EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues &nd contributions to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City 



President Dutcber 



President William Dutcher continues 

 ver>' ill at his home in Plainfield, New 

 Jersey, but little change having been noted 

 in his condition of late. The paralysis of 

 his right side apparently shows no sign of 

 abating and his speech has not as yet 

 been restored. One who knew well the 

 active, vigorous, kindly man of a year ago 

 could hardly realize today the change 

 which has come upon him. We hope, 

 however, in fact we believe, that he is able 

 to understand much of the progress being 

 made in the Audubon work, the subject in 

 which his interest was so much involved 

 and to the larger establishment of which 

 he gave many of the best years of his life. 

 — T. Gilbert Pearson. 



The Bayne Bill 



Perhaps the most important game law 

 enacted by the General Assembly of 

 New York state in 1911 was the so called 

 Baj-ne Bill. In brief, it prohibits the 

 sale of wild game natix'e to the state, 

 whether coming from within or without 

 the state. In fact, it prohibits the sale of 

 all game, except that imported from for- 

 eign countries, and this must be properl}- 

 tagged or labeled, and the tags retained 

 on each individual game bird or animal 

 until the same is consumed. The one 

 exception to the above is the provision 

 whereby properly accredited persons may 

 secure permission from the Forest, Fish 

 and Game Department to breed certain 

 game birds and animals in captivit}-. 

 When the owners of such game desire to 

 kill the same, they must have present 

 either a magistrate or a game protector, 

 and the killing must be done in some other 

 way than by the use of a gun. Pheasants, 



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Mallards, and Black Ducks reared in cap- 

 tivity, when properly tagged or labeled, 

 may be sold between October i and 

 March i, of the following year, both in- 

 clusive, and American elk, Virginia deer, 

 European red deer, fallow deer and roe- 

 buck reared in captivity may be sold for 

 food during the open season and up to 

 and including March i. 



This new law is an exceedingly impor- 

 tant step forward in the struggle which is 

 being made to preserve our native wild 

 life. The person interested in game pro- , 

 tection cannot help but reflect with pleas- 

 ure on the fact that the immense ship- 

 ments of Quail and Wild Ducks which 

 have hitherto been made from the south- 

 ern states to New York City must now 

 be discontinued. As long as there was an 

 open door for the sale of game in this 

 great city, there was abundant inducement 

 for unscrupulous persons to violate the 

 laws of other states by smuggling their 

 products illegally to this market. This 

 new measure, therefore, will surely have 

 a most important bearing on the preser- 

 vation of our wild life. 



Man}' of the friends and members of 

 the Audubon Society gave their earnest 

 support to the measure, and they will 

 learn with pleasure that the Bayne Bill is 

 now a law. — T. G. P. 



Saving the White Herons 



The generous response to our recent call 

 for help to save the aigrette-bearing White 

 Herons of the United States has already 

 enabled the Association to accomplish 

 some exceedingly encouraging results. 

 .Although the funds thus far received are 

 entirely inadequate to cover the field 

 properly, enough has been accomplished 

 to show that the plan of locating the re- 



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