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Merritt, and Prof. A. C. Webb of Nashville, and Judge H. Y. Hughes 

 of Tazewell, Tenn. Organization was at once determined upon 

 and a survey made of the work that should at first be undertaken. 

 A constitution has since been adopted, frequent meetings and outings 

 held, and steps taken to extend the membership to all parts of the 

 state. The initial work was the preparation of a preliminary or 

 theoretical list of birds of the state, which includes all species 

 that should be looked for and their probable distribution at the 

 different seasons. It is planned to supplement this list about a 

 year hence, with one showing the species actually found and listed 

 by members of the organization. Other supplements will be issued 

 from time to time as new material accumulates. 



The Society has a fertile field for its investigations, the state be- 

 ing very poorly represented in literature relating to its bird-life. 

 West and Middle Tennessee are covered by no published papers 

 except for a list of species found by S. N. Rhoads during a trip in 

 1895 extending from April 27 to May 24. 



The fact that this region is on the dividing line between the 

 northern and southern forms of many species has probably led 

 those in search of typical specimens to seek a more southern lat- 

 itude in which to collect them. 



All of the members are active field workers, and this fact has 

 encouraged them to believe that the Society has a future before 

 it and that much earnest work will be accomplished. 



A. F. Ganier. 



Nashville. Tenn. 



PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 



The Ornithological Magazines. The Auk. Since the last notice 

 of this magazine there have been received the April, July, and 

 October numbers for 1914, and the entire volume of 1915. We shall 

 here summarize only the faunal and ecological papers which these 

 numbers contain, with mention of such others as seem of more gen- 

 eral interest. 



Faunal papers. John C. Phillips has two interesting papers 

 which relate to the birds of Eastern Sudan, April, 1914, and Sinai 

 and Palestine, July, 1915. These papers are based upon collections 

 made in the regions, and upon such observations as were possible. 



Messrs. Lewis S. Golsan and Ernest G. Holt present a well an- 

 notated list of 184 species of birds of Autauga and Montgomery 

 Counties, Alabama, in the April, 1914, number. 



R. B. Stockwell and Alex. Wetmore present an annotated and 

 illustrated list of the birds from the vicinity of Golden, Colorado, 

 in the July, 1914, number. 



