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Bird - Lore 



Scattergood, Mrs. J. Henry 

 Schwartz, Mrs. Morton L. 

 Shaver, Mrs. B. F. 

 Snoith, C. B. 



Smith, Miss Henrietta A. 

 Sprague, Major A. A. 

 Stetson, Miss Charlotte 

 Stewart, Robert L. 

 Storm, Raymond W. 

 Thresher, Henry G. 

 Tomhnson, Mrs. Antoinette F. 

 Townsend, J. W. 

 Truesdale, Mrs. H. C. 

 Turner, Richard G. 

 Tuttle, Mrs. Harry A. 

 Upham, Miss Edith S. 

 Walker, E. Robbins 

 Warner, A. L. D. 

 Washburn, Mrs. Edward A. 

 Welch, Mrs. E. L. 

 Whitehouse, J. Henry 

 Williams, Mrs. Norman 

 Wilson, Mrs. C. M. 

 Woolverton, William H. 

 Wotkyns, Dana B. 

 Zapp, Louis 



Law for Migratory Birds Safe 



A news dispatch, recently sent out from 

 Washington, D. C, stating that the Gov- 

 ernment had dropped the case of appeal 

 before the Supreme Court in reference to 

 the constitutionality of the Migratory 

 Bird Law, has led many people to under- 

 stand that migratory birds are no longer 

 protected by Federal statute. Such is not 

 the case, however. What really happened 

 was this: 



The old Shauver case which had been 

 pending for several years before the 

 Supreme Court was finally disposed of 

 merely for the purpose of clearing this 

 dead issue off the docket. The treaty be- 

 tween the United States and Great Britain 

 affecting migratory birds in the United 

 States and Canada is much more compre- 

 hensive than the old Migratory Bird Law, 

 and as the Enabling Act, making the 

 treaty operative, was enacted by Congress 

 July 3, 1918, those engaged in bird-pro- 

 tection took no further interest in the for- 

 tunes of the old Migratory Bird Law. The 

 action of the Supreme Court, therefore, 

 does not adversely affect in the slightest 

 the Federal guardianship of migratory 

 birds. 



Bird-House Contest 



The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph has 

 opened its third annual bird-house contest. 

 This closes on February 22, 1919. There 

 are three first, second, third, and fourth 

 prizes, allotted to different districts. The 

 first prize in each case is a bicycle, the 

 second, a chest of tools, third, a suit of 

 clothes, fourth, a jig-saw; fifty additional 

 prizes, consisting of gold Waldemar com- 

 binations, twenty-five to the winners 

 within the city limits and twenty-five to 

 those living outside the city. Any boy 

 under sixteen years of age is eligible to 

 enter the contest. Another special prize 

 is a gold watch given 'for the most unique 

 and serviceable bird-feeding station made 

 according to dimensions as specified on the 

 Telegraph dimension card. All requests 

 for privileges to enter the contest should 

 be addressed to T. Walter Weiseman, Bird- 

 House Editor, Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- 

 graph, Gazette Square, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Notes from Washington, D. C. 



The bill intended to prohibit the sale of 

 game in the District of Columbia is held 

 up and probably will not pass at this ses- 

 sion of Congress. The measure went 

 through the House of Representatives all 

 right, but struck a snag in the Senate, for 

 here it was referred to the Committee on 

 the District of Columbia, the chairman of 

 which, Senator Smith of Maryland, appears 

 to be dead opposed to the enactment of 

 such a measure for bird-preservation. 

 Game- protectors and bird-lovers of Mary- 

 land have been bombarding him with 

 letters to no avail. The efforts of the 

 National Association to make Senator 

 Smith see the light have alike proved un- 

 successful. It takes a long time to get a 

 Federal law when it comes to conservation. 



Owing to the absence of Henry Oldys in 

 France the publication of Current Items of 

 Interest, by the District of Columbia 

 Audubon Society, will for the present be 

 discontinued. The Society is planning to 

 continue its bird-walks this spring, as in 

 years past. 



