2 58 Notes and News. nei 
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- 
buted weekly articles 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 DUuTCHER, Chazrman, A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection. 
Tue following ERRATA in the last (January) number of ‘The Auk’ 
require correction. 
Page 35, 7 lines from bottom, for contznued read combined. 
‘¢ 36, under figure in text, for zear A read near B. 
‘¢ 36, 6 lines from bottom, for fg. 7 read fig. 2. 
‘- 37, note 1, before Feathers from Skins omit Cast-off. 
‘¢ 38, Explanation of Fig. 1, for Vo. 4396 read No. 4397. 
«¢ 38, Explanation of Fig. 2, for zear B fig. 1 read near A fig. 1. 
‘¢ 38, last line, after 067. insert 2mm. ozl imm. 
‘« 39, -next to last line, for C fig. 3 read C fig. 4. 
‘¢ 118, last line, for Cf. SALVADoRI read Cf. ALLEN, Auk, XIII, 1896, 
244. 
‘¢ r19, near bottom, for 375c¢ read 375d. 
‘« 123, line 8 from bottom, for 97 read 96. — 
‘« 125, line 15 from top, for BonAP. read (BoNnap.). 
“¢ 725, 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 LEssov, p. 245. This becomes 
‘« 131, line 5 from top, for (LATH.) read (GMEL.). 
“¢ 731, line 15 from top, for Wits. read (WILS.). 
