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DISCUSSIONS. 



MR. BROWN thinks it is not always safe to judge the abundance of the 

 Wild Turkey by the tail feathers found in the woods. Nor does it unmistak- 

 ably indicate the presence of this species to find Turkey feathers, even in re- 

 mote regions, as many such feathers never had more than a tame Turkey at- 

 tached to them. 



Mr. Law inquires if the other members have found the Louisiana Water- 

 Thrush to be the prevailing form in their localities. In Dallas county, he 

 thought the Water-thrush (Seiurus lytoticilla) to be the most abundant, the 

 other species only a rare visitor. There seems to be some diversity of opinion as 

 to which is the most plentiful in the state, both species having been noted as 

 nesting. These were included in the list of birds of which the Association 

 should make special study the ensuing year. 



The fact of the Sharp-shinned Hawk nesting in such abundance in the two 

 counties — Wiunesheik and Allamakee — is surprising and brings forth a number 

 of remarks. Mr. Brown suggests that if more thorough search were made it 

 would probably be found nesting in other portions of the state. Mr. Savage can 

 only see one explanation of their scarcity in Henry county, and that is the 

 abundance of the Cooper's Hawk. Mr. Bartsch has the abundance of the Sharp- 

 shinned succeeded by a scarcity of Cooper's, and "'tis a poor rule that won't 

 work both ways," 



DEATH OF MRS. WALTERS. 



THE Angel of Death has entered our midst and taken one of our number. 

 It is with sadness that we announce the death of Mrs. Gus Walters, an active 

 member of the Iowa Ornithological Association. She died at her home at 

 Cedar Falls, Iowa, on July 31st, 1897. Mrs. Walters was an ardent lover of 

 birds and her skillful fingers often helped her husband while at his taxidermi- 

 cal work. 



We believe she looked "Though Nature up to Nature's God. ' ' She regarded 

 this beautiful world as one of the numberless chambers in a Heavenly Father's 

 masion, from which death was but a door opening into larger and brighter 

 rooms beyond. She has but gone on before. 



RESOLUTOINS. 



In view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our friend and 

 associate, Mrs. Gus Walters, and the still heaver loss sustained by those who 



