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Bovor. II. ; OCTOBER. No. 4 

Notes ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY, a quarterly publication for 
the purpose of furthering interest in ornithology in the State of Rhode 
Island. Published and edited by Reginald Heber Howe, Junior. Address, 
Longwood, Brookline, Massachusetts. 
Terms, one dollar ($1.00) a year. Single numbers, twenty-five cents 
(.25). 
All material for publication, advertisements, and books for review 
should be sent to the Editor. 
With this issue the second volume of ‘“ Notes on Rhode Island 
Ornithology ” is completed. The Editor hopes that all sub- 
-scribers will at once renew their subscriptions that the publication 
of Volume III may be assured, for without doubt the paper is 
filling a needed place, and is worthy of maintenance. 
The death by apoplexy on July 27, rg01, of Mr. S. Newton 
Dexter, of Providence, at Sakonnet Point, R. I., removed one of 
Rhode Island’s most active and prominent scientists and ornitholo- 
gists. Mr. Dexter was widely known among scientists, and the 
late work on the “ Birds of Rhode Island” in which his name 
_ appears more than any other observer and collector proves the 
_ valuable work he did both for the advancement of knowledge and 
the furthering of collections. 
The authors of the volume on Rhode Island birds are now 
particularly glad that their work was completed before Mr. Dexter’s 
untimely death, for without his generous and unstinted aid the 
_ work must have fallen far short of completeness; and the present 
paper received from him encouragement to the extent of valuable 
communications and advanced subscription. 
Rhode Island ornithologists will do well to follow the example 
_ of Mr. Dexter, and thus somewise carry on the untiring work he 
laid down. 
