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a shore patrol, but I believe we will be able 

 to prevent hunting, by energetic work. 

 I feel it wouifl never f|o to let our goorJ 

 work of the summer be annulled by with- 

 drawing our i)atrr)l in the winter. It 

 will be very hard, disagreeable work in the 

 winter on account of the outdoor work in 

 stormy weather. 



"I have succeeded in making ten arrests 

 and securing nine convictions under state 

 laws; the tenth case is still pending and 

 I hope to secure a conviction in this. In 

 doing this, I believe I have not forfeited 

 the sympathy of the people in general 

 to the enforcement of the game laws, as I 

 have been fortunate in prosecuting de- 

 serving cases. I am preparing to do some 

 effective winter work, and have spent 

 considerable money in a winter equip- 

 ment." 



A New Lease. — The National Associa- 

 tion has just secured a lease from the 

 Governor and Council of the state of 

 .Maine, through Mr. Edgar E. Ring, Land 

 Agent and Forest Commissioner of "The 

 Brothers" and "Pulpit Rock" islands at 

 the mouth of Englishman's Bay. Both 

 of these islands are breeding- places for 

 large numbers of Herring Gulls. The state 

 of Maine generously gives the lease, with- 

 out any rent consideration, provided the 

 Association will use the islands only as a 

 bird refuge and will keep them properly 

 policed. 



259,000 Pairs of Wings Seized ! 



The value of Bird Reservations, and the 

 continued wholesale slaughter of birds for 

 millinery purposes, are both emphasized 

 by news just cabled from Honolulu that 

 Capt. W. E. Jaboks, of the revenue cutter, 

 'Thetis,' has arrested twenty-three Japan- 

 ese on the Hawaiian Island Reservation 

 where they had already collected 259,000 

 pairs of birds' wings. 



It should be noted that this is one of the 

 Reservations secured in part, through the 

 efforts of the National Association, having 

 been set aside by Ex-President Roosevelt 

 on February 3, 1909. 



Bird-Boxes 



The National Association lia.^ and still 

 recommends the use of the von Ber- 

 lepsch bird-boxes and feeding-houses. It 

 is necessary, however, to call the attention 

 of prospective buyers to the fact that 

 to the prices quoted in the von Berlepsch 

 book must be added about 125 pei cent 

 for duty, freight, custom-houire and inci- 

 dental expenses. 



In this connection, the National Asso- 

 ciation desires to call the attention of the 

 readers of Bjed-Lope and Audubon 

 members in all parts of the country, to 

 some excellent Amcrif an-made bird-boxes. 

 Through the enterprise of Mr. J. Warren 

 Jacobs, of Waynesburg, Pa., various types 

 of nesting-boxes, from simple designs, 

 suitable for the use of Bluebirds, Wrens 

 and other hole-nesting birds, to more elabo- 

 rate structures, suitable for Martins, can 

 now be readily obtained in this country. 

 We hope that Mr. Jacobs' business ven- 

 ture will receive sufficient support from 

 those interested in attracting birds about 

 their homes to warrant his continuing 

 his industry, and also to devise some 

 machinery that will enable him tc make 

 an artificial nesting-hole for Woodpeckers. 



The Trade in Plume Birds 



The address delivered by Mr. James 

 Buckland before the Royal Society of Arts 

 in London on December 8, 1909, contains 

 some startling figures in relation to the 

 plume trade. Quoting from the 'Consular 

 Reports on the Trade and Commerce of 

 Venezuela,' Mr. Buckland shows that 

 in 1898 at least 1,538,738 White Egrets 

 were killed for their plumes while in 1908 

 the number had fallen to 257,916. Mr. 

 Buckland remarks: "These particular fig- 

 ures cannot be considered too gravely. 

 They furnish complete evidence, not only 

 of the rapid diminution of the species in 

 Venezuela, but also complete evidence — 

 unless effective protection comes in time 

 to save the bird — that what has happened 

 in North America and in China is going 

 to happen in South America; and, for 



