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some time. And in what marsh they feed is now unknown. But 

 he prefers to stay near the old home until approaching- winter 

 drives him to a southern clime. His nest was on higher ground to 

 the north where the g-round is covered with sticks, twigs and small 

 branches, and grown up with young poplars and hazel of two or 

 three feet in heig-ht. Five is the usual number in a marsh hawk 

 family. 



AMES 1898. 



September 21, 32, and 23. 



The Fourth Annual Cong-ress of the Iowa Ornithological 

 will convene September 21, 22, and 23, 1898 at Ames, Iowa. 



A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in our work 

 to be present. The leading- Ornitholog-ists in the state will be there 

 and this will undoudtedly be the greatest and most successful of 

 any meeting- thus far held in the history of the association. The 

 reading of papers upon the various phases of our science and the 

 discussion of the same, will be the main features of the congress. 



At our last congress the work of our association was divided in- 

 to a number of committees, and the chief of each committee was 

 authorized to commence, at once, an exhaustive paper upon his 

 department head — and this to be read at the next congress. Thus 

 these persons have had time to make ample and thorough prepar- 

 ation for their papers, and they will undoubtedly be able to pre- 

 sent much valuable scientific material. 



B}^ no means, is it to be understood that papers are to be restrict- 

 ed to these members, but all members of the Iowa Ornitholog-ical 

 Association and all ornithologists are invited to prepare a paper 

 for this congress. Send the subject of your paper, and state the 

 length of time it will occupy, to Wilmon Newell, Ames, Iowa, by 

 the 20th of September, so that the program may be arranged. 



The ornithologists at Ames are sparing no time in preparing- for 

 the congress: They write that the Ornithological Museum of the 

 Ames Agricultural College has recently undergone a complete re- 

 arrangement, now making this extensive collection readil}' ac- 

 cessible to both general and scientific students. This will be open 

 during- the entire cong-ress. 



For any further information address — 



Wilmon Newell, Ames, la. 



