Conducted by the Secretary Dr. Alexander Wetmore, superintendent of the National Zoological Park, has been appointed an assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution with general supervision of the National Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Zoological Park.--Science. The Kentucky Warbler is the title given to a new leaflet which is being pub- lished quarterly by the Kentucky Ornithological Society. It publishes the pro- ceedings of the Society, field notes, news about the members, and general informa- tion of interest to local bird students. The editor of this department also edits the leaflet. The Iowa State College, the Iowa Conservation Association, and the Iowa Ornithologists' Union together held a three-day program at Ames, Iowa, on February 19-21, 1925. The first day was called a conservation school, and for the benefit especially of the. custodians of the various state parks. Quite a number of our own members were on the program during the sessions, including Mr. T. H. Whitney, Mr. Weir R. Mills, Mr. A. J. Palas, Mr. John L. Cole, Mr. Chas. J. Spiker, Dr. Leroy Tires Weeks, Professor T. C. Stephens, and Professor J. E. Guthrie. Further details of the I. O. U. Meeting will appear in the next issue of the BULLETIN. Professor Floyd Brailllar, of the Agricultural College, at Nashville, was the speaker before the Outdoor Art League of Louisville, Kentucky, on March 6. This is an annual occasion upon which the speaker addresses several of the high schools and teachers' colleges of the city, concluding in the evening with a banquet at which the speaker makes the principal address. Dr. B. R. Bales, of Circleville, Ohio, has come out in a new role, that of gladiolus and dahlia producer. The first annual catalogue has appeared, adorned with the doctor's genial countenance. Professor Dayton Stoner, of the University of Iowa, has prepared a very interesting brochure on "The Life of John James Aubudon", which has been published as an issue of the University o! Iowa Extension Bulletin. Under Pro- fessor Stoner's direction the University has also prepared a set of colored slides on birds, which is available to the schools and colleges of the state. James Speed, a prominent member of the Kentucky Ornithological Society and author of several outdoor |tooks, is running a series of attractive cover designs on his magazine, the Southern Agriculturalist, which is published at Louisville and Nashville. The initial picture of this series is a photograph of three crows, made by Editor Speed. In the January number of the Bulletin o! the American Game Protective Association we find an illustrated article by one of our members, Mr. A. S. Kibbe, of California, on "A Western View of the Game Refuge Bill". His photographs show wild ducks in vast numbers over the marshes and rivers of California. The same issue contains a report by Herbert L. Stoddard on the Bobwhite investiga- tions in the southern states. The Christian Science Monitor (daily) of May 14, 1925, devotes two entire pages to bird articles by leading eastern authorities. This is an tinusual amount of Notes Here and There 105 space to be allowed for this subject by so large a daily publication. The general interest in birds seems not to be waning. Mr. Stuart T. Danforth, who has just returned from a two-year sojourn in Porto Rico, is now doing graduate work in ornithology at Cornell University. The subject of his thesis will be "An Ecological Survey of the Birds of a Porto Rican Lagoon". The endeavor to establish a national park in the Great Smoky Mountains has been mentioned previously. Active efforts have now been rewarded by the passage of a bill by Congress providing fnnds for the survey of the proposed park site. The same is true of the proposed park in the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. This brightens up the prospects for these new national parks in the east. We have received a letter from Mr. Benjamin T. Gault, indicating that he is spending the summer at Ballyferriter, County Kerry, Ireland. He is expecting to carry on some studies of the seabirds on the Blasket Islands. Mr. Gault may not return to America until some time in the fall. Sunrise is the title of an illustrated weekly paper published at Daytona, Florida. The issue of January 31, 1925, contains an article by Principal R. J. Longstreet, of the Seabreeze High School, on the Brown Pelicans of Mosquito Lagoon. Those who attended the Nashville meeting will remember the paper sent by Mr. Longstreet. Additional contributors to the Better Bulletin Club are as follows: Richard H. Pough, M. J. Magee, Mrs. Merit O'Neal, O. P. Silliman, Wm. G. Fargo, Benjamin T. Gault, Wallace Byron Grange, P. L. Cobb, Ben J. Blincoe, A. F. Ganier, Charles W. Townsend, Margarette E. Morse, A.D. Henderson, J. E. Dickinson, Roy Norris, Oscar F. Schaefer, Francis H. Herrick, A. S. Kibbe, Stuart T. Danforth, Edward C. Minich, Bradshaw H. Swales, Maunsell S. Crosby, Mrs. L. P. Stewart, H. S. Swarth, C. F. Haultain, Burtis H. Wilson, John H. Sage. Additional members who have raised their memberships to Sustaining: Ben J. Blincoe, J. E. Dickinson, Oscar F. Schaefer; to Active: Richard H. Pough, Mrs. Merit O'Neal, P. L. Cobb, Charles W. Townsend, Margarette E. Morse, A.D. Henderson, Stuart T. Danforth, Edward C. Minich, Mrs. L. P. Stewart, H. S. Swarth, C. F. Hauhain, Burtis H. Wilson. In this issue appears the annual membership roll. Since so many of our members have raised their membership, it is possible that several errors will occur in the list. Those detecting errors will please report to the Secretary. Numerous queries have come to the Secretary as to the official positions occupied by our members. Beginning with this issue the Secretary will devote some space to introductions. For modesty's sake we shall begin at home. KENTUCKY. William Ray Allen is Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Brasher C. Bacon is First Assistant Postmaster, Madisonville. Miss Amy F. Bergmann is a teacher in the public schools of Louisville. 106 THE WILSON BULLETIN-June, 1925 Hayward Brown is teacher of Agricu]ture and Science, Livermore High School. J. L. Crawford is a young journalist, now a senior in the University of Kentucky. Mrs. L. N. Davis is a teacher in the schools of Ashland. Miss Bessie Rhea Downs is a public school teacher in Hardinsburg. W. D. Funkhouser is the head of the Department of Zoology, University of Kentucky. C. L. Gresham is a farmer and merchant, Lamasco. Carl D. Herdman is a real estate dealer and bird gardener of Bowling Green. G. D. Hibbs is a farmer and bird gardener at Cox's Creek. L. Y. Lancaster is Associate Professor of Agriculture, Teachers College, Bowling Green. Mrs. Hans Mueller is the Kentucky State President of the Parent-Teacher Associations. Mrs. Merit 0'Neal is not officially connected with the schools of Louisville but helps in the bird walks in Cherokee and other parks. Dr. L. 0tley Pindar is a retired physician, who is devoting his leisure time to ornithology. Frank L. Rainey is the Head of the Science Department, Centre College, Danville. Mrs. J. B. Speed is a prominent club woman of Louisville. Gordon Wilson is Associate Professor of English and Acting Head of the department, Teachers College, Bowling Green. William A. Worthington is the president of Annville Institute, Annville. Miss Emilie Yunker is Director of School Gardens for the schools of Louisville. TENNESSEE. Paul J. Adams is a young business man of Knoxville. Floyd Brailliar is the head of the Science Department in the college at Madison. P. L. Cobb is the: director of the Methodist Centenary Movement. Brockway Crouch is a merchant at Knoxville. Mrs. Sanford Duncan is a prominent club woman of Nashville. Our President, A. F. Ganier, is Supervising Architect for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, Nashville. D. R. Gray is a country gentleman of Rockdale, Maury County, very much interested in birds, hawking, and archery. Miss Bess R. Gree is a teacher in the Zoology Department of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. H. P. Ijams is a business man of Knoxville. Edgar M. McNish is an interior decorator of Nashville. Notes Here and There 107 Dr. George R. Mayfield is the Head of the German Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Mrs. Mayfield is a pronfinent club woman. Vernon Sharp is a student in Vanderbilt University. J. M. Shaver is the Head of the Department of Zoology, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville. W. M. Walker, Jr., is a graduate student in Peabody College. A. C. Webb is the Supervisor of Art in the Nashville schools. Oo. S. Prentiss Baldwin, known internationally for his active interest in bird banding, is a retired business man of Cleveland. B. R. Bales is a physician and dahlia expert of Circleville. Ben J. Blineoe, our Treasurer, is a florist of Dayton. Garfield A. Bowden is a teacher in the University School, Cinclnnati. H. M. Benedict is Head of the Zoology Department, University of Cincinnati. W. G. Cramer, President of the Ohio Audubon Society, is a business man of Cincinnati. Thomas M. Earl is a taxidermist of Columbus. George L. Fordyce, our ex-Treasurer, is a banker at Youngstown. F. H. Herrick, of Bald Eagle fame, is Head of the Department of Zoology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland. J. S. Hine, one of the members of the great Mt. Katmai Expedition, sent out by the National Geographic Society, is Head of the Department of Zoology, Ohio State University, Columbus. Dr. Lynds Jones, our former Editor and the father of the W. O. C., is the Head of the Department of Ecology, Oberlin College. Archie Mumma is a great interpreter of bird music and also a pianist of Dayton. Mrs. A. B. Shaffer, the niece of the great Audubon, is a prominent bird enthusiast and club woman of Cincinnati. Paul Vissher is Assistant Professor of Zoology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland. If too many mistakes in the titles of these people do not bring disastrous results to the Secretary, more names will appear in the next issue. Meanwhile, send in a lot of information about yourselves, or about other members. In closing the list of those who contributed to this fund, the Secretary desires to thank all who have thus shown by their interest their faith in our Club. Nothing since I have been a member of the W. O. C. has better demonstrated the fine qualities of our friends and members. The work of the officers, often exquisite drudgery, but given without one cent's salary, just for the love of the cause, is sweetened by the fine spirit shown by people all over the world who have rallied to the support of the Club in its hour of need. The $500 thus raised represents a loyalty and fid fellowship that would be hard to match. We are just great fellows, that's what we are.