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disregarded, inquiry was often made as agents have been doing, and a large num- 

 to what the Biological Survey was doing ber of cases have been accumulating in 

 to enforce these regulations. The answer the office of the Biological Survey, 

 seems to be that the Federal officials were Relief, however, is in sight in the en- 

 obliged to assume an attitude of observa- abling act to put into force the migratory 

 tion rather than of enforcement. For one bird treaty. Elsewhere in this Bulletin, 

 thing there is the question of the con- Mr. T. G. Pearson, Secretary of the Na- 

 stitutionality of the migratory bird law tional Audubon Society, tells of the failure 

 which has been pending before the U. S. of this act to receive consideration in the 

 Supreme Court for over two years. Then Congressional term that ended March 4. 

 this same law as it stands is imperfect The act has been introduced in the present 

 in that it does not give agents of the Congress and once more all who are in- 

 Biological Survey power of arrest even ter ested in this important measure should 

 when the law is violated in their presence, in ^ In this act there 



and there is no provision whereby pos- ... , , .. , . . , .,_. 



r,-i.r -i will doubtless be provisions clothing 



session of birds out ot season is made . 



evidence of violation of the law. All the a S ents of the Surve y wlth needful Powers, 



agents can do is to secure the name of establishing a uniform bag limit through- 



the violator and the necessary evidence. out the United States, and outlawing the 



This, we are privately informed, these sale of game birds. 



A Suggestive List of Bird Literature 



Bailey, Florence Merriam Birds of Village and Field. A bird book for beginners; 

 with a color key to 154 birds and 300 illustrations. 12mo. $2.00 



Handbook of Birds of Western North America. 



Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 33 full plates by Fuertes; 600 illustrations in text; 

 570 pages. 12mo. Includes the Great Plains, Great Basin, Pacific Slopes, and 

 lower Rio Grande Valley. This book does for the West what Chapman's 

 Handbook does for the East. $3.50 



Ball, Alice E. A Year With the Birds. Gibbs and Vleeck, Inc. 8vo. pp. 191. Fifty- 

 six colored plates after Horsfall's drawings. Written in delightful rhythmical 

 verse. Author has also drawn freely upon the standard poems of bird life. 

 Illustrations unusually fine. $3.00 



Barrows, Walter Bradford Michigan Bird Life. Michigan Agricultural College. 

 (Address Sec. A. M. Brown, East Lansing, Michigan). 70 uncolored plates, 

 152 text figures, 822 pages. 8vo. Cloth, 60 cents plus postage (package weighs 

 over four pounds). In many respects a superior work. Sold at cost. Price 

 negligible. Its reference to Michigan localities does not prevent it from being 

 a valuable book for use in Illinois. 60 cents 



Baynes, Ernest Harold Wild Bird Guests. E. P. Dutton & Co. An unusual book 

 combining charming description and thoroughly practical directions for the 

 bird lover who wants to know how to attract and protect the birds. It is 

 especially valuable for its definite instructions for forming bird clubs. $2.00 



Blanchan, Neltje Bird Neighbors. Doubleday, Page & Co. An introductory ac- 

 quaintance with 150 birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows and 

 woods about our homes. Introduction by Burroughs. 48 colored plates. $2.00 



Burroughs, John Bird Stories from Burroughs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 8 full 

 page illustrations by Fuertes. 174 pages. 12mo. 60 cents 



Chapman, Frank M. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America. D. Apple- 

 ton & Co. Over 200 illustrations, 530 pages. 12mo. This book heads the list 

 of all of the bird books. It is easily the most useful for study or reference. 

 Pocket edition, flexible cover, $4.00. Library edition. $3.50 



The Warblers of North America. D. Appleton & Co. 



24 full-page colored plates illustrating every species and half-tones of nests and 

 eggs. Drawings by Fuertes and Horsfall. 306 pages. 8vo. Prepared with the 

 co-operation of 30 other naturalists. Contains valuable migration records, nest- 



