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THE OOLOGIST 



the sea in view of being nursed at 

 home. 



"Such a hospital does not exist to- 

 day, and it will be all the more need- 

 ed as English speaking people will be 

 much more numerous in Belgium than 

 before the war. 



"We already have in view some 

 ■suitable sites quite able to provide a 

 large garden, which we contemplate 

 using as an Ornithological Park, with 

 access to the public, of course with 

 charge for admission. 



"The receipts taken of admission ; 

 and sales of eggs and birds, after de- 

 duction of the working expenses, will 

 be given up as a contribution for the 

 maintainence of the hospital. 



"This Park will certainly be of great 

 interest to the people of a large capi- 

 tal like Brussels, deprived of a zoolog- 

 ical garden, and by this means will 

 induce them to support the hospital 

 itself. 



"The Park will therefore contribute 

 to the improvement of Ornithological 

 Science, to its diffusion among people 

 of every class, to the protection of 

 birds, and will also support a charity 

 worthy of American and British in- 

 terests." 



Doctor Smets-Mondez is careful to 

 point out that this Order is in no 

 way connected with the one of the 

 same name in England; he is also 

 willing to purchase certain ornitholog- 

 ical works by American authorities, in 

 that a nucleus of a library may be 

 formed. In sending these, they should 

 invariably be registered. 



The London Committee is Regis- 

 tered under the War Charities Act of 

 1916. 



Among the distinguished patrons of 

 this Belgian Order we may note the 

 names of His Grace the Duke of Mont- 

 rose; the Most Hon. the Marquis of 

 Salisbury; His Grace the Archbishop 

 of Armaugh ; the Lord Primate of Ire- 



land; the Rt. Revs, the Lord Bishops 

 of Birmingham, Chelmsford, Glasgow, 

 Meath, Killaloe, Burnley, Croydon, 

 Hull, Knaresborough, and Thetford. 



Those from France are Mons. P. 

 Deschanel, Chairman of the French 

 Parliament; Mons. L. Barthou, Ex- 

 Premier of the French Cabinet; Mons. 

 Lamy, Permanent Secretary of the 

 French Academy, and Mons. P. Loti, 

 of the French Academy. 



Prominent among the patrons of 

 Belgium may be noted the names of 

 the Count Goblet d'Alviella, who is 

 the Vice-President of the Senate and 

 a member of the Belgium Cabinet; 

 Senator H. La Fontaine, and Mr. E. 

 Vandervelde, M. P., also a member of 

 the Cabinet of Belgium. 



In closing I may say that the Post 

 Office address of Dr. J. G. Smet-Mon- 

 dez, the Hon. Secretary of the Bel- 

 gian Order of St. John, is "La Hetraie, 

 Park of Genval-les-Eaux (Brabant) 

 Belgium. 



It is certainly very encouraging to 

 contemplate such a movement as this 

 in war-stricken Belgium, combining 

 as it does the encouragement of pop- 

 ular ornithology with efforts along 

 the lines of humanity and charitable 

 endeavor. May we not, with advant- 

 age, profit by the example here in the 

 United States? Surely the project 

 would be a most commendable one. 

 Faithfully yours, 



R. W. Shufeldt, 

 3356 18th Street, 

 Washington, D. C. 



January 18, 1919. 



Game Decreasing In Alaska 

 Do you know that the Kenai Penin- 

 sula, in Alaska, perhaps once the 

 most wonderful big game country in 

 the world, and home of the biggest 

 moose the world ever raised, is going 

 to be crossed by the new Alaska Rail- 

 road our Government is building to 



