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NATURE STUDY. 
Miscellaneous Notes. 
The Institute library is growing rapidly, in part from generous 
gifts from friends, and also through the system of exchange with 
other institutions. The card catalogue system has been adopted, 
and members will find the library of special utility and easy of 
access. 
Copies of Number i of Nature Study are already scarce, 
with the demand steadily increasing. Members of the Institute 
and others who received that number but do not care to pre¬ 
serve a “ set ” will help us materially by returning it. We need 
copies of Number i very badly in order to meet requests from 
our subscribers. 
September 6, 1898, George E. Burnham captured a single 
individual, male, of the cosmopolitan dragonfly, Pantala flaves- 
cens, Manchester thus becoming the northernmost point in the 
eastern United States from which this species had been report¬ 
ed. No other was seen until September 17, 1900, when Mr. 
Burnham captured another, a female, near the same spot. 
A sample copy of Nature Study, Number 1, Volume I, was 
mailed to every member of the Institute, last June. The num¬ 
ber of members that gave prompt assurance of support was 
encouraging, but there are still many who have not subscribed. 
To these Number 5 is now mailed as a reminder. No one is 
asked to subscribe merely to “ help things along.” Things are 
going along very sactisfactorily ; but it is believed that matter 
is published in Nature Study every month which members of 
the Institute can ill afford to miss. 
The first volume of the Journal of Proceedings of the Insti¬ 
tute has been accorded a reception that was unexpected. Re¬ 
quests for copies have come from botanists, entomologists, mu¬ 
seums and scientific institutions throughout the country, and the 
supply is already very low. In nearly every case an exchange 
is offered which adds materially to the Institute library. Every 
member received a copy, even where several went to one family, 
and it would be a great help if members who have copies which 
they do not especially care to retain, would return them. 
