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me I will see that the}' are used in the 

 schools." 



With a Check for $302. — A friend who 

 sends us a check for $300 writes: ''I am 

 only too glad to help protect the birds. I 

 wish every one could realize, as I do, the 

 damage, the terror, of the insect plagues we 

 are facing in Massachusetts. It would not 

 surprise me if in ten years all my spare pen- 

 nies may have to go to protect my wood- 

 lands." 



In this connection it may be stated that 

 the gypsy moth has spread as far as Maine 

 and also into Connecticut. How long will it 

 be before this terribly destructive insect will 

 have spread over a large part of the country 

 east of the Mississippi. It bids fair to do as 

 great damage as the boll weevil, which is 

 steadily marching eastward. 



Use for Herring Gulls.— Mr. Edward 

 Hatch, Jr., who employs a special warden 

 to guard tlie Gulls breeding on his islands 

 in Lake Champlain, writes: "I have found 

 a practical use for the Gulls: they are the 

 harbingers of pollution. They do not, and 

 cannot, live where there is no pollution. 

 They are the only scavengers Burlington 

 and Plattsburg have, and they are working 

 days and nights until the lake freezes over." 



Denmark. — It is with pleasure that we 

 note that a bird-protective society, entitled, 

 ■" Svalen" (The Swallow), has been estab- 

 lished in Denmark. The secretary, Lieuten- 

 ant Colonel L. Nehrn, of Copenhagen, 

 writes: "At the present time the society 

 contains 75 circles and 4,000 members dis- 

 tributed all over Denmark. The aims and 

 principles of the society are: 



''To influence the public generally, by 

 lectures, and by articles in the newspapers, 

 and to disseminate information regarding 

 the economic value of birds. 



"To protect the useful birds. 



"To discourage the murder of birds in 

 southern Europe. 



"To discourage the purchase and use of 

 the feathers of any species of birds for orna- 

 mentation, except those of the Ostrich and 

 domesticated fowls. 



"To set up nesting-boxes and to feed wild 

 birds in the winter." 



The secretary adds: "The society will 

 be represented at the Agricultural Congress 

 in Vienna, in May, 1907." 



Maryland. — In this state the Audubon 

 Society has been reorganized, with new of- 

 ficers, and it bids fair to be an active, pro- 

 gressive organization. 



Women's Clubs 



The club women of the country are show- 

 ing a splendid spirit and are doing a great 

 deal to help the National Association in its 

 eflFort to restrict the use of the " White 

 Badge of Cruelty," which is sold by the 

 milliners under the name of " Aigrette." 

 Women of intelligence are unwilling to use 

 millinery ornaments that can be obtained 

 only by the sacrifice of life. 



At a recent meeting of the Executive Board 

 of the New York State Federation of Wom- 

 en's Clubs, it was determined to recommend 

 to the State Federation that they should 

 assist the Audubon Societies in their efforts 

 to protect the wild birds and animals of the 

 country. Although similar action was taken 

 a few years since, yet the recommendation 

 will be repeated and emphasized at the com- 

 ing annual meeting. 



At the meeting of the Woman's Club of 

 Denver, Colorado, January 7, after hearing 

 an address on the subject of bird protection, 

 by Professor Felger, the following resolu- 

 tions were unanimously adopted: "Inas- 

 much as the destruction of bird life will 

 continue regardless of laws as long as the 

 women of our land persist in wearing bird 

 feathers for personal decoration; therefore, 

 be it 



"Resolved, That we, the Woman's Club 

 of Denver, decry the use of all feathers, 

 except those of domesticated fowls, for deco- 

 rative purposes. 



"Resolved, That we do hereby tender 

 our hearty support to the efforts being made 

 in the United States to discourage the sale 

 of wild birds' feathers and to enact and en- 

 force laws prohibiting the killing of wild 

 birds for such purposes." 



