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"Before above award will be paid such information, confi- 

 dential and exclusive, must be furnished as will enable a com- 

 mittee of expert ornithologists to visit the nest and confirm the 

 finding - . For the first nest with parent birds found undisturbed 

 the award will be promptly paid. 



Signed, C. William Beebe, 



New York Zoological Park, 



N. Y. City, Dec. 3, 1909. 



"Colonel Kuser withdraws his former offer of $100.00 for 

 a freshly killed wild pigeon. He does this on account of the 

 great present danger of complete extermination of the species. 



"Until Jan. 1, 191 1, during Mr. Beebe's absence from 

 America, address all correspondence on the subject to C. F. 

 Hodge, Clark University, Worcester, Mass., who will arrange 

 for confirming party and payment of the award, in case a nesting 

 pair or colony is discovered." 



Col. Kuser's offer is for the first undisturbed nest or mating 

 colony discovered on the American continent. In addition to 

 this, Mr. Mershon offers a reward of $100.00 for the first nest 

 confirmed in Michigan; and I am authorized to announce a 

 similar state award, also of $100.00, for the first nest reported 

 and confirmed in Massachusetts. We want to secure at least 

 one similar volunteer award for each state and Canadian prov- 

 ince, in which the bird is likely to occur. 



Further details, with plan of campaign, will appear in THE 

 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW for March. 



C. F. Hodge, Clark University. 



Jan. 1, 1910. 



The New Jersey Teachers' Association has appointed a 

 committee to cooperate with tire nature-study forces of the 

 state with a view to strengthening the elementary school sci- 

 ence interests. 



New York City Branch— On Jan. 22, at Teachers College, 

 Dr. C. F. Hodge gave an interesting and inspiring address to 

 the New York Section of the A. N.-S. S. 



The gist of his talk was that in nature-study we should 

 work through the natural interest of the child. By beginning: 

 with some primary instinct or interest, as with pets, the child 

 could be led naturally to related topics in which he might other- 



