missionary-oologist to America. Overwork and the unsanitary conditions of the 

 Orient have again necessitated his heaving to for repairs and at last accounts our 

 friend was being overhauled at the famous repair shops kept by the Mayos at 

 Rochester, Minn. Mrs. Caldwell and the children are in Seattle, whither Mr. 

 Caldwell hopes soon to return; and he will probably fill out the year on the Pacific 

 Coast with field service on behalf of the Missionary Board of the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church. Mr. Caldwell assures us that he will pay an early visit to the 

 M. C. O., where so many of his treasures await his inspection. 



Owing to ill health Mr. Caldwell was not able to do much with bird-nesting 

 last spring, although he has sent us some two hundred choice bird-skins. 



Major W. Madland Congreve, Hafod, Trefnant, N. Wales, wrote us a cheer- 

 ful letter under date of August 4th immediately upon his return from Spitzbergen. 

 Messrs. Jourdain and Tucker were the other members of the party and the ex- 

 pedition should have been a great success; but owing to vexatious delay in Nor- 

 way the party arrived upon the collecting ground fully two weeks too late. While 

 there were unexampled opportunities for getting "downies," the saving of eggs 

 was mostly a matter of caustic potash and a surgeon's kit. However, of the chief 

 desideratum, Barnacle Goose (Branta bernicla), four sets were secured, c/6, c/5, 

 c/4, and c/3, the 8th to 11th, respectively, known to science. 



Just as the party was getting ready to realize extensively on eggs of the 

 Large-billed Puffin (Fraterculus arctlca naumanni) their motor boat burned up 

 and they were obliged to return immediately. Evidently, the gods of the "Pointed 

 Peaks" are not very friendly to egg collectors! 



Cyril Hopwood, Esq., sends word from Rangoon, Burma, under date of 

 August 11, 1922, that he is retiring from the Forest Service, in which he has been 

 engaged for nearly twenty years, and is leaving Burma for England where his 

 address will be c/o Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus, London. Mr. 

 Hopwood has been an ardent collector for many years past, and the accumulations 

 of Burmese material, which he is bringing home, will doubtless occupy his leisure 

 hours for a long time. Whether or not Mr. Hopwood's hard luck the past season 

 had anything to do with his decision to return to England, the editor will not 

 undertake to say, but his letter continues: 



"I got a short holiday to the hills this year, but very late in the season; 

 and for almost the first time my luck was dead out and I got nothing — not a single 

 cuckoo at Maymyo, though I had never before failed to find one or two during the 

 season. Whether it is due to the extensive clearing that has been done in the vi- 

 cinity of Maymyo, which has resulted in opening the country out very consid- 

 erably, I cannot say, but the fact remains that the destruction of small birds' 

 nests is very much greater than it used to be. This destruction I do not attribute 

 to human agency, as the sentiment in Maymyo is strongly in favor of bird protec- 

 tion, and nobody takes eggs, with the exception of one or two scientific collectors. 

 But Maymyo swarms with crows, tree-pies, and jays, and I have abundant proof 

 that the crows and tree-pies are most persistent nest robbers, and I am inclined 

 to think that the opening up of the country surrounding the station has made it 

 much easier for these pirates to find and destroy nests of the small birds." 



A most interesting letter from T. JIarlow, Esq., Tharrawaddy, Burma, un- 

 der date of July 13, 1922, advises that he has been delegated by the Forest Service 

 to study logging methods in the western United States, and that he will visit us 

 early next year. This is splendid news, for we are eager to give account of our 

 stewardship to the Members in Burma, who have been among our most loyal 

 supporters. Mr. Marlow is the fortunate discoverer of the first authenticated 

 nest of that eccentric species Heliopais personata, and he has promised, in addi- 

 tion to a full account of the breeding habits of this illustrious bird, to bring us the 

 type set, n/7, for presentation to the M. C. O. Wouldn't that melt the heart of 

 the most savage host! 



J. M. D. Mackenzie, Esq., also of the Forest Service, Burma, has been 

 home on leave of absence in connection with the fulfilment of life's pleasantest 



