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the title 'How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds.' It is an English trans- 

 lation of Martin Hiesemann's "Der gesammte Vogelschutz/ which was 

 prepared with the assistance of Baron von Berlepsch, and faithfully repre- 

 sents his ideas and the results of his long-continued experiments at his- 

 experiment station at Seebach. It is illustrated with views of different 

 kinds of nesting-boxes, methods and means of feeding birds in winter, 

 shelter-woods for birds, etc., and makes a small book of about one hundred 

 octavo pages. It is based on careful research, and is beyond question the 

 best manual of the subject extant. The publishers have arranged to supply 

 the work to American bird protectors through the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies, 141 Broadway, New York City. 



Three new Reservations for the protection of birds were established 

 during August, 1908, by executive order of President Roosevelt, at the re- 

 quest of the National Association of Auflubon Societies. These are: 

 (1) The Key West Reservation in the Gulf of Mexico, including all of the 

 keys and islands of the Florida Keys group. (2) The Klamath Lake 

 Reservation in Oregon and California, including Lower Klamath Lake 

 and its islands and contiguous marsh and swamp lands. (3) Lake Malheur 

 Reservation, including Lakes Malheur and Harney and their connecting 

 waters. The setting aside of these extensive reservations is a most im- 

 portant step for the preservation of our rapidly decreasing water-fowl, 

 since they embrace some of the most extensive and important breeding 

 stations of these birds within the control of the United States. 



The Third Annual Meeting of the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies will be held at the American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City, on October 9, 1908, at 2 p. m., for the election of officers and 

 the transaction of such other business as may be necessary. The term of 

 office of six directors, class of 1908, expires at this meeting, and their suc- 

 cessors will be chosen. These directors are Ruthven Deane, Mrs. C. 

 Grant La Farge, Frank M. Miller, Theodore S. Palmer, Abbott H. Thayer, 

 and John E. Thayer. At the close of the business meeting an address will 

 be given by Mr. William L. Finley, the Northwest Field Agent of the Asso- 

 ciation, on the results of his summer's work, under the title, 'On the Trail 

 of the Plume Hunters.' 



The Twenty-sixth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists'' 

 Union will be held in Cambridge, Mass., beginning on the evening of Novem- 

 ber 16, 1908. The evening session will be for the election of officers and 

 members, and for the transaction of routine business. Tuesday and the 

 following days of the session will be for the presentation and discussion of 

 scientific papers and will be open to the public. Members intending to 

 present communications should forward the titles to the Secretary, Mr. 

 John H. Sage, Portland, Conn., so as to reach him not later than November 

 12. 



