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 Nov., 1914 EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 263 Life Calls, containing full information on the non-sale of game; 95,000 cards, urging a vote "yes" and containing skeleton argu- ment; 49,000 circular "letters to voters"; 8,200 multigraphed, personally signed let- ters. In addition hundreds of letters were mailed as a part of regular correspondence. Three separate batches of pertinent para- graphs were sent to the 825 newspapers of the state. Many special articles were pre- pared, and published by various magazines and newspapers in the state. Street car ad- vertising was resorted to in several of the large cities. More than one hundred lec- tures were given under the auspices of the campaign, latterly accompanied by moving pictures. All in all, it is believed that fully one million of the citizens of California were acquainted with the reasons for the no-sale law and urged to vote favorably upon it. PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED GAME PROTECTION AND PROPAGATION AMERICA. A HANDROOK OF PRACTICAL INFOR- MATION FOE OFFICIALS AND OTHERS INTER- ESTED IN THE CAUSE OF CONSERVATION OF WrLDLIFE. By HENRY CHASE (J. B. Lippin- cott Company, Philadelphia and London, September, 1913, v, pp. 1-238). If courses in game protection and conser- vation should be given in our universities and colleges, and there is no question but that they should be a part of the curriculum, it would be difficult to find a suitable text- book. The best thing we have yet seen which would be available for such use is a recent book by Henry Chase entitled: "Game Protection and Propagation in Amer- ica." Mr. Chase, with his long experience as a game warden, is well qualified to write "a handbook of practical information for officials and others interested in the cause of conservation of wild-life." One of the strongest clapters in the book is the first one, entitled "Educating th Public--A foreword." In this chapter Mr. Chase points out that the most pressing need of the hour to forward the great move- ment of conservation of wild-life is ecZuca- tion. He states further: "The Federal au- thorities are always happy, and it is their duty, to co-operate with those of the states in their work for better game protection. So it is manifest what should be done. Con- nected with the game department in each State there should be a bureau of education and publicity, presided over by an expert. With these bureaus co-operating with each other and with the national one, a campaign of education along correct lines can be con- ducted which will accomplish more and bet- ter results in a few years than has been done altogether in the past. This plan would be no experiment with which to waste state funds either. It has now had the benefit of years of trial; it has been systematized; it has a well-defined and definite course to pursue, and has not been found wanting in efficacy. Unquestionably, nothing can be of more value to the cause of game protection at this time than a sys- tematic campaign of education conducted officially by the game department in every state in the Union, and an extension in the work on that line now being performed by the federal bureau. It is earnestly to be hoped that such a campaign may be started forward." Certainly Mr. Chase has gotten at the root of the nmtter, for when the value of birds and the need of their protection and preservation is really appreciated, protect- ive laws will be comparatively unimportant. The following chapter headings give a good idea of the scope of the book: Why Protect the Game?; Relations of Birds and Mammals to the Natural Resources; Pres- ent Meaning of the Term "Game Protec- tion"; Brief Survey of Game Legislation in America; "Sane, Simple and Scientific Game Laws"; Federal Protection of Migra- tory Birds; Protection of Birds by Interna- tion.al Treaties; State Laws and Their En- forcement; Field Work of Game Officers; The Right of Private Property in Game; Re-stocking Game Covers; Propagation of Game Fish; Feeding Game During Severe Winters; and, Hunting Accidents. An ap- pendix furnishes a typical constitution and by-laws for game clubs. To anyone seeking knowledge of game protection and ropagation in America no better source can be found than this ex- cellent treatise by the well known author of "Powers, Duties and Work of Game War- dens," "Modern Doctrine of Game Protec- tion," and "Private Preserves in America." --H. C. BRYANT. THE RED-WINGED BLACKRIRI): A STUDY IN THE ECOLOGY OF A CAT-TAIL MaSH. By .RTHUR A. ALLEN. Zoological Laboratory, Cornell University. Reprinted from the Ab- stract of the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. Nos. 24-25, 1911-1913, pp. 43-128, pls. 1-22. Issued April 15, 1914. The paper here reviewed is one of that very desirable but as yet relatively rare type of contribution setting forth the biolo- gy of a single species. It is also a very good example of that type and introduces several novel features which students working along similar lines might adopt to advant- age. The observations upon which the present paper are based were made at Renwick