152 Obiiuary. [Ibis, 



In 1905 Mr. Bury, at the instigation and with the assistance 

 of Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, made a collecting expedition to Soraali- 

 land, but was unable on account of political difficulties to 

 reach tlie high ranges behind Cape Guardafui as he had 

 intended. The Somaliland collection was worked out by 

 Mr. Bannerman (' Ibis,' 1910, p. 291). Finally, in 1912-13 

 Mr. Bury explored the Yemen country of south-east Arabia, 

 never previously visited by an ornithologist and even by 

 very {q'n Europeans. The collection of birds was worked 

 out by Mr. W. L. Sclater (' Ibis/ 1917, pp. 129-186). 



Mr. Bury published an amusing account of his travels in 

 Yemen under the title ' Arabia Infelix ' in 1915. He was also 

 the author of ' The Land of Uz,' 1911, and 'Pan-Islam.' 

 He leaves a widow but no children. He was never a 

 Member of the Union. 



William Dutcher. 



From the last number of the 'Auk' we learn tliat 

 Mr. Wm. Dutcher, President of the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and 

 Animals, died on the 1st of July at his home in Chevy 

 Chase, near Washington, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. 



To Mr. Dutcher, more than any other individual, is due 

 the present interest in wild bird conservation in America, 

 the organization and (leveloj)ment of the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies, of which he was President from the 

 time of its conception until his death, and the manifold 

 activities which have grown out of this organization. 



In his young days Mr. Dutcher was an active field-student, 

 working in Long Island, and he published many important 

 papers on the birds of that region, l)esides forming a 

 valuable collection, which is now at New York in the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



Later on he was elected Chairnuin of the A. O. U. Committee 

 on Bird-Protection, the work of which was eventually taken 

 over by the National Association of the Audubon Societies. 

 This great institution is the federal bond linking together 



