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members of the committee. The following are named as sub-chairmen 

 with power to appoint their own local committees: 



Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport, Brattleboro; Harry C. Ridlon, Ben- 

 nington; George L. Kirk, Rutland; Mrs. L. Frances Jolley, Berkshire; 

 Miss Elsie M. Kittredge, Proctor; Miss Inez Addie Howe, St. Johns- 

 bury; Mrs. Carrie E. Straw, Stowe; Jay G. Underwood, Hartland; Mrs. 

 Mabel S. Heselton, Taftsville. 



We want this State Flora to be accurate, above all, and at the 

 same time to be as complete as possible. It is not probable that it 

 can be printed for about five years and that time will give every 

 opportunity to gain the desired end. 



I wish that those members who feel that they can do so would 

 send 25 cents to Miss Mary A. Day, Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass., 

 for a check list of Gray's Manual. In this all plants found in Vermont 

 may be checked. Every plant checked must have an herbarium speci- 

 men back of it, in either a public or private collection. There have 

 been many new species and varieties recognized since the seventh 

 edition of Gray's Manual appeared and a list of these will, it is hoped, 

 be ready for the next Bulletin. Let every member of the club do 

 his part in making this new Flora accurate and complete. 



I am sure that Charles A. Weatherby, 11 Wells Avenue, East Hart- 

 ford, Conn., or Dr. B. L. Robinson, 3 Clement Circle, Cambridge, Mass., 

 will be willing to help verify doubtful plants. 



NESTING OF THE VIRGINIA AND SORA RAILS IN 

 WINDSOR COUNTY, VERMONT 



Earl A. P ember 



The collecting of bird's eggs first interested me as a boy back in 

 the early nineties. I made the usual boy collection of that period 

 along with the other lads of the neighborhood, but kept at it longer 

 and became interested in the subject not only as a pastime but as an 

 enjoyable scientific study. I have been at it intermittently ever since 

 and now have a collection big enough to be of considerable interest 

 and scientific value. Recently I have gone at it still harder, special- 

 izing in different species from time to time. One of my boyhood 

 friends has accompanied me more or less along these lines. 



