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accomplished and about the legislation 

 needed to carry the convention into ef- 

 fect. Mr. Chiles again delighted the ^ 

 members with his stories of game breed- 

 ing and Dr. Morris said a few words 

 praising the work of the Society and 

 expressing his pleasure and approval of, 

 the meeting. 



Although some of the Job pictures 

 were omitted in order to shorten the 

 program, it was midnight before anyone 

 seemed to realize it excepting the toast- 

 master, who said he believed it was time 

 to adjourn and the meeting was ad- 

 journed without hearing from Mr. Gra- 

 ham, who was to have spoken about 

 Ponds and Swamps — How to UtiHze 

 Them. Many members expressed regret 

 that it seemed necessary to shorten the 

 program. 



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LITERATURE. 



The Bird Book. Illustrating in nat- 

 ural colors more than seven hundred 

 North American birds ; also several hun- 

 dred photographs of their nests and eggs. 

 By Chester A. Reed. Doubleday, Page & 

 Co. 1915. Price $3.00 net. 



A reader of The Game Breeder re- 

 cently wrote that he had a large collec- 

 tion of bird eggs 'that the labels had been 

 removed and he wished, to know if there 

 was any book about bird eggs which 

 would enable him to identify his eggs. 

 It occurred to the writer that Mr. Reed's 

 book was the only one available which 

 contained any number of egg pictures 

 with descriptions of their markings and 

 color. Photographs of eggs 'are repro- 

 duced on nearly all of the 450 pages, most 

 of which also are illustrated with color 

 pictures and brief desciptions of the 

 birds and their habitat. Some of the 

 photographs of birds and nests which 

 are scattered through the book are ex- 

 cellent. The woodcock on her nest, page 

 141, is a beautiful picture well worth 

 framing. There are many other full 

 page photographs which add much to 

 the value of the work. ' "The Osprey 

 Leaving Nest," "The Loggerhead Shrike 

 and Nest" arid many other pages are rcr 

 markable bird portraits from fife. 



Promii^ent Residents oe Long Island 

 AND Their Pleasure Clubs Edition of 

 1916. Published by Thompson & Wat- 

 son, N. Y. This- is a handsome book,, 

 containing lists of prominent Long Isl- 

 and people and their clubs. There is 

 also a big road map of Long Island 

 which should be valuable to automobile 

 owners. Besides being a social directory 

 of the. Long Island people, the book con- 

 tains much about the Long Island town 

 and "country" clubs, including those de- 

 voted to yachting, golf, tennis, shooting, 

 fishing, etc. Although many shooting 

 clubs are referred to and listed, there are 

 quite a number which have been omitted 

 —the Suffolk Club, the Flanders Club 

 and- oth«-rs which are interested in shoot- 

 ing and fishing should have a place. The 

 book is printed on heavy paper and 

 many of the advertisements it contains 

 are handsomely illustrated. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



You are to be congratulated on the 

 faultess manner in which the game din- 

 ner moved off. I enjoyed every minute 

 of it, and had a most delightful time. 

 The Game Breeder grows better and 

 better. I enclose my subscription . 



H. K. Job. 



West Haven, Conn. 



[We appreciate the endorsement of the 

 magazine, sent by the author of the excellent 

 book, "Propagation of wild Birds." We have 

 frequent orders for the book and rapidly it 

 is taking its place as "the best seller."— Editor] 



There are 4,108 active trapshooting 

 clubs in the United States. 



There are 31 trapshooting leagues in 

 various parts of this country. 



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One hundred and nineteen golf and 

 couptry clubs have installed trapshooting 



equipment. 



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Thirty trapshooting clubs have been 

 formed among the employees of the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Company — and 

 fully that many more on the other rail- 

 roads in the United States. 



