APPENDIX IV. 365 



1898. Birds and Trees. Audubon Society of the State of Con- 

 necticut. 



A four-page pamphlet containing selections suitable for bird 

 day. 



1898. Bkewstek, William. The Short-eared Owls of Muskegefc 

 Island. The Auk, vol. xv., pa.szes iMl-in:]. 



" Jiird protectors would do well to study more closely the bal- 

 ance of nature." Notes on owls of Muskeget Island. 



1898. Ckam, William Everett. Woodpeckers and their Ways. 

 Popular Science Monthly, vol liii., pages 339-39T. 



Eating aphides in fall. 



1898. DuTCHER, William (Chairman). Iveport of the A. 0. F. 

 Committee on Protection of Xorth American Birds. TJie 

 Auk, voL XV., pages 81-114. 



An extended discussion showing work in the different States, 

 with general recommendations. 



1898. HoRXADAY, W. T. The Destruction of Our Birds and 

 Mammals. Second Annual Keport of the Xew York 

 Zoological Society, pages 77-126. 



A circular letter of inquirj^ was sent to persons in various 

 States and Territories, and the results are here given. The sub- 

 jects for investigation were the per cent, of decrease o^' birds in 

 various localities, and the causes foi- sucli decrease. The re- 

 sults are <riven in detail. 



1898. Helps to Bird Study. Massachusetts Audubon Society, 

 1898. 



A pamphlet of thirty-two pages giving selections in prose 

 and \('rse licl|)ful for bird-day piogramiiies. 



