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governments the treaty was proclaimed by the President on December 8, 

 1916. Canada by an act of Parliament gave full effect to the convention 

 August 29, 1917, and issued regulations, May 11, 1918. Congress took 

 similar action on July 3, 1918 and on the 31st of the same month President 

 Wilson issued a proclamation containing regulations for the enforcement 

 of the treaty in the United States, so that the treaty is now in full force. 



The birds covered by the regulations include the Anatidse, Gruidse, 

 Rallidse, Limicolse, Columbidae and all migratory insectivorous birds as 

 well as Grebes, Loons, Auks, Herons, Gulls and Terns, Petrels and Shear- 

 waters. The open seasons correspond closely with those previously in 

 force under the Migratory Bird Law, but everyone should secure a copy 

 of the pamphlet issued by the Department of Agriculture which contains 

 the text of the treaty and the regulations. 



The section which especially interests field ornithologists is that dealing 

 with collecting for scientific purposes. Every collector of birds or eggs 

 must hereafter have a permit from the Secretary of Agriculture, and anyone 

 collecting without such permit will be vigorously prosecuted by the Federal 

 authorities. Permits may be obtained without cost by applying to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture but the applicant must have the endorsement 

 of two well-known ornithologists. Blanks for application may be had from 

 the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Col. William Vincent Legge, a Corresponding Fellow of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union, died at his home in Tasmania on March 25, 1918, 

 in his 75th year. He was born at Fullenswood, near St. Mary's, Tasmania, 

 September, 1841, the son of R. V. Legge one of the earliest settlers of the 

 country. We learn from 'The Emu,' that he went to England with his 

 parents at the age of 12, crossing the isthmus of Panama on mule back. 

 He was educated at Bath and also in France and Germany, becoming an 

 accomplished linguist. Receiving his commission in the British Army in 

 1862 he was successively stationed in England, Melbourne and Ceylon his 

 final appointment being Commandant of the Tasmanian Military forces, 

 which position he held for eleven years, retiring from the service after the 

 Boer War. His later years were spent in agricultural pursuits on his home 

 estate. 



Col. Legge's chief interests outside of his profession were, forestry, 

 physiography and ornithology. He was one of the founders of the Royal 

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union and its first president. During his 

 nine years service in Ceylon he gathered the materials for his most impor- 

 tant ornithological work, 'The Birds of Ceylon' in two volumes, quarto, 

 with colored plates, which he published during a subsequent staff appoint- 

 ment in England. During his sojourns in that country he was very inti- 

 mate with the late Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and frequently visited John Gould, 

 the "father of Australian ornithology.' Among Col. Legge's other orni- 

 thological publications may be mentioned, his 'Systematic List of Tas- 

 manian Birds. The Geographical Distribution of the Australian Limicolse' 



