454 Bird - Lore 



A number of country homes have been established here, and the residents 

 are very favorable to bird-protection. — Mrs. W. F. Parrott, Secretary. 



Kentucky. — Results of our efforts toward bird-protection since my last 

 report have been extremely gratifying. 



In Kentucky we now have a model law which has been in effect over a 

 year. The law is enforced to the letter, particularly that clause which says 

 one may not shoot upon a farm without the written consent of the owner. 

 Result — no more negroes, foreigners, or city youths infesting our country 

 fields and woodlands, shooting indiscriminately every creature which might 

 come within range. 



At present the efforts of our Society are directed toward forming Junior 

 societies among the schools, giving publicity to our state laws and the McLean 

 Law, inducing owners to put up bird-boxes and to feed and protect the birds, 

 to the furnishing of news items concerning bird-protection to the newspapers 

 of Kentucky, and to the preparation of a Hst (now nearly complete) of the 

 birds of Kentucky.— V. K. Dodge, Secretary. 



Maine. — The year has been one demanding much activity, both for state 

 and national purposes. 



The Legislature was in session from early January until April, requiring 

 constant watchfulness. Two hearings were attended, with good results. 



During this year, the two great national measures which have been before 

 Congress — one for the federal protection of migratory game-birds, the other 

 to prohibit the importation of the feathers of wild birds— have called for a 

 large amount of local effort. 



Warning notices have been supplied to Audubon wardens and citizens, 

 as heretofore, and the usual lectures have been kept up by local secretaries. — 

 Arthur H. Norton, Secretary. 



Maryland. — The work of the Maryland Audubon Socety for the past 

 year has consisted chiefly of the efforts of its members to bring pressure upon 

 their representatives in Congress to secure the revision of the Tariff Law 

 affecting the importation of birds. 



In these efforts they have had the active sympathy of the daily press 

 and many of the most prominent of the women's clubs.— M. D. ?)TKR^, Secretary. 



Massachusetts.— During the past year, the Massachusetts Audubon 

 Society has made successful gains, both in its activities and in its numbers. 

 The usual work of sending out educational leaflets and literature, helpful 

 to individuals in the cause of bird-protection, has been carried on with renewed 

 vigor. The traveling lectures have been in continual demand throughout 

 the state ^during the year. 



