86 May 29 New York his own interests to maintain consistency. He complains that ornithologists do little to helping but know him when he fails to do what they think he ought to. At Amer. Mus. awhile this aft. Dwight's assistant, young Thurston puts up very good bird skins, and it might be worthwhile for MVZ to hire him to collect some Long Island birds. Also W.W. Worthington in Florida and A.P. Smith in Texas furnish an excellent male J skin. MVZ ought to fill out its eastern birds into fair series. Mrs. Murphy reports that the easiest way to get bats is to shake a whip back & forth, the vibrations of which attract the bats which we then be hit by appropriate use of the same instrument.