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enemies are the weasel, mink, skunk, foxes, hawks, and owls. At 

 best a mouse leads a rather erratic and uncertain life and possibly is 

 comparatively short-lived. 



A WELL-EARNED HONOUR. 



Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, F.R.S.C., Dominion Entomologist and 

 Consulting Zoologist, of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, has 

 been awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Society for the Protection 

 of Birds, and at the same time was elected an Honorary Fellow of the 

 Society "in recognition of eminent services to the cause of bird pro- 

 tection" in England and Canada. There are but eleven other Honor- 

 ary Fellows of the Society in different parts of the world. In announc- 

 ing the award at a recent meeting of the Society in London (England), 

 Mr. Montague Sharpe, Chairman of the Council, recalled the practical 

 support that Dr. Hewitt gave to bird protection before leaving England 

 in 1909 and referred to the many ways in which he had furthered it 

 in Canada, particularly in connection with the treaty between Canada 

 and the United States for the protection of migratory birds. Before 

 coming to Canada, when in charge of the Department of Economic 

 Zoology of the University of Manchester, Dr. Hewitt organized and 

 was secretary of the Economic Ornithological Committee of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Board 

 of Agriculture, which committee of scientific workers undertook the 

 investigation of the economic status of birds in Great Britain and 

 Ireland. He also carried out in the Lake District the protection and 

 encouragement of birds on an extensive scale as a practical measure 

 for the first time in England. His work in promoting bird protection 

 in Canada is well-known, and particularly his efforts to secure the 

 interests of the young and of the people in town and country in the 

 encouragement and protection of birds. At the recent annual meeting 

 of the Commission of Conservation he pointed out that never was the 

 need of bird protection more urgent than at the present time, as birds 

 were our best allies in controlling the innumerable pests that destroy 

 our food crops which are now so vitally essential. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Rural Planning and Development : The latest report of the 

 Commission of Conservation deals with the important subject of the 

 planning and development of rural districts and small towns in 

 Canada. It has been prepared by Mr. Thomas Adams, Town Planning 

 Adviser of the Commission, who has made a close study of the 



