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Bird -Lore 



Paris on March 19, 1902. (c) The model 

 law of the Audubon Societies adopted by 

 certain of the United States of America. 

 (The comparisons to be made in the order 

 as set out above.) 



In comparing enactments of Legis- 

 latures, the following points should be 

 dealt with in the order named, and may 

 be accompanied by suggestions and criti- 

 cisms: I. The close time appointed for 

 all wild birds, or its limitation to certain 

 species. 2. The protection ailorded (a) to 

 birds throughout the whole or part of the 

 year; (h) to what birds; (c) to nests and 

 eggs; (d) to special areas or sanctuaries. 



3. The prohibition of the sale or possession 

 of protected birds, eggs, or plumage. 



4. The schedules of "useful" or "inju- 

 rious" birds published by any government 

 or under protective laws, and the basis 

 upon which such lists are and should be 

 drawn up and published. 5. The local option 

 allowed for the adoption or modification of 

 the law of a country within its several 

 states, provinces, districts, or munici- 

 palities. 6. The working of the existing 

 laws for the preservation of wild birds, and 

 their enforcement by the police and courts, 

 nature of penalties, forfeiture of nets, 

 guns, etc. 7. The permission to take 

 specimens for public museums. 8. The 

 injury caused by the wholesale destruction 

 of migratory birds when on migration. 

 9. The comparative economic value at- 

 tached to particular species of birds in 

 different countries. 



Essays, which may be written in either 

 English, French, or German, should con- 

 sist of not less than 10,000 nor more than 

 25,000 words. They should be printed 

 or typed on one side only of foolscap paper 

 (22 X 32 meters), and be sent, postpaid, 

 not later than December 31, 1908 (with 

 the writer's name and address in a sealed 

 envelope) to the Honorable Secretary the 

 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 

 3 Hanover Square, London, England. 

 Unsuccessful essays will be returned after 

 the award has been made, but the Society 

 reserves the right of printing the whole 

 or part of any of the essays sent in. 



Judges will be appointed by the Council 



of the Royal Society for the Protection of 

 Birds, and their decision as to the merits 

 of the essays must be regarded as final. 

 The writers of essays adjudged first, 

 second and third, may be recommended by 

 the Judges for election as Honorary Life 

 Members of the Society. 



The Gold Medal will be presented at 

 the Annual General Meeting of the Society, 

 in March, 1909. 



By order of the Council, 



(Signed) Montagu Sh.^rpe, 



Chairman. 

 Frank E. Lemon, 



Hon. Secretary. 

 3 Hanover Square, London, W., 

 January 24, igoS 



Helpful Audubon Work 



A strong local Audubon Society has 

 been organized at Riverside, Cal., and 

 affiliated with the state Society. Francis 

 Cuttle is president, A. N. Wheelock, S. C. 

 Evans and Dr. Louise Clarke, vice-presi- 

 dents, Leonard Coop, secretary and L. C. 

 Waite, treasurer. The board of directors 

 include the county and city school super- 

 intendents, the mayor of the city, the 

 president of the board of education and 

 other leading men and women of the city. 

 Game- and song-bird protective conditions 

 in Riverside county have greatly improved, 

 and the strongly favorable public senti- 

 ment now made effective by organization, 

 promises to practically stop such violations 

 as have been too common in the past. 

 Among the first acts of the new Society 

 will be an effort for a city ordinance pro- 

 hibiting sling-shots and air-guns, and an 

 appeal to the county supervisors for an 

 ordinance prohibiting all shooting on the 

 public highways. A very efiicient and 

 active county game warden is now regu- 

 larly employed, and the County Game 

 Protective Association, of which W. A. 

 Correll is president, and which is working 

 along advanced protective lines, has closely 

 co-operated with the State Audubon Soci- 

 ety during the past year, in the interest 

 of both game- and non-game-bird pro- 

 tection. 



