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W. Weeks, and again one in 1909 by the same author, 

 but none of these received favorable consideration. 

 Again, in 1911, Hon. John W. Weeks introduced a 

 bill in the House, and later Senator McLean, of 

 Connecticut, introduced an identical bill in the 

 Senate. By this time enough sentiment had been 

 aroused in the country regarding the protection of 

 birds, so that the bill was given serious consideration. 

 The friends of birds cooperated and waged a long 

 and successful campaign in favor of this bill. Gover- 

 nors and legislatures were asked to send resolutions 

 to Congress endorsing it. Sportsmen's organizations, 

 zoological societies, and scientific bodies passed 

 resolutions and sent them to their Representatives 

 in Congress. The Audubon Societies sent thousands 

 of letters and telegrams to Senators and Represen- 

 tatives. Some of the organizations whose officers 

 and members aided in the campaign are : The Ameri- 

 can Game Protective and Propagation Association, 

 the Camp-fire Club of America, the New York 

 Zoological Society, the Boone and Crockett Club, 

 the National Federation of W^omen's Clubs, the 

 Long Island Sportsmen's Association, the State 

 Audubon societies, and numerous sportsmen's 

 clubs scattered throughout the country. The game 

 commissioners of nearly every State and thousands 

 of individual workers strove for the passage of the 

 Weeks-McLean bill. 



The efforts of these friends of the birds were 



