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iniitatiou of the Pennsylvania buildin-; at the World's Fair, in min- 

 iature. There were niuety-six niaitlns li\inj,^ in this house at one 

 time. The same ornitholoj;ist has issued recently another pamphlet 

 entitled, "The Haunts of the Golden Winged Warbler." Also the 

 history of Beaver county, Pennsylvania has recently been issued, 

 and in that is an appendix devoted to the birds and mammals of 

 Pennsylvania by W. C. Todd, of the Carnegie Museum. 



Massachusetts has been active. In their Crop Reports Dr. For- 

 bush has published several bulletins devoted to birds, many of them 

 in the form, called leatlets, on such subjects as "Bird Houses," "The 

 Long-eared Owl," "Hints for Aiding Bird Study," "How to Approach 

 the Birds," "How to Find the Birds." "How to Identify the Birds," 

 "Our Friend, the Chickadee;" apd also on "The Destruction of Birds 

 by the Elements," showing what a terrible conflict there is going on 

 all the time in the struggle of birds against the elements; they 

 surely need our protection, especially in winter. No wonder that 

 the Audubon Society of the United States has called attention to 

 this. Dr. "William T. Hornaday, the director of the New York Zoolo- 

 gical Garden at Bronx Park, published a statement that during the 

 last fifteen years, fiftj-one per cent, of the birds of Pennsylvania 

 have been lost. 



The State of New York has recently put out a very admirable 

 publication entitled, "The Economic Value of Birds Throughout the 

 State." This is by F. M. Chapman. This book has plates in nat- 

 ural colors and is issued by the New York Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion. 



All these publications may be examined here by those who wish 

 to see them or they may be further examined at my office at any 

 time. 



Even the State of Utah is coming up. They have in the State of 

 Utah a new paper entitled "The Desert Farmer," and in that paper 

 is a regular department of "Economic Ornithology" conducted by a 

 very capable person. Other states have also issued some bulletins 

 and the Audubon Society is constantly issuing leaflets devoted to 

 certain subjects with a view to safe-guarding the birds, and protec- 

 tion against gunners. I have here for distribution some educational 

 leaflets treating on certain birds, such as the robin, various kinds of 

 hawks and owls, the night-hawk, the turtle-dove and others. A per- 

 son may read them and see for himself what they contain. 



In speaking of investigations, I should have added one point 

 more: It has been claimed by ornithologists that the wild pigeon is 

 extinct in the State of Pennsylvania, and that it has been extinct 

 for some fev/ years. But last year I received a specimen of the wild 

 pigeon and I intended to bring it down and show it to this audience 

 at this time. It came from McKean county, where there were 

 about seventy-five or eighty birds in the flock. It shows that the 

 wild pigeon, if it were exterminated from our State, has returned, 

 and it may again take up its abode here if it receives proper protec- 

 tion. At the present time there is no closed season upon it what- 

 ever. I believe it is intended to give it ten year's protection by our 

 new game law. 



The "Boll-Weevil of Louisiana" is the title of another jmblication 

 that I have here, treating of the birds that destroy that pest. 



