3o6 Bird - Lore 



of the New England Audubon Societies was held, which was not very well at- 

 tended, and a successful course of four lectures was given, with Rev. Herbert 

 K. Job, Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes, Mr. Henry Oldys and Mr. William Lyman 

 Underwood as lecturers. — Jessie E. Kimball, Secretary. 



Michigan. — The Michigan Audubon Society has made a special fight for 

 the preservation of game-birds by protecting the nesting-grounds. The State 

 Game Warden has done better work than his predecessor against whom our 

 Society waged a war. Some of the local deputies have been efficient but gen- 

 erally speaking there has been little improvement in deputies. The Audubonists 

 have joined with the Michigan Association in asking for improvements in game 

 conditions. Mr. Charles Pierce, the game warden, has attended the meetings 

 of the Association and agreed to aid in bringing about the abolishment of spring 

 shooting. This we hope to accomplish in the legislature during the coming winter. 

 The Women's Clubs of the state have started a crusade against bird millinery. 

 They have also helped in bringing Audubon work before the schools. The Audu- 

 bon Society became a member of the Michigan State Humane Association and 

 has spread the work in this way, that is, by cooperating with the various humane 

 societies. 



Our Society has given a number of prizes to schools and clubs. Five local 

 Audubon Societies have been organized during the year and some of them have 

 been quite active. Last winter one man made $i,8oo killing English Sparrows 

 in Detroit. In the country districts many Goldfinches, Chickadees and Tree 

 Sparrows were destroyed and a bounty was collected on them as English Spar- 

 rows. For this reason we are asking that the bounty law on English Sparrows 

 be repealed. Detroit suffered greatly by the destruction of trees from insects 

 during the spring and summer. This the citizens agree was caused through 

 the killing of the Sparrows. The Audubon Society will insist on experts destroy- 

 ing the Sparrows if it is considered necessary to have them removed. We find 

 that the bounty on Sparrows encourages bad habits in boys. 



Mr. Henry Oldys spoke on government work in preserving the birds, before 

 an audience of 800 in Detroit. The secretary has given fifteen lectures, with 

 stereopticon views in various parts of the state. Prof. W. B. Barrows has been 

 helping by correcting the erroneous summary of the state laws published by the 

 Secretary of State. The forces for the protection of animal and birds were never 

 before united in Michigan as they are now and generally improved conditions 

 are looked for. — Jefferson Butler, Secretary. 



Mississippi. — For three years after the passage of the A. O. U. Model Law 

 in 1904, Mississippi did nothing to follow up her advantage. But the appoint- 

 ment of Special Agent H. H. Kopman marked the beginning of a new era. 



During the summer of 1907, Mr. Kopman gave talks in many parts of the 

 s.ate, in connection with the Farmers' Institutes. He carefully prepared, during 



