152 Obituary. [Ibis, 
In 1905 Mr. Bury, at the instigation and witli the assistance 
of Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, made a collecting expedition to Somali¬ 
land, but was unable on account of political difficulties to 
reach the high ranges behind Cape Guardafui as he had 
intended. The Somaliland collection was worked out by 
Mr. Bannerman ( 4 Ibis/ 1910, p. 291). Finally, in 1912-13 
Mr. Bury explored the Yemen country of south-east Arabia, 
never previously visited by an ornithologist and even by v - 
very few Europeans. The collection of birds was worked 
out by Mr. W. L. Sclater (‘ Ibis/ 1917, pp. 129-186). 
Mr. Bury published an amusing account of his travels in 
Yemen under the title 4 Arabia Infelix ’ in 1915. He was also 
the author of 4 The Land of Uz/ 1911, and 4 Pan-Islam.’ 
He leaves a widow but no children. He was never a 
Member of the Union. 
William Dutcher. 
From the last number of the ‘ Auk ’ we learn that 
Mr. Wm. Dutcher, President of the National Association 
of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and 
Animals, died on the 1st of July at his home in Chevy 
Chase, near Washington, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. 
To Mr. Dutcher, more than any other individual, is due 
the present interest in wild bird conservation in America, 
the organization and development of the National Association 
of Audubon Societies, of which he was President from the 
time of its conception until his death, and the manifold 
. activities which have grown out of this organization. 
In his young days Mr. Dutcher was an active field-student, 
working in Long Island, and he published many important 
papers on the birds of that region, besides forming a 
valuable collection, which is now at New York in the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
Later on he was elected Chairman of the A. O. U. Committee 
on Bird-Protection, the work of which was eventually taken 
over by the National Association of the Audubon Societies. 
This great institution is the federal bond linking together 
