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spent the remainder of the morning search- 
ing for nests on the adjacent hillside. We 
found two from which the young had hatched, 
and one that had been rifled of its contents, 
probably by a coyote. In the afternoon the 
birds came in too late for pictures. 
On May 11, no birds came near the blind, so 
we moved it to another spot. The afternoon 
was windy and stormy, and only a few birds 
came in at four o'clock. 
On the 13th of May we arose at three A.M. 
and after a hurried breakfast, stumbled and 
wabbled along the ruts of the road. No wind 
was stirring; which was a very unusual thing 
for this high plateau region. A heavy cloud 
hung over us, as only clouds in an arid region 
ean hang, black as night, but the faint yellowish 
light of dawn was slowly brightening as we 
crept into the blind, at four o'clock. Dark as 
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it was, a few birds were already there, and by 
five-fifteen we were able to make the first ex- 
posure. As usual, there were about sixty birds 
in the field. Actual counts of birds within our 
range of vision at various times were 51, 52, 
51 and 54. By seven o'clock all had left for 
the sage-brush hills; but we had had several 
birds within thirty feet of us most of the time. 
We returned to the blind at 3 P.M. and the 
birds came in at about four, and plopped until 
dark. 
On the 13th of May we were in the blind at 
4:15 A.M. A few birds were on the shore when 
we arrived and by seven o'clock, the usual time 
for the birds to scatter, we had secured moving 
and still pictures of every action from birds 
within twenty-five feet of us. 
As we left, a lone coyote yapped to us a long 
farewell. 
DR. C. GORDON HEWITT 
The Dominion of Canada has suffered a great 
loss, and the cause of wild life protection in 
North America has lost one of its foremost 
champions. Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt died of 
influenza and pneumonia at Ottawa on Sunday, 
February 29, in his 35th year. 
Dr. Hewitt was the leading expert of Canada 
on wild life protection, and besides being 
Dominion Entomologist and the director of 
Canada’s fight against crop-destroying insects, 
he was Consulting Zoologist of the Canadian 
Conservation Commission. He was born in 
Scotland on February 23, 1885, and obtained 
his degree of Sc.D. by graduation at the Man- 
chester University. He entered the service of 
the Canadian Government in 1909. 
His most conspicuous activities were in the 
promotion of the international treaty with the 
United States for the protection of migratory 
birds, in which he was so diligent and so suc- 
cessful that in 1918 the British Royal Society 
for the Protection of Birds 
its gold medal for that service. 
awarded to him 
For four years Dr. Hewitt had been diligently 
engaged in the preparation of a very important 
book entitled “The Conservation of Wild Life 
in Canada” and doing justice to the fine enter- 
prise of the Dominion in that field. It was 
finished and made ready for the printers only 
one month ago and it is safe to say that it will, 
when published, prove a fitting monument to 
its justly distinguished and deeply regretted 
author. 
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Huntine ror tHE “Zoo.”’—The Zoological 
Society of London have undertaken the restora- 
tion of their collection, for which the time is 
ripe. They are sending Mr. Wilfrid Frost, an 
experienced traveller for such objects, to the 
Malay Archipelago. His itinerary is enough to 
turn an adventurous boy all colors with envy. 
He goes to places like Sourabaya, Amboina, 
Celebes, and Ternate, whose very names are 
romantic. The names, in fact, are sometimes 
more romantic than the places themselves. Mr. 
Frost hopes to get specimens of wild pig, opos- 
sum, kangaroo, orang, cassowary, birds of para- 
dise, and so on. Lovers of the “Zoo” wish him 
luck in his hunting—and, which is equally im- 
portant, in his transport of the prey.— 
London Times. 
Animats Are Prorectep.—Butte, Montana. 
—That efforts on the part of the state game 
warden to protect fish, birds, and animals in 
Montana, according to the state laws, have 
been successful, is shown by a recent report 
issued by Warden J. L. de Hart, for the year 
ending November 30, 1919. Out of 250 arrests 
there were 237 convictions, and fines collected 
amounted to over $6,000. Moose, mountain 
goats, mountain sheep and antelope are animals 
protected by the law the year round.—Christian 
Science Monitor. 
