3IO Notes and News. \_Ap^\ 



every Stale in which Prairie Chickens occur now has a nonexport law, tlie 

 effect of which, combined with sale restrictions, is to make the sale of 

 Prairie Chickens illegal outside of their normal range." Only fourteen 

 States and Alaska permit the export of game intended for propagation; 

 only six of these States are east of the Mississippi River. "Thirty-four 

 States and Territories and most of the Provinces of Canada now prohibit 

 the sale of all or certain kinds of game at all seasons." The Ruffed 

 Grouse cannot be legally sold in eleven States and three Provinces. A 

 steady increase in the prohibitions against the sale of game has continued 

 during the last three years, and the general outlook is hopeful for the 

 preservation of most kinds of game animals and birds, many of which 

 were so recently threatened with speedy extermination. This Bulletin 

 gives a most interesting and valuable summary of the present status of 

 game protection in the United States and Canada. — J. A. A. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



GuRDON Trumbull, a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, 

 died at his home in Hartford, Conn., Dec. 28, 1903, in his sixty-third year, 

 being the last of three brothers, each of whom was distinguished in his 

 own way, Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, the philologist, and Rev. H. Clay 

 Trumbull, a well known editor and writer. 



He was born in Stonington, Conn., May 5, 1841, and early in life 

 showed a natural fondness for art. He studied under various teachers in 

 Hartford and also with James M. Hart in New York, progressed rapidly 

 and soon became prominent as a painter of fish, his principal pictures in 

 that line being 'Over the Fall,' 'A Phmge for Life,' and 'A Critical 

 Moment.' These were extensively copied, and many chromos were made 

 that had a large sale. Perhaps the best of his smaller pieces — a perfect 

 gem — was a painting of the common sun fish. 



While always a lover of nature, and for many years an ardent sports- 

 man, he later in life became especially interested in ornithology. He 

 wrote 'Names and Portraits of Birds which Interest Gunners, with 

 Descriptions in Language Understanded of the People,' published by 

 Harper & Brothers in 1888. He contributed to ' Forest and Stream ' for 

 Dec. It, 1890, a notable paper on the 'American Woodcock,' which con- 

 tained the first record of a bird's power to curve the upper mandible, and to 

 ' The Auk' in 1892 and 1893 (Vol. IX, pp. 153-160, and Vol. X, pp. 165- 

 176) two articles on ' Our Scoters,' giving careful and detailed descriptions 

 of the species from fresh specimens. 



