312 General Notes. [March, 
competent superintendent. The districts, with their respective 
superintendents, are: 
Alaska—Supt., John Murdoch, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D. C. 
Northwest Territories—Supt., Ernest E. Seton, Assinaboia, via Carberry, Manitoba, 
Newfoundland—Supt., James P. Howley, St, John’s, Newfoundland. 
British Columbia—Supt. (not yet determined). 
Manitoba—Supt., Professor W. W. Cooke, Caddo, Indian ba 
Canada—Supt., Montague Chamberlain, St. John, New Brunswick. 
SEs maen ( ie Amar ae and lightships from Gi to the Gulf of Mer 
co)—Supt. (not yet determined). 
hës ETE E John H. lie Portland, Conn. 
Atlantic district (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jery, Delaware, Maryland, Vir- 
oa, ree Carolina. South Carolina)—Supt., Dr. A. K. Fisher, Sing Sing 
ew Yor 
Middle-Eastern district (Southern Michigan, Indiana, one West Virginin S : 
jarky an and Tennessee east of the Tennessee river, Alabama, Georgia an : 
a)—Supt., Dr. J. M. Wheaton, Columbus, Ohio. Kar 
Missisippi Mand kota, sinse ota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, p Bg 
s, Missouri, Indian Territory, Arkansas, the small portion sO pp) | 
lan gi west of the jain river, Texas, Louisiana, Mississi 
Profess W. Cooke, Caddo, Indian Territo do; aah 
Rocky poms district egy Montana, Wyoming Utah, Colorado, 
New Mexico)—Supt., Dr. Edgar A. Mear 
Pacific aig PE EANES Oregon, Gaian, " Nevada) Std L, Belding, $% 
The home of each observer is called a station, and is comm : 
by number upon the books of the committee he ular, al 
particularly requests that all persons who read ‘this pee nal” 
are willing to aid in the work, will immediately mee Thos 
with the superintendents of their respective distric et beet 
residing in districts whose sopi araca have not as yêt 
named, may address the chairm the 
It is the duty of each sadi. to exert hint ae , 
utmost to increase the number of observers in his the dea 
answer the questions they may put to him concerning oduct 
of the work, etc.; to collect at frequent intervals the Pf 
their labors; to ascertain from these data t 
tain species in winter and the times of leaving thei 
to determine, if possible, the number and extent © EF ie 
nues of migration within the limits of his district, an el: to loca 
age rate of speed at which the different species trave u | sib 
the breeding areas of the summer residents; ane, a 
mit the result of the season’s work to the chairman anif 
mittee. The chairman shall, in turn, arrange, COP 
tematize the material received from th 
several districts, and shall present to the commet® 
joint labors of all the collaborators, h pen with any the sa 
è 
upon 
deductions or generalizations he may made onia 
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLABORATORS. --The data coe pie 3. Meteor 
arranged in three general classes: a. Ornithological p 
cal phenomena ; c. Cani apoa and correlative aap a end. 
