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and active allies he has in the fight against the destroyers of his crops; 

 and it guarantees to the sportsmen a never-failing supply of ducks, 

 geese, and other game birds. 



In the fulfilment of its obligations under the Convention, the 

 Canadian Government introduced the Migratory Birds Convention 

 Bill to carry out the provisions of the Convention, and this measure 

 received Royal Assent on August 31st, and is now law. It is expected 

 that tlie Regulations under the Act will shortly be promulgated. 



In the case of insectivorous birds, it will be unlawful to kill them 

 or to take their eggs at any time of the year. The close seasons on 

 ducks and geese will not exceed three and one-half months, and the 

 dates of opening and closing will be fixed in accordance with local 

 conditions and after consultation with the proper authorities in the 

 different provinces. On a number of birds, such as the crane.-, swans, 

 curlew and most of the shore-birds, with the exception of woodcock, 

 snipe, certain plover and yellow-legs, which are becoming greatly 

 reduced in numbers, a < lose season of ten wars will be provided. The 

 wood duck and cider duck will also be given special protection. Where 

 they are injurious to agricultural or other interests, provision will be 

 made for the killing of protected birds under special permit. Regu- 

 lations will also be made lo prohibit the shipment of migratory birds 

 or their. eggs during the close seasons and generally to govern the 

 traffic in them and their eggs. 



While the number- of the migrator}- birds in Canada and the 

 United States have been most seriously depleted by various causes, 

 confidence is felt that, with international co-operation, and, particu- 

 larlv. the prohibition of spring" shooting, a gradual increase in the 

 abundance of our wild bird life will take place! C.G.H. 



THE WIDESPREAD INFLUENCE OF THE 

 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 



There are indications that men and women of the United States 

 and of several foreign countries are becoming more and more interested 

 in the establishment of Children's Museums. And if the results 

 which in the past have followed similar manifestations of interest can 

 be regarded as indicative of things to come, there is reason to believe 

 that a trood many such institutions will be added to the fraternities of 

 Museums within the next ten years. 



The Children's Museum of Boston, founded in 1912, had been 

 in the minds of a considerable number of public spirited Bostonians 

 for several years before it became an actual fact. Similarly the 

 Children's Museum which is soon to become a part of the new Cleve- 

 land Museum of Art, has been contemplated by the Director of the 



