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Bird - Lore 



died and nine, entitled "An act in lel.uicn 

 to the protection of the forests, t\sh ai\d 

 game of the state, const itviling chapter 

 nineteen of the const^lidatcil hiws," is 

 liereby anuMuiecl to read as follows: 



gS. Certain Wild Birds Pkotkctkii. 

 — Wild birds other than the English Spar- 

 row, Crow, Hawk, Crow - lUackhird, 

 Snow-owl, Circat Horned C>wl and King- 

 fisher shall not be taken or possessed at 

 any time, dead or alive, except under the 

 authority of a certificate issued under this 

 chapter. No part of the plumage, skin 

 or body of any bird protected by this sec- 

 tion, or of any birds coming from -u-^Hhoiit 

 the stote whether belonging to the same or o 

 different species from that native to the State 

 of yew York, f>rovided snch birds belong 

 to the same family as those protected by this 

 chapter, shall be sold or had in possession 

 for sale. The provision of this section shall 

 not apply to game birds for which an open 

 season is provided in this chapter; except- 

 ing that Quail, English Pheasants and 

 Hungarian Partridges shall not be taken 

 at any tiiue in Richmond county prior to 

 the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. 



Sec. 2. Section two hundred and forty 

 of said act is hereby amended by adding 

 a new sub-division to said section, to be 

 known as sub-division eighteen thereof 

 and to read as follows: 



iS. Plumage includes any part of the 

 feathers, head, wings or tail of any bird, 

 and wherever the word occurs in this chap- 

 ter reference is had equally to plumage of 

 birds coming from without the state as to 

 that obtained within the state, but it shall 

 not be construed to apply to the feathers 

 of birds of paradise, ostriches, domestic 

 fowl or domestic pigeons. 



All members of the Audubon Societies 

 of the country, and all readers of BiKi^- 

 LoRE. can do the cause of bird protection 

 a great deal of good by urging their Con- 

 gressmen to consider favorably House Bill 

 10270. A personal letter to your Congress- 

 man will accomplish a great deal. Vou 

 should not only w rite such a letter yourself, 

 but get your friends and neighbors to do 

 the same. Similar letters should be w ritien 

 bv residents of Xew York state to their 



.\sscmblymen and State Senator regardinjj 

 the amemlments proposed by the New- 

 York .\u(.hd)on Society. 



If persons who desire to write such 

 letters, ami di> not know the names of their 

 representative in Congress, will send a 

 postal to the National Association Office 

 at 141 Broadway, New York City, the 

 desired information will be furnished, and 

 the same information will be given to resi- 

 dents of New York slate. 



Both of these proposed law s arc so neces- 

 sary that it is hoped by the olVicials of the 

 National Association that a very deep 

 interest will be taken in them by every one 

 who is interested in tlic subject of bird pro- 

 tection, and that every one will take some 

 part in urging both the national and state 

 legislators to give the matter their favor- 

 able and early consideration. 



Reservation Notes 



Pelican Island, Elokida. — Warden 

 Kroegel reported, on October 15, that there 

 were about live thousand birds on the 

 island, that courtship and the selecting 

 of nesting-sites was already under way, and 

 that when the old birds returned they drove 

 otY of the island what young there were left 

 from the previous breeding season, and that 

 these latter had taken possession of a small 

 adjoining island. On November i, the 

 warden reports that there were "'about 

 one thousand nests on the island, mostly 

 containing eggs." 



Klam.uh Lake Reservaxion. — War- 

 tlen Lewis reports as follows: "The sea- 

 son's work is now drawing to a close, and 

 winter is coming, when portions of the 

 Reserve will at times, usually of short 

 duration, be frozen over. However, there 

 are many creeks and springs in the Reserve 

 which never freeze, which atTord splendid 

 opportunities to the pot hunter to do his 

 work. Sheepie Creek, Willow and Grebe 

 Creeks never freeze. These creeks, with 

 dozens of springs, have heretofore af- 

 forded splendid opportunities to the market 

 hunter. It is going to be difficult to patrol 

 the Reserve in the winter, as it will require 



