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(8 pages, 4to.) for gratuitous distribution. In this 'Bulletin' the then 

 existing New York law for the ' Preservation of Song and Wild Birds ' was 

 analysed and criticised, and a 'revised draft' presented as a substitute. 

 The Committee's draft later became, in substance, not only the law for 

 the protection of birds in the State of New York, but has now been adopted 

 by nearly every State and Territory in the United States, and is every- 

 where known as the 'A. O. U. Model Law.' 



The A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection is also the parent of the now 

 widespread Audubon movement which was originally started in 1886 by 

 members of the American Ornithologists' Union. The reports of the A. O. 

 U. Committee and of the National Association of Audubon Societies 

 were published in 'The Auk,' the official organ of the Union, until five 

 years ago, the last report forming a document of 112 pages with numerous 

 half-tone illustrations. Further comment on what "the scientific ornithol- 

 ogists of America, as a body," have " not" done is unnecessary, although it 

 may be added that the present directorate and the principal officers of the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies are all members, and nearly all 

 of them Fellows, of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



