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Natural Science Establishment and will be used in a group with 

 several other specimens already in our possession. 



Birds of New York. The completed text of volume 2 of Birds 

 of New York, the publication of which has been delayed on account 

 of the illness of Professor Eaton, the author, was sent to press 

 in the summer and it is expected will be ready for delivery by 

 the first of May or June. This volume covers the land birds 

 and, as the game and water birds were included in volume i, the 

 completion of the work in hand as volume 2 of Museum Memoir 12, 

 will bring to an end the present representation of all species of birds 

 occurring in the fauna of New York, including visitants and mi- 

 grants, with a complete illustration in color of every species. 

 Volume I was received with such general approbation and apprecia- 

 tion, it is believed that volume 2, which covers the birds coming 

 under more general daily observation of the larger public, will meet 

 even a greater need than its predecessor. Volume 2 carries, besides 

 the descriptions and illustrative matter, a series of general chapters 

 on the habits and general ecological relations of birds and the part 

 they play in human society and culture. Occasion Is taken at this 

 time to make announcement of the fact that volume i was offered 

 to the public at $3 a volume ; volume 2, which is somewhat larger 

 than volume i, carrying more text matter and a greater number of 

 color plates, will be sold at the same price to all who have received 

 volume I, but otherwise at $4. 



Monograph of the New York mollusca. The work of prepar- 

 ing the monograph of the New York mollusca, which is in the charge 

 of Dr H. A. Pilsbry of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 

 has gone forward and the author reports an increasing number of 

 illustrations made, together with the preparation of considerable 

 additional text matter. It is probable' that the entire work will 

 be brought to completion within the coming year. 



Myriapods of New York. The late Frederick C. Paulmier, while 

 zoologist of the Museum, prepared and annotated a checklist of 

 the myriapods of New York, and this list was supplemented by 

 notes and memoranda, together with an index of the genera, made 

 by Professor George H. Chadwick while occupying the same posi- 

 tion on the Museum staff. It has seemed well to bring this under- 

 taking to completion and Dr Roy W. Miner of the American 

 Museum of Natural History has very kindly consented to take over 

 the manuscripts and memoranda with the purpose of putting them 

 in final form as an illustrated compendium of these animals as they 

 occur in the State, 



