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Bird- Lore 



catching and cruelties to birds — places 

 artificial nests and feeds the wild fowls in 

 the winter — publishes printed works to in- 

 terest youth in the protection of birds — 

 instructs the public respecting the economic 

 importance of birds to society. 



The "Svalen," which works not only for 

 birds but also for other animals, is an in- 

 dependent society. It is, upon the whole, 

 useful to humanity, because it furthers the 

 task of ennobling man under its work for 

 animals. 



The society has 5S00 members, and 

 works in about 100 districts throughout 

 Denmark. 



Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra of Eng- 

 land, is an honorary member. 



His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince 

 of Denmark, is the Patron of the society. 



Notice 



The Sixteenth International Animal 

 Protection Congress will be held in Copen- 

 hagen, August 1-5, 191 1. By resolution, 

 the Directorate of the Society 'Svalen' has 

 •charge of the arrangements for the Con- 

 gress. 



'Svalen,' which may be addressed at 

 Copenhagen, heartily invites every So- 

 ciety interested in the protection of ani- 

 mals and other humanitarian work to be 

 present at the Congress. 



Methods of Attracting Birds 



Several years ago, the writer undertook 

 for the National Audubon Society the 

 preparation of a pamphlet on methods of 

 attracting birds. It was the original in- 

 tention to have the Society print and dis- 

 tribute the pamphlet, but later it did not 

 seem wise to incur the expense involved 

 in printing the publication. Accordingly 

 the manuscript was put into the hands of 

 a publisher (Houghton, Mifflin Co.). 



The author takes this opportunity to 

 thank those who have assisted in furnish- 

 ing material and suggestions from their 

 experiences. Special effort has been made 

 to give proper credit in each case. 



In response to the man}- inquiries re- 

 garding the date of completion of the book, 

 the writer takes this opportunity to ex- 

 plain that it is now ready for distribution. 

 — Gilbert H. Trafton. 



The National Conservation Congress 



The Second National Conservation 

 Congress, held at St. Paul, Minnesota, 

 September 5-8, 1910, gave due considera- 

 tion to the question of wild-bird and 

 animal protection. Two evening sessions 

 were devoted to considering certain 

 aspects of the subject. Mr. Radcliff Dug- 

 more, in his illustrated lecture on photo- 

 graphing big game in Africa, brought out 

 strongly the importance of conserving 

 wild-life, and the matter was even more 

 fully presented the n_^xt night by Mr. 

 Frank M. Chapman during his illus- 

 trated address on "Conservation of Bird 

 Life." 



The writer, as a member of the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions, introduced the fol- 

 lowing, which was adopted as a plank in 

 the platform of the Congress. 



"We reccomend that the Federal Gov- 

 ernment conserve migrator}- birds and 

 wild game animals." 



This, it will be noticed, is a practical 

 endorsement of the principles contained 

 in the Weeks' Bill, now pending in Con- 

 gress, and which has for its object the 

 placing in the hands of Federal authori- 

 ties the responsibility of making regula- 

 tions governing the killing and disposition 

 of those migratory game and non-game 

 birds now suffering terrible destruction 

 because of the inadequacy of the present 

 conflicting state laws. 



The endorsement also is given to the 

 growing policy of the government to pro- 

 tect the game animals still to be found in 

 the National Parks and National Forest 

 Reserves. 



In addition to Mr. Cha[)man and the 

 writer, the National .Association was 

 officially represented by Mr, W. W. 

 Grant, of New York, and Prof. D. Lange, 

 of ^Minneapolis. — T. G. P. 



