THE ATLANTIC SLOPE NATURALIST. 



estry interests would have greatly suf- 

 fered for it is not probable that anyone 

 could have been found in Pennsylvania 

 as competent to administer the affairs 

 pertaining thereto as Dr. Rothrock. 



If this copy of the Naturalist is of 

 no special interest to the reader of this 

 item it would be a favor to hand it to 

 some one interested in natural science. 

 It would certainly be appreciated by 

 the publisher, and also, probably by 

 the party to whom it is given. 



The Harpswell Laboratory of Tufts 

 College which is a summer school of 

 biology announces that the course for 

 the present year will begin July 1, and 

 will continue until September 12. The 

 Laboratory is located at South Harps- 

 well, Maine, in Casco Bay, sixteen 

 miles from Portland. The region has 

 a very rich fauna and flora. Particu- 

 lars as to the course may be obtained 

 from the Director, Prof. J. S. Kings- 

 ley, Tufts College, Massachusetts. 



Among others this number of the 

 Naturalist will reach a great many of 

 the old contributors to journals which 

 have since ceased publication, such as 

 the Ornithologist a?id Oologist ; Tid- 

 ings from Nature; Ra7idom Notes i?i 

 Natural History ; the Nidologist and 

 others ; we would be pleased to receive 

 from any of these gentlemen such in- 

 teresting notes as they used to write in 

 the days gone by. 



The American Ornithologists' Union 

 will hold a special meeting in San 

 Francisco, California, May 15 and 10, 

 in conjunction with the Cooper Orni- 

 thological Club. Special railroad 

 rates have been secured and the pros- 

 pectus of the trip indicates that it is 

 going to be a very enjoyable one. In 

 order that as much can be seen as pos- 

 sible various stops will be made in 

 New Mexico, Arizona, and California. 



Mr. S. E. Cassino of Salem, Massa- 

 chusetts, writes us that a new edition 



of his Naturalists' Directory is in the 

 course of preparation and will probably 

 be published sometime during the com- 

 ing summer. This work is the oldest 

 and best that has been published in 

 America and those interested in natu- 

 ral science who have not sent their 

 names to Mr. Cassino should do S3 at 

 once, mentioning their special lines of 

 work, and as to whether they have a 

 collection and care to exchange. 



It should be borne in mind that the 

 value of a journal, like the value of 

 many other things, does not necessarily 

 depend upon its size ; therefore, we 

 would respectfully suggest to our crit- 

 ics, if we are of sufficient importance 

 to have any, to deal gently with us in 

 this particular. If there is a place 

 for our little journal, and we feel that 

 there is, it is probable, as we have pre- 

 vously mentioned, that it will grow. 

 All of our obligations will be fulfilled. 

 Our friends, therefore, need have no 

 hesitancy in sending in their subscrip- 

 tions and advertisements. 



The most recent publication we have 

 seen to make its appearance in the or- 

 nithological field is The Warbler ; 

 published bi-monthly by Mr. John 

 Lewis Childs, of Floral Park, New 

 York. It is edited by the Rev. H. C. 

 Munson, and contains much interesting 

 information. By this journal we see 

 that Mr. Childs has recently purchased 

 ' ' for a sum exceeding $1000 ' ' a 

 mounted male specimen of the Labra- 

 dor Duck. 



The second number of Cassinia; 

 Proceedings of the Delaware Valley 

 Ornithological Club of Philadelphia, 

 is issued. It is an annual publication 

 and a very creditable one as only Mr. 

 Witmer Stone, whom we presume is 

 the editor would supervise. Mr. Stone 

 contributes an important " Report on 

 the Spring Migration of 1902." Mr. 

 Samuel N. Rhoads contributes a paper 

 on Henslow's Bunting (Ammodramus 





