in the Association's 

 official organ, the Oregon Natur- 

 alist and will number 254 species 

 and sub-species. 



Hereafter the Association will 

 admit associate members from 

 any part of America, and its mem- 

 bers expect to have a phenom- 

 enal growth during the next few 

 months. For particulars address 

 the secretary at McMinnville,Ore. 



A. I. Johnson, DesMoines, la., 

 while out collecting Nov. 25, saw 

 two Robins and Dec. 3, secured 

 two Red-winged Blackbirds from 

 a flock of 8. 



