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thus squanders the beauties of nature, by educational methods, 
such as bands of mercy, many other correspondents naturally 
suggest the more immediate check of legislation. It may also 
be suggested that a remonstrance from customers is more likely 
to receive attention than any other. 
The Christmas Card of the Society for the Protec- 
tion OF Birds. — Mr. Norman Gale, the “ Laureate of the 
Birds,” has written the verses for a card entitled “ Feathery 
Harps,” issued this Christmas by the Society for the Protection 
of Birds. It is illustrated by a photograph from life of black- 
birds in the nest. It can be obtained from the Honorary Secre- 
tary, 3, Hanover Square, for 3d., or 2s. 6d. a dozen. 
“The Birds of Yorkshire.” — Naturalists and others in- 
terested in the subject will be pleased to learn that arrangements 
have been made for the speedy resumption of the publication of 
Mr. W. Eagle Clarke’s excellent work on “ the Birds of York- 
shire,” which has been partly published in the Transactions of the 
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and the continuation of which was 
interrupted by Mr. Clarke’s leaving Yorkshire to settle in Edin- 
burgh. Mr. Clarke and the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union have 
now been able to secure the services of so able and competent 
an ornithologist as Mr. Thos. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., of Redcar, 
to continue and complete the task. Mr. Nelson has now in his 
possession the voluminous mass of original and unpublished 
observations which Mr. Clarke had at his command when 
writing the instalments which are already in print, and 
which includes notes, lists and observations from most of the 
naturalists who have studied and observed Yorkshire birds. 
In addition to this is the whole of the information amassed 
by the late Mr. John Cordeaux relating to the birds of the 
Humber district, and also the large amount of notes which Mr. 
W. Denison Roebuck has extracted from the very voluminous 
literature of the subject, and Mr. Nelson’s own accumulated 
series of notes on the birds of Cleveland and other districts, the 
whole forming an ample mass of material for the purpose. Mr. 
Nelson will also be pleased to enlist the co-operation of those 
who have it in their power to assist him with notes on Yorkshire 
birds, their history, distribution, migration, nidification, varia- 
tion, vernacular nomenclature, &c. All assistance will be duly 
and gratefully acknowledged. Mr. Nelson is now actively at 
work on the families Turdidts and Sylviidcs, which is to be 
included in the next instalment sent to press. 
Crystal Palace Natural History Tableaux. — Mr. Shrub- 
sole, the energetic curator of the Natural History Department 
of the Crystal Palace, announces that, with the assistance of 
Mr. John England and others, he has now completed a series 
of ten realistic tableaux illustrating animal life. Upwards of 
hfteen hundred animals, including “ Charlie,” the elephant who 
