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Notes and Nc-,vs:. \ :'^"'5, 



L April 



Mrs. Louise M. Stephenson, of Helena, Arkansas, who is doing very 

 important work in that State, has been added to the A. O. U. Committee 

 on Protection of Birds. Mrs. Stephenson has for some months contri- 

 bnted weekly aiticles on ' Bird Day in Schools ' and ' Why Should We 

 Protect Our Birds.? ' to two of the most widely read papers of Arkansas. 



The Chairman of the A. O. U. Committee on Protection of North 

 American Birds will be glad to hear from the readers of 'The Auk' 

 regarding the protection of birds in their localities, and earnestly urges 

 the formation of Audubon Societies. Suggestions as to the formation of 

 such societies, and kindred work will be cheerfully furnished on request. — 

 William Dutcher, Chaiinnan, A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protectio7i. 



The following Errata in the last (January) number of ' Tlie Auk' 

 require correction. 



Page T,^, 7 lines from bottom, for contitined read combined. 

 " 36, under figure in text, ior near A read near B. 

 " 36, 6 lines from bottom, io\- jig. i vend Jig. 2. 

 '• 37, note I, before Feathers from Skins omit Cast-off". 

 " 38, Explanation of Fig. i, for No. 43gb read No. 43g7. 

 " 38, Explanation of Fig. 2, for near B fig. 1 read tiear A fig. i . 

 " 38, last line, after obj. insert 2mm. oil inim. 

 " 39, next to last line, for C fig. j read C Jig. 4. 

 " 118, last line, for Cf. Salvadori read Cfi. Allen, Auk, XIII, 1896, 



244. 

 " 119, near bottom, for 375^: read 375^/. 

 " 123, line 8 from bottom, for 97 read 96. 

 " 125, line 15 from top, for Bonap. read (Bonap.). 

 " 125, line 17 from top, for A. O. U. Comm. MS. read Faxon, Auk, 



XIII, 1896, 215. 

 " 129, after line 2 from top, insert 



Genus EMBERNAGRA Lesson, p. 245. This becomes 

 " 131, line 5 from top, for (Lath.) read (Gmel.). 

 " 131, line 15 from top, for Wils. read (Wils.). 



