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seal of the National Association of Audubon Societies. He truthfully re- 
marks that Hummingbirds are exclusively American, universally known, 
everywhere popular, justly admired for beauty and behavior, and fit subjects 
for protection everywhere. We heartily endorse his suggestion. 
The April number of American Ornithology has much to commend it to 
the bird lover as well as some points of merit for the youngest students. 
The pictures of a Bluebird feeding the young, and a pair of Bluebirds at 
their nest in a fence post are exceptionally good, as is also a half-tone of the 
nest and eggs of the Magnolia Warbler. The colored plate illustrating six 
species of warblers is far from good, but the pictures of the males at least 
can hardly be mistaken, and colored pictures of any kind are usually helpful 
to beginners. WB. Bs 
ON DARTOMN Agi Ales Glen Gis a, OseieaaeNe 
The first number of the Wellington Field Naturalists’ Club annual Bulle- 
tin was published April 15. Though the club covers in its work a wider field 
than ornithology alone, there are some interesting papers on birds in this 
number. The most important contribution is a list of Birds of Wellington 
Co., Ont., by A. B. Klugh. After a brief description of the physical features 
of the county, Mr. Klugh lists 197 species as migrant, resident or accidental, 
giving their various degrees of commonness. It is to be regretted perhaps 
that the author has not given us a few more dates, but the whole is most 
creditable. One of the features of the paper is the author’s attacks upon the 
practice of forming subspecies upon slight points of variation. 
Mr. J. H. Fleming gives us under the heading of An Unusual Migration 
of the Canada Jay, all available data upon the unusual occurrence of that 
bird in Ontario last fall. This is of peculiar interest to us in this section in 
showing the independence of the Ontario migrations with our section, for 
though the movement seemed very general in the Province, we received no 
indication of anything unusual in our state. 
The Origin of Kirtland’s Warbler is a speculative paper by P. A. 
Taverner. 
Rev. J. C. Young gives us an account of the Thrushes of Ontario and a 
migration report for the year 1904-05 in tabular form finishes the ornithologi- 
cal papers. The remainder of the volume is given to mammalogy and botany, 
but under the head of Notes we find many field observations on birds of 
interest. The Wellington Field Naturalists’ Club shows what a smail coterie 
of active and enthusiastic workers can do and how valuable are local organ- 
izations of this kind. PavAg say 
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THE INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 
The Fourth International Omithological Congress will be held in Lon- 
don, England, Monday, June 12th to 17th. The meetings will be held at the 
Imperial Institute, South Kensington. Besides the regular meetings of the 
sections the following events are provided for in the preliminary programme. 
June 15—Congress will be the guests of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
June 15—Afternoon—Reception by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of 
London at the Mansion House. Evening—Dinner given by the British 
Ornithologists’ Union. 
