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Common behind the Hanger, and return to Alton from the Church- 
yard by way of the Lythes, he may enjoy the ruralities of the 
environs of Selborne undisturbed by philistinism or motor-cars. 
Wild Birds’ Protection Order. — We have received from 
the Home Office an Order, dated April 7, protecting the eggs of 
Bittern, Buzzard, Dipper, Dotterel, Peregrine, Goldfinch, Lesser 
Black-backed Gull, Heron, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Merlin, Owls, 
Plovers, Raven, Sheldrake and Woodcock in Westmoreland, 
and repealing the Order of May 18, 1900. 
Bird Protection in Ceylon. — “Ceylon is setting a good 
example in drawing closer the regulations concerning the wanton 
destruction of rare birds ; not only are penalties exacted for 
culprits caught flagrante delicto, but even the possession of skins 
and feathers is now deemed sufficient for conviction. The Straits 
authorities also are bestirring themselves, though rather late in 
the day, and we hope all India will be aroused to the necessity 
for more strictly prohibiting the extermination of our attractive 
warblers and brilliant-hued birds .” — Indian Field. 
Railway-Side Advertising in the States. — The display 
of advertising bulletins familiar to everyone who has ridden 
on the Pennsylvania railroad between New York and Phila- 
delphia is said to be the most extensive exhibition of its kind 
in the world. This route is a favourite with advertisers, because 
at no other point in the United States is railroad travel heavier. 
There is the huge profile of two locomotives, head to head, the 
rays from headlights forming a diamond on which is painted the 
advertisement of Searchlight Matches. In the next meadow the 
eye suddenly falls on a herd of galvanised iron cows grouped 
on the grass, each cow having a single letter of the phrase 
“ Horlick’s Malted Milk.” Giant bullfrogs, twenty feet high, 
in profile, advertise the cough remedy “ P'rog-in-Your-Throat.” 
Some time ago the Pennsylvania Railroad planted a hedge on 
both sides of its right of way, and it was stated that this, in five 
years, will cut off the view of all this advertising. But it will 
have to grow to be a remarkably high hedge to accomplish this, 
owing to the character of the country. Perhaps legislators may 
reduce the advertising display before this happens. There seems 
to be no question in the minds of advertisers as to the profitable- 
ness of such advertising, for the same firms and commodities 
are represented year after year. — Printers' Ink. 
Draining Burnham Beeches. — Mr. E. T. Cook, Editor of 
the Garden, writes as follows in the Times of May 16. We fully 
sympathise with his protest. 
Sir, — W ill you allow me to pretest against the unnecessary draining of the 
natural bogs in Burnham Beeches ? As those who love these beautiful acres 
know well, the bogs are the home, or were, of countless moisture-seeking flowers, 
which revel in the mossy and spongy soil. These swampy spaces are not a 
source of danger to the public, and there is no reason whatever why this destruc- 
tion to wild flower life should continue. If there is one place that should be 
innocent of such unpleasant interference as this it is the famous old forest of 
Burnham. I remain, yours obediently, 
20, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. E. T. Cook. 
