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mittee's first duty seemed to be to diffuse information and awaken pub- 

 lic sentiment. Through the kind cooperation of the editor and publisher 

 of 'Science,' and of Mi". G. E. Gordon, President of the American 

 Humane Association, thej have been able most effectively to reach the 

 public. A supplement of sixteen pages, devoted exclusively to the subject, 

 was published with No. i6o of 'Science' (February 26, 1S86), and is to 

 be republished as a 'separate,' under the title of 'Bulletin No. i' of the 

 A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection, in an edition of over 100,000 

 copies, the first instalment of which is already in the hands of the Com- 

 mittee. It will be distributed judiciously (mainly through the cooperation 

 of the American Humane Association) throughout the land. Copies may 

 be had on application to the Committee, either through its chairman or 

 any of the members, whose addresses ai-e as follows: Geo. B. Sennett, 

 Chairman, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y. City; E. P. Bicknell, Secretary, 

 P. O. Box. 2958, N. Y. City ; J. A. Allen, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y. City; 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. ; Montague Chamberlain, St. John , 

 New Brunswick; William Dutcher. 51 Liberty- St., N. Y. City; L. S. 

 Foster, 35 Pine St., N. Y. Citv: Col. N. S. Goss, Topeka, Kansas: Geo. 

 Bird GrinnelI,P. O. Box 2832, N. Y. City; Dr. J. B. Holder, Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., N. Y. City. 



A POWERFUL auxiliary in the work of Bird Protection is the 'Audubon 

 Society,' recently founded by 'Forest and Stream.' This society is "an 

 association for the protection of wild birds and their eggs .... Its mem- 

 bership is to be free to every one who is willing to lend a helping hand in 

 forwarding the objects for which it is formed. These objects shall be to 

 prevent, so far as possible (i) the killing of any wild birds not used for 

 food; (2) the destruction of nests or eggs of any wild bird, and (3) the 

 wearing of feathers as ornaments or trimming for dress. . . . 



"The work to be done by the Audubon Society is auxiliary to that 

 undertaken by the Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union ; 

 and will further the efforts of the A. O. U. Committee, doing detail duties 

 to which they cannot attend. Those who desire to join the Audubon 

 Society, established on the basis and for the purpose set forth, should 

 send their names at once to the Forest and Stream, 40 Park Row, New 

 York." 



Recent issues of 'Forest and Stream' give ample evidence of the heartj' 

 support the Audubon Society is receiving from the public, the widely felt 

 sympathy in its work, and the great aid it is already rendering in this 

 excellent cause. 



The a. O. U. Code and Check-List was published March 20. It forms 

 a volume of 400 pages, and is sold at a price so low as barely to meet the 

 cost of publication. The Committee having the work in hand are at last 

 through with what proved a very auduOus task, which they spared no 

 pains to thoroughly perform. 



