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NATURE STUDY. 
the tenth year of its existence. It is an unusual and per¬ 
haps unprecedented thing that a journal devoted to a single 
family of plants should continue uninterrupted publication 
for a decade. This the Fern Bulletin is certain to do, and 
in enlarged and greatly improved form. 
December Bird Lore is certain to be of unusual interest. 
Frank M. Chapman will begin a series of papers, to con¬ 
tinue throughout the year, on “How to Name the Birds,” 
and among other interesting features will be an article by 
Krnest Seton-Thompson on “ The Recognition Marks of 
Birds,” with figures of eighteen species of hawks and owls. 
In Entomological News for October Mrs. Annie Trum¬ 
bull Slosson completes her account of “ A Successful Fail¬ 
ure,” being the story, told in her characteristic style, of 
her entomological experience in Florida during an unfa¬ 
vorable season ; the letters from Thomas Say to John F. 
Melsheimer, edited by W. J. P A ox, are continued ; H. H. 
Newcomb gives an account of an entomological and botan¬ 
ical trip up Mt. Katahdin, resulting in the discovery of a 
new species of Chinobas ; and the series of ‘ ‘ Contributions 
to the Odonata of Maine,” by the late F. T. Harvey of 
Orono, is continued. The frontispiece to this number is a 
portrait of Touis Schneider, the well-known entomologist, 
botanist and successful business man, who died in Phila¬ 
delphia a few weeks ago. 
The Asa Gray Bulletin was established as the organ of 
the Asa Gray Chapter of the Agassiz Association—a small 
but earnest body of amateur students who issued a small 
and unpretentious magazine. There was at first no thought 
of a subscription list beyond the Chapter membership, and 
hence the edition of the first number was very limited. 
The Bullethi continued to grow in scope and importance, 
however, for eight years, when it was absorbed by the 
Plant World. The first number of Volume I. was long 
ago exhausted, and Plant World proposes to reprint it, if 
the response to postal cards sent out shall warrant the ex¬ 
pense. The net proceeds of the sale will be turned over to 
the families of the late editors, Gilbert A. Hicks and 
Thomas A. Williams. 
