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mous quantity of coal is consumed, even at a distance of many 

 miles, and in a smaller scale near any railway station and fac- 

 tories. Dr. I. Miyake told me that the very injurious effect of 

 sulphur dioxide gas in the smoke is done even in a single night 

 when it is foggy. . . ." Thus the words of our Japanese author 

 may even be quoted as confirmatory evidence in regard to the 

 injurious effects of the sulphur fumes from the New Jersey fac- 

 tories on the vegetation of the north shore of Staten Island. 



F. H. K. 



Howard Henderson Cleaves, Nature Student^- 



This is a pleasingly written article on the ornithological work 

 of Mr. Cleaves by one who appreciates the good which he has 

 done by means of his camera and lectures, not only in making 

 birds and their ways better known, but also in directing attention 

 to what may be accomplished for their protection and preserva- 

 tion. The first picture is a flashlight photograph of the school 

 children at one of the Friday afternoon lectures in ;^he assembly 

 room of our museum; the others are reproductions of some of 

 Mr. Cleaves' well-known snapshots of birds, including a tern 

 and ospreys taken on Gardiner's Island, and a kingfisher taken 

 on Staten Island. The latter will be recognized as the subject 

 of the cover design for the July, 1910, number of Country Life 



in America. 



A. H. 



'- Wm. T. Davis, The Guide to Nature, 5 : 22-24, six text figures. May, 

 1912. 



