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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



— a fact I judged from the number of 

 letters sent to me by readers of my 

 aforesaid story in Science. 



The new tribe of people described by 

 Captain White stand among the lowest 



\Vm. L. Finley of Oregon, Clinton G. 

 Abbott, of New York, and Dr. Arthur 

 A. Allen, Professor of Ornithology at 

 Cornell University are the speakers en- 

 gaged. Mr. Charles C. Gorst, the well 



FIG. 3. 



BLACK-BRE.ASTED PLOVER (ZONIFER TRICOLOR) MALE. 

 Drawn by the author after Dr. Leach's figure. 



of the races now known to us. The 

 women of it wear no clothing whatever, 

 and the men are not much better clad ; 

 and, while not cannibals, they do not 

 hesitate to eat their own relatives when 

 the latter pass away. 



I have written the osteology of a 

 number of Australian birds, as the Cape 

 Barren Goose, the big Southern Stone 

 Curlew, the Red-Wattle Bird, and 

 other species, and I hope to live long 

 enough to describe the skeleton of 

 many another species in the avifauna 

 of that wonderful land. 



The Massachusetts Audubon Society 

 is aiming to outdo all past efforts in its 

 presenting its annual course of bird 

 lectures to the public this season, in a 

 course of four Saturday afternoon lec- 

 tures beginning March 3rd. The finest 

 bird pictures obtainable — both stereop- 

 ticon and motion pictures — will be 

 shown at these lectures, and such well 

 known authorities as T. Gilbert Pear- 

 son, Sec. National Assoc, of Aud. Soc, 



known imitator of bird songs, will also 

 give exhibitions in this art at each 

 meeting. This series will doubtless at- 

 tract bird students from many other 

 towns and cities to Tremont Temple in 

 Boston, where the lectures are to be 

 sfiven. 



The Audubon Society of New Hamp- 

 shire is working hard through their 

 legislators to secure the passage of a 

 bill to provide for the better protection 

 of birds, by the licensing of cats. This 

 important legislation, which we think 

 must come to pass in the near future, 

 has been too long looked upon as a joke 

 by legislators of some of our other 

 states, who have been either ignorant 

 and unprincipled in the matter, or 

 have been duped by parties opposing 

 such l)ills for selfish interests. The 

 status of the wandering, homeless cat 

 as a menace to public welfare and an 

 enemy of useful birds is now a matter 

 of common knowledge for anyone who 

 is sufficiently interested in the matter 

 to know the truth. 



