working under an experienced professor and who have made a fine collection of 

 skins of birds of tlieir section, among which are several of very rare occurence 

 m our state, and these enthusiastic workers have never heard of our work or 

 our Association Here ought to be a very fruitful missionary field and I hope to 

 attend one of their meetings soon, if possible. Jn another nearer city, though 

 out of our state, I learn the principal of the High school is an enthusiastic Orni- 

 thologist, spending the majority of his Saturdays in the fields and woods, and 

 many times wtth pupils of his school. I believe if members will make an effort 

 m tne schools and colleges of our state, that they can accomplish a very o-reat 

 deat there. "^ 



In a recent letter to Mr. Savage I suggested that a good means for us to raise 

 money to carry us through the balance of the year, and as a means of stimulat- 

 ing the members to greater efforts in the obtaining of new members and sub- 

 scribers, that the members all send in to the editor-treasurer at once such 

 amounts as they feel able-these same to be applied to subscriptions and mem- 

 bers fees. Then let all those remitting go to work for the subscriptions and new 

 members sufficient to repay the money so advanced. Three have already si^rni- 

 (led their willingness to advance $3.00 each on these conditions, all fully believ- 

 ing that they can easily recover it by Jan. 1st. Others have offered $1.00. and I 

 'am sure from the few letters received that the members will awake to the fact 

 that on their individual efforts will depend the success of our Association. 

 ^ There are a few of us to whom a chan3e to add to our collection will not bring 

 'orth some effort, and to make the race a lively one I have thought it might be 

 well to make an inducement in tlie way of small premiums to the ones sending 

 the largest lists of new members er subscribers before Jan. 1st, 



To this end I will give to the one sending in the largest list, (one new member 



to count as two and one-half subscribers) sets of eggs to the value of $5.00,includ- 



,ng among others a set of Krider's Hawk,i. To the one sending the second larg- 



st list, sets to the value of $3.00, including a set of Swainson's Hawk.i, and to 



10 next ten largest lists a set each of Black-crowned Night Heror,i toj-, col- 



1 cted on Her-on Lake, Minn, the last summer. 



~ Now let us see what a united effort will do for us. We cannot afford to stop 

 pi • work here— it has grown too dear to us. With prompt remittances on the 

 part of delinquent members and a hearty response to this appeal on the part of 

 the others, we will be in splendid shape to carry us through next year. Let ev- 

 ery one try to send in etiough for the dues of one new member at least and then 

 make an earnest effort to get the new member. If you feel you cannot risk even 

 that, try to carry the burden of one subscription anyway and there will be few 

 indeed who cannot get that. Send in your remittances promptly and let us have 

 I short item of news for the Iowa Ornithologist with each We always welcome 

 my news from fellow members. With this great aid we are going to enter the 

 lew year with facilities for fulfilling all our plans and by the close of next year 

 It the latest, we will hope to publish our ''Iowa birds" and this will be the"^ be- 

 ginning of a newer and a larger scope for our work, as it will bring us valuable 

 )rnithological bulletins and material and bring us into touch with scientific so- 

 cieties the world over. 



Yours in love for the I. O. A. 

 J. H. Brown, Pres. 



