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been issued hy R. Friedlilnder & Sohn of Berlin. About 350 species will 

 be treated in two quarto volumes, with about 50 colored plates, and maps 

 illustrating geographical distribution. The work is announced to appear 

 during 1897. Subscription price, for the complete work, io£. 



Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd of the Biological Survey of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has in course of preparation a work on the birds of 

 the western half of Pennsylvania, which work will discuss in detail their 

 geographic distribution and migration within that section, as well as 

 these subjects in general. That the work may be complete he needs the 

 assistance of every reliable ornithologist and oologist now residing in 

 the section in question, or who has any notes, however fragmentary, on 

 the birds thereof. He would be greatly obliged if every such person 

 not already in correspondence with him would write him at once, feeling 

 sure that such correspondence would be mutually helpful. 



The recently organized United Ornithologists of Maine has elected 

 the following officers for 1S97 : President, Arthur H. Norton, Westbrook, 

 Me.; Vice President, Ora W. Knight, 3S4 Hammond St., Bangor, Me.; 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Wm. L. Powers, Gardiner, Me. The object of this 

 Society is to " encourage a systematic study of the Avifauna of the 

 State " of Maine. The Society has already entered vigorously upon the 

 preparation of a list of the birds of the State, showing their distribution 

 by counties. An excellent report on the ornithology of Maine will 

 doubtless result from this timely effort. 



The date of the organization of the Massachusetts Audubon Societj' is 

 given in the report of the A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection as 

 1886; it should be 1896. The first member was enrolled February 10, 

 1896, and on the first anniversary of the Society it had 12S0 members, and 

 is now growing very rapidly. 



An ' Audubon Society of the State of New York ' was organized in Feb- 

 ruary, 1897, and is working in cooperation with the American Museum 

 of Natural History. Mr. Morris K. Jesup, the President of the American 

 Museum, is also the President of the New York Audubon Society. Miss 

 Emma H. Lockwood, 243 VV. 75th St., New York City, is the Secretary- 

 Treasurer. All correspondence relative to bird protection in New York 

 State should be addressed to hei-. Circulars explaining the objects of the 

 Society and applications for membership may be obtained from the 

 Secretary. 



There is a growing sentiment for the protection of birds in various por- 

 tions of the country, which will no doubt result in the formation of 

 Audubon Societies in other States, and also in the founding of ' Bird 

 Day ' in the schools. 



The Light-House Board, Washington, D. C, in response to a request 

 of the A. O. U. Committee, has issued orders prohibiting the egg traffic 

 on the Farallone Islands, California. 



