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will be printed in the next list of members as they appear on the wrapper 

 of this Bulletin. 



President Strong's address will be Lake Forest, 111., until further 

 notice. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The "special" nature of Bulletin No. 15, prevented the acknowl- 

 edgement of publications in that number, hence the present list is both 

 ! late and longer than usual. 



llie Blue Jay and Its Food, by F. E. L. Beal, Assistant Biologist, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. [Reprint from the Year-book of the 

 Department of Agriculture for i8g5, pp. 197 to 206 inclusive, with three 

 cuts in the text.] The evidence brought forth by the careful investiga- 

 tions conducted by Professor Beal may be summed up in his closing 

 sentence. "In fact, the examination of nearly 300 stomachs shows that 

 the blue jay certainly does far more good than harm." 



Bulletins Xos. 84, 85, 86, a?id 79, of the Alabama Agricultural Exper- 

 iment Station, of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn. 

 Valuable contributions to Horticulture and related subjects, by officials 

 of the station. 



Bulletin Xo. 20, Department of Agriculture, Kansas State Agricultural 

 College, Manhattan, Kan. A compilation of experiments with wheat. 



Bulletins Xo. 80, 81, and 82, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Wooster, Ohio. Valuable contributions to Horticulture and related sub- 

 jects, by officials of the station. 



Birds, Vol. II., Nos. 1, 2, and 3, July, August, and September, 1897. 

 It could have no greater praise than mention of its immense and con- 

 stantly increasing circulation. Our constant surprise is that there are 

 not more inferior pictures, realizing, as we do, that perfect subjects for 

 illustrations are not always obtainable. The species selected for repre- 

 sentation in the September number are among the more difficult ones. 

 Here we notice that the chief defect is a lack of light in the eye, which 

 is also more or less in evidence in previous plates. A steady improve- 

 ment is evident throughout the magazine, and we have only hearty words 

 of praise for the good work it is doing in putting the birds before the 

 eyes of an appreciative public whose need of just such a magazine is 

 made clear by their eagerness to know the birds through its pages. 



