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of other subjects connected with birds and their relation 

 to man. Sir Edward Strachey has recently announced 

 that some £50,000 is to be bestowed by the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries on " agricultural research and kindred 

 subjects," and " agricultural zoology " is one of the heads 

 specially mentioned. It would therefore seem possible that 

 <xn Ornithological Bureau, such as has long been effective in 

 the United States of America, may at no distant date have 

 a beginning in our own country. 



To return, in conclusion, to the book under review : The 

 Committee has revealed to us the cause of Grouse disease, 

 has discussed exhaustively various ailments from which Grouse 

 suffer, has exploded the theory of " frosted heather," and 

 has given us a history of " Grouse disease." The result of 

 the 660 odd pages might be summarized, from a practical 

 point of view, thus : — 



(a) Do not attempt to keep a larger stock of Grouse 



than your moor will provide food for in the early 



spring : 

 and 



(6) Burn A'our heather in such a rotation as to pro\dd8 



the maximum amount of foodsupply for your Grouse 



at that season. 

 As a whole-hearted piece of work The Grouse in Health 

 and in Disease will ever be regarded as a monumental 

 monograph, which will always be referied to as the authori- 

 tative work on the subject ; it is only to be feared that its 

 present monumental character may be prejudicial to its 

 immediate utility. H.S.G 



The North Staffordshire Field Club : Annual Report and 

 Transactions. 1910-11. Edited by W. Wells Bladen. 

 Vol. XLV. Price 5s. 

 The Annual Report of this flourishing Society contains, as 

 usual, more than one article of interest to ornithologists. 

 Mr. J. R. B. Masefield contributes his sectional report on 

 Zoology (Aves, pp. 68-76), in which he informs us that a 

 new Protection Order for the county has now received the 

 sanction of the Home Office. In this case we are glad to see 

 that the Count}- Council obtained Mr. Masefield's assistance 

 in drafting the order, and consequently it is drafted on more 

 scientific lines than is usually the case, though still susceptible 

 of considerable improvement. Thus the protection of eggs 

 of purely marine forms in an inland county seems somewhat 

 unnecessary. The classified records contain several items 



