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worm stage now. You will find it in silken cocoons under the loose 

 scales of bark, around the trunks of fruit trees. It is a good time 

 of year to scrape the trunks of trees and burn the scrapings; in that 

 way you will be able to destroy the larvae of the codling moth. If 

 you will take the worm or larva of this moth and put it in a bottle 

 with a netting or cloth over the top and keep it there until spring, 

 you will get the little brown-colored winged codling moth that lays 

 its eggs in the apple orchards, just after the petal falls and causes 

 wormy apples. These are the different birds that destroy these 

 pests. 



I wish to report upon the publications issued from the office of the 

 Economic Zoologist. I have put out during the past year three bul- 

 letins devoted entirely to our birds — I am speaking now of what has 

 been done since our last meeting. These are the Quarterly Bulletins 

 of the Division of Zoologj'. There was a bulletin devoted to ani- 

 mals of Pennsylvania that were exhibited in the St. Louis Exposi- 

 tion^ to illustrate the economic features of the birds and mammals 

 of our State. 



In August we continued the series on ''The Economic Value of 

 Our Native Birds," and discussed those two very important birds, 

 the Black-billed and Yellow-billed cuckoo. These are the birds most 

 destructive to the hairy caterpillars. It makes no difference how 

 hairy and spiry these may be, none are rejected by them, although 

 no other birds will eat them freely. Their benefit to the horticul- 

 turist is very great. 



Not only in the Quarterly Bulletins, but each month, I have some- 

 thing in the Monthly Bulletins touching upon the habits or preser- 

 vation of insectivorous birds. In the last bulletin, which has juit 

 come out, we discussed quail and "The Care of Winter Birds." There 

 were fifty thousand bulletins mailed from our office last week. Let 

 any man imagine what a job it is for two persons to handle from 

 fifty to seventy-five thousand bulletins, yet the people are calling 

 for them. They want them and seem to appreciate them. If it 

 were a mere labor of love alone, it should not be done any longer; 

 but as long as the people of our State seem to be profiting by such 

 publications, they will continue to be issued while we are able to do 

 so. 



I wish to report upon the general progress of Ornithology. So- 

 cieties continue to be organized for the protection of our native 

 birds. The Audubon Societies of the various States in America 

 have at last come together and formed a National Audubon Society; 

 the purpose is the preservation of all song and insectivorous birds. 

 It is an erroneous opinion among many persons that the object of 

 the society is to keep women from wearing feathers on their hats; 

 that is not it. The object is to preserve all bird life that is not 

 known to be obnoxious. In our own State the Society has grown. 

 Several publications have been issued by those societies. I shall 

 speak of these in a moment, and show them to you. I have some 

 for distribution in the room. 



Legislation affecting our birds has been enacted in many states, 

 which have passed what is known as the Model Bird Law. Louisi- 

 ana has recently fallen in line, and passed what is believed to be the 

 very best law for the protection of bird life. Birds have been 



