134 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



"After further consideration of this revised draft by the 

 Government an Order-in-Council was passed on the 29th of 

 June, 1916, stating that 'Canada is prepared to agree to that 

 conclusion of the convention' conditional to the adoption of 

 certain other amendments which had been agreed to as a 

 result of informal negotiation." 



THE MIGRATORY BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



As an answer to constant inquiries regarding the number 

 of species of North American birds protected by the fed- 

 eral migratory bird law and the treaty with Canada, Mr. 

 Lee S. Crandall, Assistant Curator of Birds in the Zoological 

 Park, has prepared a list of the species and sub-species so 

 covered. It is as follows : 



Grebes 6 Shorebirds 60 



Loons 5 Doves and Pigeons 8 



Auks and Murres 25 Hawks and Eagles 48 



Gulls 26 Owls 10 



Skuas and Jaegers 4 Cuckoos 3 



Fulmars, Shearwaters Kingfishers 1 



and Petrels 36 Woodpeckers 46 



Albatrosses 5 Gannets 6 



Terns 17 Snakebirds 1 



Skimmers 1 Cormorants 11 



Ducks and Geese 56 private birds 1 



Flamingoes 1 Pelicans ZZZZ 3 



Tropic Birds 3 Goatsuckers 12 



Storks 2 Swifts 4 



Spoonbills IIZIZII 1 Hummingbirds 18 



Cranes and Limpkins ... 4 Passeres 560 



Rails 17 Herons 17 



A Letter From Australia. 



Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 



Melbourne, October 16, 1916. 

 Dear Dr. Hornaday: 



The Council of the above Union desire to congratulate 

 you and those working with you on the splendid victory 



