Il6 Noies and News. L Jan- 



pages, with numerous illustrations in the text. As a " considerable amount 

 of antiquarian lore " is interwoven with the general narrative, the book 

 is likely to interest other readers besides ornithologists. Subscription 

 price, 2 is. 



As WE go to press we are in receipt of Part XVI — the last and con- 

 cluding part — of Mr. H. Nehrling's excellent 'North American Birds,' 

 with plates xxxv and xxxvi, pp. 337 to 452, and index and title pages. 

 The work forms two large quarto volumes, beautifully printed, and illus- 

 trated with thirty-six colored plates. 



In 'Science' for Jan. i, 1897 (N. S. Vol. V, p. 26), is a short commu- 

 nication from H. Helm Clayton, of the Blue Hill Meteorological 

 Observatory, Readville, Mass., on 'The Velocity of a Flight of Ducks 

 obtained by Triangulation.' From observations made with specially con- 

 structed theodolites, used in determining the heights and velocities of 

 clouds, Mr. S. P. Fergusson and the writer of the article in question 

 succeeded in obtaining measurements of the height and velocity of flight 

 of a flock of Ducks which crossed their field of observation on the morn- 

 ing of December 8, 1896. The height of the Ducks was 958 feet, and the 

 rate of flight 47.8 miles per hour. This record is of special interest, there 

 being as yet so few trustworthy observations of the velocity of flight of 

 birds. 



The a. O. U. Committee on Protection of North American Birds has 

 increased its membership with a view to more effective work, and is at 

 present constituted as follows : 



William Dutcher, Chairman, 525 Manhattan Ave., New York, N. Y. 



George H. Mackay, 218 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 



E. H. FoRBUSH, Ornithologist State Board of Agriculture, Maiden, Mass. 



Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, 628 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



WiTMER Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mrs. Julia Stockton Robins, 114 So. 21st St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Miss Florence A. Merriam, 1919 i6th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 



Dr. T. S. Palmer, Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Ruthven De.\ne, 24 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 



O. Widmann, Old Orchard, Mo. 



Mrs. E. Irene Rood, Fort Worth, Texas. 



Leverett M. Loomis, Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal. 



A. W. Anthony, 1929 Front St., San Uiego, Cal. 



A large edition of the Annual Report of the Committee for 1896 has 

 been published for free distribution. The Committee will gladly receive 

 the co-operation of individuals, Committees or Societies interested in the 

 better protection of our native birds. 



