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are not of uniform excellence as to pose and fidelity of coloring, there is 

 a determination to improve manifest and some of the color photographs 

 must be pronounced superb. There is not a weak plate in the March 

 number and the "Barn Swallow" alone is worth the price of the maga- 

 zine. 



Of course the periodical aims primarily to reach juvenile readers, but 

 none of us have outgrown an appreciation of the faithful delineation of 

 bird life. Hence a word of suggestion may not be deemed amiss. First 

 by all means let the proper scientific name be attached to every bird- 

 plate. A modestly printed Latin name ( in parenthesis if you like) will 

 not scare the children and will greatly add to the value of a picture in 

 the eyes of those who care to know a bird accurately in its relationships. 

 And along this same line too, while a bird is being painted so truly, why 

 not tell us briefly what sex is before us ? what seasonal phase of plumage 

 is depicted ? and what locality that precise subject hails from ? All these 

 points would add to the educational value of "Birds" and need not inter- 

 fere in the least with its commendable work for the children. — W. L. D. 



An invitation to attend the regular meeting of the Southern Division of 

 the Cooper Ornithological Club, to be held in honor of the late Major 

 Charles E. Bendire, has been received. The meeting, was held at the 

 home of Otto J. Zahn, 427 S. Hope St., Los Angeles, March 27, 1897. 



NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 



The April election of new members resulted in the election of the fol- 

 lowing persons : 



For Active Membership : Frank M. Woodruff, Assistant Curator 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences ; Henry K. Coales, 136 Washington street, 

 Chicago, 111. ; W. S. Colvin, Ossawatomie, Kansas. 



For Honorary Membership : Otto Widmann, Old Orchard, Mis- 

 souri. 



For Associate Membership: John W. Daniel, Jr., Lynchburg, Va. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Birds of Colorado, by W. W. Cooke, Bulletin No. 37, Technical 

 Series No. 2, State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion. A catalogue of 363 species of birds which have been found within 

 the state, 230 of which are summer residents, and 51 are stragglers. The 

 introductory chapter gives us a glimpse of Colorado topography and cli- 



