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aigrettes. All of the people arrested pleaded guilty and paid their lines. This 

 resulted in the countermanding of large orders for fall aigrettes, and at j)resent 

 no plumage of Herons, Grebes, Terns and other native birds is sold b\- the milli- 

 ners in this state. 



In the state of Washington, the same law will be strictly enforced after January 

 I, igio. At a meeting of the leading milliners that was held in Seattle, they 

 agreed, if given until the first of January, not only to cease handling any plumage 

 of native birds, but also to stop using the plumage of the birds of Paradise; and 

 they further agi'ecd to assist, in any way possible, in preventing others from 

 violating this state law. 



At the session of the California legislature held last spring, an amended law 

 for the protection t)f wild birds was passed, and went into effect on June 17. This 

 law is strt)nger than those t)f Oregon or Washington, because it prohibits the sale 

 of all plumaged native birds, irrespective of whether the birds ha\e been cajjtured 

 within or without the state. 



With the enforcement of our bird laws in Washington, Oregon and California, 

 we can hereafter prohibit the sale of the ])lumage of Herons, Grebes, Pelicans, 

 Terns, Gulls, Ibis and other native jjirds, so many of which have been killed 

 up and down the Pacific coast. 



The action of the Washington Legislature last spring in setting aside Lake 

 Washington and prohibiting the killing of birds on that body of water or within 

 one mile of the shore, has made a s])icndid bird reserve in a portion of the country 

 that is being rapidl}- settled. 



The establishment of the two large reserves, Klamath and Malheur Lake 

 Reservations, in southern Oregon and northern California, has already proven 

 a great benefit in wild-bird protection on the coast. Up to the time of the estab- 

 lishment of these reserves, the non-game birds had no protection from plume 

 hunters. White Herons were slaughtered almost beyond recovery. Many of 

 the Grebe and Tern colonies were annihilated. Very little was done in the en- 

 forcement of game laws throughout this part of the country. During the present 

 year, however, things have changed, and birds have received careful protection 

 by the employment of a good warden in charge of each of these reservations. 

 To meet this expense, the Oregon Audubon Society raised a fund of S300, the 

 National Association has contributed liberally, and the Audubon Society of 

 California has also started a fund to help in this work. The state game officials 

 of Oregon and California have given assistance, and aided materially in securing 

 the better enforcement of laws. 



As the Klamath Lake Reservation lies partly in Oregon and partly in Cali- 

 fornia, and as this is such a rich field for the plume hunter in summer and the 

 market hunter in winter, it has been a very difficult matter to secure bird pro- 

 tection in this region because of the difference in state game laws. Now the 

 situation is entirely changed. The warden in charge, Mr. L. Alva Lewis, of Kla- 

 math Palls, has his appointment from the Department of Agriculture. He is 



