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BY THE WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except 
July and August. 
The official organ of the Wisconsin, Illinois and 
Michigan Audubon Societies. 
Twenty-five cents per year Single copies 5 cents 
Contributions to By the Wayside are invited 
from all lovers of Nature and friends of the 
birds. All communications should be sent to 
Roland E. Kremers, 1720 Vilas St., Madison, 
Wis. 
Book Notes. 
The latest addition to Wither by and 
Company’s Home-Life series is Mr. Ab¬ 
bott’s “The Home Life of the Osprey.'* 
Mr. Abbott has spent many pleasant 
hours in studying and photographing 
one of the noblest birds of North Amer¬ 
ica, and it is most interesting indeed to 
read the summary of his observations 
as set forth in his recent book. Not 
the least attractive feature is the series 
of 32 excellent plates which illustrate 
the text. Although Mr. Abbott made 
his observations on Gardner’s Island 
and on the New Jersey coast the book 
is none the less interesting to us, for 
Wisconsin is fortunate in having not a 
few lakes where the Osprey fishes and 
rears his young. The book may be 
purchased either of Witherby & Co., 
London, England, or of Brentano, New 
York City. 
Another of Witherby & Co.’s recent 
books is Mr. W. L. Sclater’s “A Ilis- 
torv of the Birds of Colorado.” It 
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contains short descriptions, keys, notes 
on the distribution and habits of each 
species, together with a full bibliog¬ 
raphy. It is a handsome volume of 
over 500 pages illustrated with 16 full 
page plates from photographs. Price 
for the U. S. $5.00, published by 
Witherby & Co., 326 Highholborn, Lon¬ 
don, AY. C. 
A Teachers’ Guide to the Museum of 
the State Historical Society has just 
been issued, and may be had on appli¬ 
cation to the State Historical Museum, 
Aladison, Wis. 
Audubon Items. 
Under the authority conferred on 
him by the State Legislature at its last 
session, the governor of Oregon has set 
aside as bird refuges 3000 acres about 
the State institutions at Salem and a 
large tract of land near Pendleton. 
The governor of Virginia has set 
aside May 4, the anniversary of the ! 
birth of John James Audubon, to be 
observed as Bird Day in that state. 
Agents of the National Association 
of Audubon Societies have been explor¬ 
ing suitable localities in North Caro¬ 
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 
Louisiana, and Texas to ascertain what 
colonies of aigrete-bearing herons yet 
remain in these states. Eleven colonies 
have been discovered, three on the 
lands of members of Audubon societies. 
The other eight will be guarded by 
wardens employed for that purpose. 
In the government forests of the 
Grand Duchy of Hesse 9300 nesting 
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boxes have been placed for the birds, 
which are reported to utilize them each 
year. All old trees in the crown for- J 
ests are left standing by governmental 
direction, in order that natural nesting 
places may be retained. 
Despite a recent opinion by the At¬ 
torney-General of Michigan that aig¬ 
rettes do not come under the plumage 
law of that State, Air. Jefferson Butler, 
president of the Michigan Audubon 
Society, has induced the J. L. Hudson 
Co. of Detroit to give up the handling 
of aigrettes. 
