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conviction, and the other case comes up for trial, the party having demanded 

 a jury; we feel reasonably sure of a conviction in this case. It has been extreme!}' 

 hard to get any information about violation of fish laws, except in a general 

 way. The laws have been violated, but we have been unable to get any specific 

 information. 



We find that by an omission in passing an amendment to the game laws 

 Doves are not protected at all, and may be shot at any time. We are glad 

 to state, however, that we have heard of no instance in which these birds were 

 shot during the nesting season, and hunters have started killing them only 

 recently. We have arranged for the appointment of all lighthouse keepers as 

 game wardens; quite a number of game wardens have been appointed, and 

 badges distributed. We are going a little slow in the appointment of wardens, 

 as we wish to secure reliable parties. The work of game wardens up to the 

 incorporation of this Society has been practically nothing. We have secured 

 such reports as we could get from the old wardens, so as to make some com- 

 parison with the work of this Society by the end of the year, and we feel sure 

 that the results will show a very material progress in game, bird and fish pro- 

 tection. — B. F. Taylor, President. 



South Dakota. — The South Dakota Audubon Society is as yet only a few 

 months old, but to date we have organized a very satisfactory Society with a 

 large membership, and we expect to number several hundred by January first. 

 We have placed the A. O. U. Model Law upon our statute books, and it has 

 received very favorable comment from nearly all periodicals of the state. We 

 have published a series of articles about individual birds in the leading state 

 'daily,' and these articles have, in some cases, been entirely reproduced by 

 the state press. A series of public addresses has been given at various points in 

 the state, at which the attendance has been large and enthusiastic. 



About 100,000 circulars on bird-life have been distributed through the state, 

 and school Audubon Societies have been formed in nearly every county. We 

 have a very large and beautiful room in the new Masonic Temple at Sioux Falls, 

 which is ours exclusively, and beautiful cases are being made for our collection 

 of mounted birds, nests and eggs. These are all specimens which have been 

 gathered in the past, as we do not sanction even the taking of an egg to increase 

 our collection. A feature of this collection is a large number of mounted birds, 

 not one of which was killed for mounting, but they are birds picked up after 

 severe storms, or birds that have lost their Hves by flying against wires or from 

 other causes. 



We shall have in this room a reading-room, well supplied with books and 

 pamphlets on the subject of birds, and the room will always be oj^en to the 

 public. 



The following is a page from a forthcoming book by President Holmes that 

 is to go into every school in South Dakota. 



