Editorial. 107 



Mr. R. L. Baird, one of our recently elected members, has fin- 

 ished his work for the Bachelor's degree in Oberlin College, and 

 has gone to Denmark, Iowa, to take charge of an academy. He 

 promises some interesting notes from that extreme southeastern 

 part of Iowa. 



Mr. Walton I. Mitchell, of St. Paul, Minn., will be graduated 

 from the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, in the 

 spring of 1903, and will return to New Mexico to begin practice. 

 We may feel assured of his continued study of the birds in that 

 interesting region. 



Our Secretary, John W. Daniel, Jr., has been exploring the 

 Dismal Swamp, and reports a very pleasant and profitable time 

 there. Such places, especially if they be threatened with destruc- 

 tion, should be thoroughly explored at once, in order to deter- 

 mine the influence of the changed conditions in the years to come. 



Our Vice-President, Mr. N. Hollister, Delavan, Wis., writes 

 from Rockland, Texas, under date of July 12, that while the 

 weather is rather warm, he is enjoying the work with the Biolog- 

 ical Survey of the Department of Agriculture. They are working 

 down Eastern Texas to Beaumont, and go from there to the 

 Desert. 



Mr. Harry C. Oberholser, of the Biological Survey, Department 

 of Agriculture, writes from Texarkana, Arkansas, that he is en- 

 gaged upon a state list of the birds of Texas. His remark that 

 it is a good-sized contract is well to the point, since about half of 

 the whole North American list is accredited to Texas. We await 

 the results of his work with much interest. 



Our well-known member, Mr. Benj. T. Gault, Glen Ellyn, 111., 

 writes under the date of Sept. 1st, that on the 9th Mr. George K. 

 Cherrie, Brooklyn, N. Y., and himself sail for South America. 

 Their destination is to be French Guiana at Cayenne. They will 

 be gone all winter, and will be occupied with both Ornithology 

 and Botany, with much else as incidental. It is needless to say 

 that we shall hear from Mr. Gault. He has our hearty good 

 wishes for a most successful and pleasant trip. 



