" Vou cannot with a scalpel Jind the poet's soul. 

 Nor yet the wild bird's song." 



Edited by Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright (President of the Audubon Society of the State of 

 Connecticut), Fairfield, Conn., to whom all communications relating to the work of the Audubon 

 and other Bird-Protective Societies should be addressed. Reports, etc., designed for this depart- 

 ment should be sent at least one month prior to the date of publication. 



Notes 



The ever-important question of how to 

 retain the interest of those already banded 

 together by membership in the Audubon 

 Societies is still before us, and seemingly 

 as far from being settled as ever. As 

 yet there has been no general meeting 

 of workers in this branch of bird -pro- 

 tection, no interchange of personally 

 related experience. I am glad to be able 

 to state definitely that the long-talked-of 

 conference is to be held this fall, and I 

 urge as large a response as possible to 

 the hospitable invitation of the Audubon 

 Society of the state of Massachusetts. 



It is quite fitting that this Society 

 should be the first to act as host, as it 

 has been the pioneer of all that is best 

 in the work — at once progressive and con- 

 servative. 



with a living at stake to be more moral 

 than the woman who has sufficient means 

 to buy her headgear ready made? 



One milliner writes : "I am in sympathy 

 with the Audubon movement, and I think 

 it is a great pity that the dear little birds 

 should be sacrificed for millinery trimming, 

 but as long as my patrons demand them I 

 feel it right to use them. Stop the demand, 

 and the milliners and dealers will soon 

 forget about them. * * * It is my plan 

 to have a great many hats and bonnets 

 without the plumage of wild birds, and if I 

 could get sufficient support from members 

 of the society, I would do away with 

 them altogether. " 



This, from a well-known Boston milli- 

 ner, drives the nail home, and is a clear ex- 

 pression of the sentiments of the majority 

 of the intelligent trade. 



Some time ago Professor M. A. Willco.x 

 made the suggestion that a 'White-List' 

 of milliners be obtained, if possible, in 

 every city and large town ; this list to 

 be composed of the names of those who 

 would be willing to keep on hand some 

 tasteful hats and bonnets from which all 

 but Ostrich plumes should be absent or, 

 in short, to make it easy for customers 

 to obtain 'Audubonnets' if they so desire 



This is a praiseworthy experiment, and 

 I should like every secretary to endeavor 

 to send a list of names by November i. 

 Personally, I think it is handling the 

 matter by the wrong end. Women should 

 refrain from demanding feathers rather 

 than throw the responsibility upon the 

 milliner, who must keep well in the front 

 with novelties in the push of trade-rivalry 

 or go to the wall. 



Why should we expect the milliner 



I wish to call particular attention to 

 Bird-chart No. II, issued by the Massa- 

 chusetts Society. It is fully the equal of 

 No. I, and the two, picturing as they do 

 fifty-two of our common birds, with accom- 

 panying descriptive text by Ralph Hoff- 

 mann, are a practical answer to the daily 

 question, "How can I instruct my children 

 about the birds ? We do not live near a 

 museum." 



The Rhode Island Society has issued a 

 very striking poster printed on heavy card, 

 bearing a picture of a Tern, and urging 

 women to refrain from wearing the plum- 

 age of both Gulls and Terns. Copies may 

 be purchased from the secretary. 



The schools are again in session, and 

 the season for teaching via the book opens 

 as the season of observation for the many 

 draws to a close. This is the time that 



