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89. Oceanites oceanica. Wilson’s Petrel. — At sea off Barnegat 
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Light, on August 10, I observed many Petrels, all apparently of this spe- 
cies. Took several. 
70. Colymbus torquatus. Great Northern Diver. — Common 
during April and early May in the bay and ocean. 
71. Colymbus septentrionalis. Red-throated Diver. — Saw 
and took a number during April. 
72. Podiceps cornutus. Horned Grebe. — Rather common during 
April, when they were assuming full plumage. 
73. Utamania torda. Razor-billed Auk. — On the 7th of Feb- 
ruary, 1878, I procured a fine specimen of this species, — a female. 
74. Mergulus alle. Little Auk. — A regular winter resident. I 
have procured many specimens during the past four winters. 
JUrfirt ^Literature. 
Obituary. — We learn with great regret of the death of Miss Gene- 
vieve E. Jones, of Circleville, Ohio, one of the authors of the beautiful 
work just begun, on the nests and eggs of the Birds of Ohio. The sad 
event occurred at her home, on the 17th of August, after a painful illness 
of several weeks’ duration. Bearing her trial with the greatest fortitude, 
she seemed, as we are informed, to fear less for herself than for the fate 
of the work upon which she had set her heart ; and she expressed hope of 
her recovery chiefly that she might resume this, “ the most pleasurable oc- 
cupation of her life.” In the death of this most talented and amiable 
young lady, ornithologists have common cause to deplore the loss of an 
artist and author so capable of adorning this branch of science, — a loss 
only less irreparable than that sustained by those who have been bereaved 
of friend and daughter, and to whom we beg the privilege of offering 
our heart-felt sympathy. We learn from the lady’s father, Dr. W. E. Jones, 
that the second number of the work is nearly ready for distribution, and 
that the present intention is for Miss Schulze to go on with the publica- 
tion, for a time at least, under the same ostensible authorship of Jones 
and Schulze. — E. C. 
Lawrence on the Birds of the Lesser Antilles. — Since our 
notice of Mr. Lawrence’s papers on the birds of Dominica and Saint 
Vincent in the January number of this Bulletin (Vol. IV, p. 48), he has 
concluded his series of reports upon Mr. Ober’s collections, made at 
various points of the Antillean chain. The birds reported from the 
islands of Antigua and Barbuda* number respectively 42 and 39 species, 
* Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made 
for the Smithsonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observations. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, Vol. I, pp. 232 -242, December, 1878. 
