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get a glimpse of the bird to identify it 

 with its beautiful notes. 



"Please tell your generous member that 

 if she (it must be a woman or else a man 

 who had a remarkably good mother) will 

 send me her address, she need not give 

 her name, I will send her a few views of 

 our mine and vicinity as a small token 

 of my appreciation." 



Aigrettes Seized 



We have been untiring in our efforts 

 to assist the Conservation Commission 

 in New York to bring violators to justice. 



had their attention called to the illicit 

 sale of aigrettes six weeks ago. They 

 assigned Protectors Benson, Ward, Gal- 

 lagher, Wacker and Allen to find the 

 lawbreakers, but this group made no 

 progress until they called in the help of 

 woman detectives. 



"By this means forbidden goods were 

 located, according to the raiders, in the 

 shops of Thomas Reilly, No. 9 West 

 Thirty-third street; L. Yarmus, No. 63 

 Clinton Street; Goldstein and Metz, No. 

 73 West One Hundred and Sixteenth 

 Street; R. Harris, No. 17 Clinton Street, 

 and M. Finklestein, No. 137 Delancey 

 Street. These stocks were seized." 



The Thomas Reilly mentioned above is 

 the man recently placed under bonds in 



A BALD EAGLE KILLED "FOR THE FUN OF IT." THESE MEN NEED EDUCATION 



It is with much pride therefore that we 

 quote the following from the New York 

 World, April 20, 1915. 



"Five dealers in millinery supplies 

 were raided yesterday, and the city office 

 of the State Game Conservation Com- 

 mission captured $10,000 worth of 

 aigrettes. The dealers not only perma- 

 nently lost these ornaments, but became 

 liable to a general fine of $60 each, and an 

 additional penalty of $25 for each bird. 

 The State law makes possession of 

 aigrettes for purposes of sale a misde- 

 meanor. 



"Chief Game Protector Llewllyn Legge, 

 and Division Chief John T. McCormick, 



connection with the seizure of a large 

 illegal importation of wild-birds' feathers 

 by Captain T. J. Ashe, an agent of this 

 Association. 



Two New Federal Reservations 



The United States Government has 

 set apart as refuges for breeding birds 

 two projections of the south coast of the 

 Straits of San Juan de Fuca, Washington. 

 One forms the outer barrier of the harbor 

 of Port Angeles, and is known as Ediz 

 Hook Reservation; and the other is 



