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left to the last two or three years to see the exact status of law and conditions so collected that any one interested in such matters may keep them at his elbow,

Audubon workers should realize their re- sponsibility. the importance of accuracy and keep themselves well informed.#as there is nothing so disastrous as the eﬁect of lame statements and ot'erdrawn clainls upon the skeptical.—and botll welcome and circulate this literature.

Without excluding nutclt else tllat is valuable. I wish to call attention to three recent publications, v ‘ The Educa- tional Leaﬂet Series’ of tlle National Com- mittee of Audubon Societies: 'Audulron Societies in Relation to the Farmer.’ by Henry Uldys lreprint from tlle Year-Book of the Department of Agriculture. lqozl. and 'Birds ill their Relations to Man.‘ the manual of economic Ornithology prepared lly Messrs. Clarence M. Weed and Ned Dearhorn, D. Sc. and issued in an illustrated volume at some 375 pages by the J. n. Lippincutt Company. at Philadelphia. The

educational leaﬂet. treat each of one hird. the tour already is led being on tlle liltIClI misunderstood Nighthawk, the Dove. the Meadow-kirk antl the Robin. These give, in addition to accurate dtscrip- tions atld many interesting facts also, a tahle of -tlle food or yearly menu of the bird. These may be purchased from the chairman of the National Committee ill hulk. antl used in answer to the cry of ‘lnol'e litera»

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ture,‘ that continually comes to Auduhou workers.

Mr. Oldys' pamphlet is a talnahle pre- sentation of tlle Audubon “Urk that the societies should procure and strive to circu- late at grange meetings and at the autumnal county fairs. while “Birds in their Relations to Man' is a book not so much of new material but of assimilated facts. of equal value to the economic ornithologist. the general reader and tlle nature-lover who is learning to discriminate between values.

This August season is the ebb-title of the bird proteL on year. as far as the meetings and actit'c Audubon work ist‘onccrtled. The schools are deserted and the itnpttdent ling- lisll Sparrow raises hi~ last brood. hcltintl

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the blinds. undisturbed; people are away from home. and. therefore. less keenly alive to their responsihi es. Now is the time to " read. mark and inwardly digest" and plan the work for the coming year; there- fore, let all who can buy. borrow or—yes. even steali‘ Birds in their Relations to Man.’ and not only read the book but endeavor to M. 0. W.

reali7e it.

That the Omaha Society is coming to the front. both in interesting school children and prosecuting lawbreakets. is proven by the following cuttings from a local paper:

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The pupils of tlle Omaha public schools are being enrolled as members of the Omaha Audubon society. Fifteen thousand children will have signed a pledge not to harm birds and will wear a badge of the sot-iery by the tst at May. Dr. s. R. Towne and Arthur s. Pearse are visiting the schools at the request of the princpials. making short talks on the mission of the society. Miss Joy Higgins. 5+4 South 'l‘hirtieth street. send membership cards to any one wishing to assist theorgani— zation. The distribution of literature and assistance the society can give to the schools 7the significance and importance of which will be appreciated by all bird-protectiom ists—depend upon the voluntary contribu» tions from persons interested.

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Special nisnatth in tho World-Herald

TuEDFottD. NEE“ April 23.—Fur a few minutes today constructively the city jail was the home of Rev. Robert E, Lee Craig. rector of the Trinity Cathedral of Omaha, The rector had been in the place hut a few minutes. however, before he was released on hands. after having been bound over to the district court on the charge of shooting Meadow-larks.

The beginning of the rector's tribulations commenced several days ago. when he was seen here. armed with a shotgun and a plenitude of ammunition. The neighbor- hood llad been praised to him as the Eden of sportsmen. He readily found a guide for the hunting tit-Ids and started out with his game-bag yawning for the fruits of the