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is preoccupied by Ficus torquatus Boddsert, 
1783, a South American form known as 
Cerchneipicus torquatus. As none of the other 
names given to the Lewis woodpecker prove 
available it is named Asyndesmus lewisi Riley. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam presented a paper en- 
titled: “Work of the Biological Survey in Cali- 
fornia, with special reference to Birds,” at a 
meeting of the Section of Ornithology, of the 
California Academy of Sciences, October 3. 
The Twenty-third Congress of the American 
Ornithologists’ Union convened in New York 
City November 14. 
The Southern Division held their annual 
October Outing Meeting at Newhall on Octo- 
ber 28 and 29. 
We again desire to thank The Pacific 
Monthly of Portland, Oregon, for the use of 
three plates for Mr. Finley’s article. 
space it has been necessary to defer four im- 
portant articles. At the last moment we have 
been obliged to omit four portraits of Euro- 
pean Ornithologists which were intended for 
this issue, and some club minutes already set' 
up. These will appear in January. 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
(i Continued from page 177) 
collector, and while the eggs were saved the 
nest fell to pieces. The stump was situated 
in a small ravine, with only two or three tall 
trees near. The set was taken on June 15, and 
the eggs were fresh. The nesting site was 
discovered by watching the birds circling in 
rapid flight. They would circle nearer and 
nearer, and when directly over the stub would 
be seen to dart straight down into it. The nest 
1 AND 2, HOUSE FINCHES; 3, ANTHONY TOWHEE 
Photographed by Joseph Mailliard 
In view of the publication of the recently 
adopted International Code of Zoological No- 
menclature (Entwurf von Regeln der Zoolog- 
ischeu Nomenclatur. Als Grundlage fuer 
einer Neubearbeitung der internationalen 
Regeln der internationalen Nomenclatur-Com- 
mission vorgeschlagen von F. C. v. Maeliren- 
thal in Berlin <jZoologische Annalen, I, 1904, 
89-138. Also Bull. 24 of the hygienic labora- 
tory of the Public Health and Marine Service 
of the U. S. ; reprint of English text by C. W. 
Stiles) Dr. David Starr Jordan will not pub- 
lish his new code of nomenclature, extracts 
from which were given in this journal January 
last, pp. 28-30. Dr. Jordan has reviewed the 
English text of the ‘International Code’ in 
Science of Oct. 20. 
Owing to unusual demands on available 
was built of pine needles, glued together with 
birds’ saliva, and fastened to the w'alls of the 
stub, which were very smooth. It was a narrow' 
affair, and the six eggs lay side by side. The 
nest W'as only about two feet from the ground, 
so that the climber was obliged to descend 
almost the entire distance inside the nesting 
stub. This set of eggs is now in the fine 
oological collection of Colonel John E. Thayer. 
The eggs, as Major Bendire stated, are markedly 
smaller than those of the chimney swift, and are 
noticeably conical. They correspond exactly, 
in size, with the specimen figured in “Life 
Histories.” — H. R. Taylor, Alameda , Calif. 
Birds Drinking. — While in Santa Barbara 
this past summer my attention was attracted to 
the comparatively fearless way in which the 
