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ern Brazil this spring for the purpose of 

 securing needed information concerning 

 the conditions relating to our migratory 

 birds which winter in that region. It is a 

 question just what effect the development 

 of these countries, particularly agricul- 

 tural, may have on the future of a num- 



ber of our important birds, including the 

 Golden Plover. 



"Dr. Wetmore is, as you know, an ex- 

 perienced and thoroughly trained orni- 

 thologist, who will unquestionably bring 

 back most interesting and valuable infor- 

 mation on the subject." 



AUDUBON FEATHER EXHIBITS 



The large consignment of confiscated 

 plumage of wild birds recently delivered 

 to this Association by the United States 

 Treasury Department has created much 

 interest among those who desire to see 

 bird-protective laws enforced. This plum- 

 age, while being smuggled into the United 

 States in violation of the Feather Proviso 

 in the Tariff Act, was seized by the United 

 States Custom Officials. 



As the material was given to the Asso- 

 ciation by the Government for educational 

 and exhibition purposes, we have already 

 placed a number of exhibits in various 

 museums and institutions throughout the 

 country. These exhibits consist of Birds- 

 of-Paradise and plumes of the Bird-of- 

 Paradise, made up into various creations 

 for hat adornment; plumes of the Goura, 

 and aigrettes of the White Heron also 

 were included in the collection. The re- 

 sponsible head of each institution that has 

 received these feathers has agreed to be 

 responsible for seeing that they will not be 

 used for personal purposes; that reasonable 

 care is taken to protect them from the 

 attacks of insects; and that they will be 

 displayed with a card calling attention to 

 the law in the matter, and stating from 

 what source they were received. 



The Association, therefore, is able to 

 report thai it lias in the past two months 

 placed these collections on exhibition at 

 the following museums: 



Southwesl Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. 

 Museum of Louisiana State University, 



Baton Rouge. 

 State Museum, Atlanta, Ga. 

 State Museum, Augusta, Maine. 

 Museum of Mainline University, St. Paul, 



Minn. 

 Museum of Coe College, Cedar Rapids, 



Iowa. 



Public School Museum, Battle Creek, 

 Mich. 



Washington University School of Medi- 

 cine, St. Louis, Mo. 



Arizona Museum, Tucson, Ariz. 



University of Rochester, Rochester, X. V. 



Museum of History, Science and Art, Los 

 Angeles, Calif. 



Museum of University of Chicago, Chi- 

 cago, III. 



Museum, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 

 \. Y. 



Kent Scientific Museum, Grand Rapids, 

 Mich. 



Museum of Zoology, University of Mich- 

 igan, Ann Arbor. 



Museum, Maryland Academy of Sciences, 

 Baltimore. 



The Joseph Moore Museum, Richmond, 

 Ind. 



Indiana State Department of Conserva- 

 tion, Indianapolis. 



Zoological Museum, Wellesley College, 

 Wellesley, Mass. 



Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. 



Museum, State Normal School, Emporia, 

 Kans. 



Museum, State Normal School, Winona, 

 Minn. 



Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. 



Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, 

 Ky. 



Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn. 



Barnum Museum, Tufts College, Mass. 



State Museum, Trenton, X. J. 



Museum, University of Nebraska. Lincoln. 



Alabama Museum of Natural History, 

 University, Ala. 



State Museum, Gainesville, Fla. 



Museum of Natural History, Springfield, 

 Mass. 



Lake Forest College, Lake Forest. 111. 



Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, 

 La. 



Museum, University of Minnesota, Min- 

 neapolis. 



Worcester Natural History Society, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. 



Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. 



Museum, Guilford College, N. C. 



M useum, University of Colorado, Boulder. 



Museum of Natural History, Urbana, 111. 



