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Department a series of reports on the local natural history, the first of 

 which is to be the 'Birds of Alabama,' by Arthur H. Howell of the U. S. 

 Biological Survey. This is now in the hands of the printer and is ex- 

 pected to be published soon. 



A. H. H. 



Dr. Charles Gordon Hewitt, Consulting Zoologist of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture of Canada, who was elected an Associate of the Union 

 in November, 1918, died of pneumonia at Ottawa on February 29, 1920. 

 He was the son of Thomas Henry and Rachael Hewitt and was born 

 near Macclesfield, England, February 23, 1885. His early education 

 was received in the Macclesfield grammar school and later in the Uni- 

 versity of Manchester, where during his college course he took first class 

 honors in zoology. In 1904 he was appointed by his Alma Mater as- 

 sistant lecturer in zoology and two years later lecturer in economic zoology. 

 In 1908 he organized a committee of the British Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science and the Board of Agriculture, known as the Eco- 

 nomic Ornithological committee, for the investigation of the food of 

 British birds, and began an experiment which proved successful in using 

 nesting boxes to attract birds to an area near Manchester which was 

 infested with the larch sawfly. 



When only twenty-four years of age he received the appointment of 

 Dominion Entomologist and arrived in Canada September 16, 1909, and 

 in 1910 was elected vice-president of the Ontario Entomological Society. 

 While his interests were primarily in entomology, Dr. Hewitt was a broad 

 and unusually well-informed zoologist. He published a number of papers 

 on entomology and economic ornithology, but his most important work 

 was in connection with the treaty for the protection of migratory birds 

 in the United States and Canada. It was largely through his diplomacy, 

 energy, and enthusiasm that the negotiations in Canada were conducted 

 so expeditiously and successfully. As Secretary of the Advisory Board 

 on Wild Life Protection, organized in 1916, he took an active part in the 

 broader questions of conservation and was interested in the establishment 

 of bird and game refuges. 



Dr. Hewitt was peculiarly well qualified for his special field of activity 

 by his quiet, tactful manner, his broad vision, and his practical knowledge 

 of economic zoology. His death at this time when his work was so suc- 

 cessfully under way is an irreparable loss to the cause of conservation. — 

 T. S. P. 



Dr. Johan Axel Palmen, of Helsingfors, Finland, a Corresponding 

 Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, died on April 7, 1919, in 

 his 74th year. He was born November 7, 1845, and when elected to the 

 Union at its first meeting he was one of the youngest Corresponding 

 Members. 



