THE ATLANTIC SLOPE NATURALIST. 



henslowii) in New Jersey which gives 

 a summary of our knowledge of this 

 bird in the region stated, although we 

 note that Mr. Frank L. Burns' record 

 of finding Henslow's bunting breeding 

 along Peck's Beach, Oape May County 

 is omitted. (Auk, Vol. XII. p. 189. ) 

 There are a number of other inter- 

 esting papers in this issue. The price 

 of Cassinia is fifty cents, and may be 

 obtained from Mr. Stone, Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



This number of The Naturalist is 

 quite late being issued, barely getting 

 out — on next to the last day — before 

 the expiration of the last month stated 

 for publication. The May-June issue 

 will appear about June 1, and subse- 

 quent numbers on time. 



Our Exchange Column will begin 

 in the next issue. It will be necessary 

 for us to limit each notice to not more 

 than 25 words. Subscribers desiring 

 to make use of this department, in 

 order to secure insertion in the next 

 issue, will please send in their notices 

 so that they wlil reach us prior to 

 May 20. 



THE CANDIDATES FOR ECONOMIC 

 ZOOLOGIST IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



The candidates for the position of 

 Economic Zoologist of Pennsylvania 

 to be appointed by the Governor, the 

 Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, were 

 Dr. B. H. Warren, of West Chester; 

 Prof. H. A. Surface, of State College ; 

 and W. E. Rotzell. Dr. Warren was 

 appointed Dairy and Food Commiss- 

 ioner ; Prof. Surface received the ap- 

 pointment of Economic Zoologist ; and 

 Dr. Rotzell ' ' got left. ' ' The latter 

 gentleman had many very gracious, 

 loyal, and influential friends who ex- 

 erted their influence in his behalf in 

 the matter and to them all he here 

 desires to most sincerely thank them 

 for their kind support. 



THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL 

 CLUB. 



The Wilson Bulletin, of the New 

 Series, Vol. X, No. 2, for March, 1903, 

 conntains an announcement which will 

 probably be of considerable interest to 

 ornithologists who have watched this 

 organization for some years past as the 

 Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the 

 Agassiz Association. The latter associ- 

 ation has been defunct for several years 

 and the connection therefore of the 

 Wilson Chapter with it has been 

 merely nominal. The announcement 

 we refer to as being made in the 

 March Bulletin, is that the Chapter 

 has abandoned its old name and now 

 becomes the Wilson Ornithological 

 Club. 



This change of name seems to have 

 been a wise one and will in all proba- 

 bility, still further increase the pop- 

 ularity of the organization. 



From a very humble beginning the 

 Wilson Ornithological Club originated, 

 it has struggled long and hard, at the 

 present time it seems to have attained 

 the most important position it has yet 

 reached but still it probably has not as 

 yet attained the zenith of its career; 

 for, if it continues in the future the 

 character of good work which it has 

 done in the past few years it is destined 

 to become a still stronger organization. 



Quite a number of new applications 

 for membership also indicates pros- 

 perity. 



Among some of the interesting ar- 

 ticles in this number of the Bulletin 

 might be mentioned " Notes on the 

 Lencostictes, " by P. M. Silloway ; 

 "The Motacillidae of Germany," by 

 W. F. Henninger; " Notes on the 

 Winter Birds of Wayne County, Mich- 

 igan, ' ' by Bradshaw H. Swales ; and 

 " A Few Additional Notes on the 

 Flicker, ' ' by Frank L. Burns. In the 

 latter article the following paragraph 

 seemed especially interesting in rela- 

 tion to the Yellow-shafted Flicker: 

 " Under the head of migration some 

 interesting notes relative to the retro- 



