Behlf 1934 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Jan. 1 Jean Sanford. He is working on Agelaeus, natural history and possibly some systematics. Dr Woodbury tells me there are rumors going around to the effect that the sportsmen of the state are about to start a war against the White Pelican and raid the colonies in the lake next year. Woodbury intends writing to the Biological Survey and advocating that the rookeries be made part of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Some concerted action should be taken to secure protection for these birds. It seems to me that the sports- men are so strong in Utah that a bill could never be introduced for state protection. It is a matter for the federal government. Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. Jan. 4. Few birds were seen from the train on the way from Salt Lake. Two corvus corax sinuatus were seen flying near the west shore of Promontory Point and an occasional one was sighted