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of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, followed rapidly by the forma- 

 tion of other State societies to the number of 36, and, finally, the organi- 

 zation and incorporation of the National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties, in January, 1905. 



The 'Report of the National Committee 1 (pp. 58-74) opens with 

 several pages of 'suggestions,' relating to (1) legislation for bird pro- 

 tection, (2) the incorporation of State societies, (3) the enlistment of 

 'Junior' members, the girls and boys, (4) increase of membership, and 

 (5) a 'law Committee' for each society. Then follows a report on the 

 Thayer Fund, which in 1904 amounted to $3,731, and was expended 

 mainly for the services of wardens, and for printing and distributing 

 ' warning notices ' and bird protection literature. An interesting feature 

 is the account of the Committee's work in securing bird protection in the 

 foreign possessions of the United States and in foreign countries, and 

 especially of the prompt aid always rendered by our National Government 

 in such matters. The State Reports (pp. 74-116) are of the usual fulness 

 and abound in information of ornithological interest as well as from the 

 viewpoint of bird protection. — J. A. A. 



Hagmann's Concordance of Brazilian Birds described by Spix, 

 Wied, Burmeister, and Pelzeln. — In a paper 1 of 21 pages Dr. Hagmann 

 (including an introduction of four pages by Dr. Gceldi) gives a concord- 

 ance of the nomenclature of the Brazilian birds described by Spix, Wied, 

 Burmeister, and Pelzeln with that of the Catalogue of Birds of the British 

 Museum, publishing in tabular form the names employed by these 

 authors and the equivalent names of the British Museum Catalogue. Of 

 Spix's 325 species, the generic and specific names both remain unchanged 

 in only 17 cases, while 134 of the specific names remain unchanged. 

 Apparently about the same proportions holds with Wied, but it is very 

 different with the later authors, as would naturally be expected, about one 

 fourth of Burmeister's names, both generic and specific, and about one 

 half of Pelzeln's agreeing with those of the British Museum Catalogue, 

 while about four-fifths of Pelzeln's specific names remain unchanged. 

 This concordance, while not of high utility, is a convenience and in 

 addition furnishes a ready means of getting at much curious information 

 in tracing changes in both taxonomy and nomenclature between the 

 earlier and the more recent standards. 



In this connection attention may be called to an important paper by 



'As Aves Brasilicas mencionadas e descriptas nas obras de Spix (1825), de 

 Wied (1830-1833), Burmeister (1854) e Pelzeln (1874) na sua nomenclatura 

 scientifica actual. Chave synonymica organisado pelo Dr. G. Hagmann. 

 Boletim do Museu Gceldi (Museu Paraense) de Hist. Nat. e Elhnogr., IV, 

 1904, pp. 19S-208. 



