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the disposal of the Biological Survey 

 would permit. Unexpected obstacles have 

 delayed the organization of the field- 

 force in some of the states, and in a few- 

 cases it has been impracticable to act on 

 the recommendation for the appointments 

 of deputies to cooperate in this work, 

 which were made some time ago by cer- 

 tain commissions. The department now 

 has a force of 129 wardens in the field, 

 organized under the direction of eight 

 district inspectors and two special agents. 

 These wardens are distributed in twenty- 

 seven states, chiefly in the Middle States, 

 the Mississippi Valley, the Great Basin, 

 and on the Pacific Coast. In the East, the 

 department is actively cooperating with 

 local authorities, to prevent undue de- 

 struction of wild-fowl by the practice 

 of night-shooting and trapping. Several 

 arrests and convictions have been secured 

 for shooting at night on the upper Chesa- 

 peake. 



"More than 125 convictions have been 

 thus far reported, although returns have 

 been received from comparatively few of 

 the states. Every case thus far prosecu- 

 ted in the Federal courts has resulted in 

 conviction and the imposition of a fine. 

 The first case in a Federal court was 

 reported from California, where a notori- 

 ous market-hunter was arrested under a 

 Federal warrant for shooting after sunset, 

 was taken to San Francisco, and convicted 

 and fined. As most of the oflfenses under 

 the Federal regulations involve a viola- 

 tion of state law, a majority of the cases 

 have been prosecuted in the state courts, 

 where some heavy penalties have been 

 imposed. The largest number of convic- 

 tions have been reported from New York, 

 New Jersey, and Oregon. The heaviest 

 fines reported in the state courts have 

 been: In New York, $50 for possession of 

 a Meadowlark; in Oregon, $25 with con- 

 fiscation of gun and boat, for shooting 

 after dark; and, in New Jersey, eight 

 fines of $100 or more, including one of 

 $200 and one of $300, for killing insec- 

 tivorous birds. Several cases involving 

 the killing of birds protected for five 

 years under the Federal regulations have 



been prosecuted. Killing a Swan on the 

 Chesapeake cost the offender $100; kill- 

 ing a Killdeer Plover in New Jersey 

 resulted in a sentence to jail for nine 

 days." 



New Members 



From January ist to March ist, 1914, 

 the Association enrolled the following 

 new members: 



Life Members. 



Arnold, Benjamin Walworth 

 Beech, Mrs. Herbert 

 Bennett, Mrs. Edward B. 

 Borden, Miss Emma L. 

 Case, Miss Louise W. 

 Dows, Tracy 



"E. D. T." (In memoriam) 

 Forbes, Mrs. William H. 

 Gladding, Mrs. John Russell 

 Hentz, Leonard L. 

 Kittredge, Miss Sarah N. 

 Mallery, Mrs. Jane M. 

 Mason, George Grant 

 Mershon, Hon. W. B. 

 McClymonds, Mrs. .\. R. 

 Newman, Mrs. R. A. 

 Peabody, George A. 

 Perkins, Miss Ellen G. 

 Pierrepont, Mrs. R. Stuyvesant 

 R,enw\ck, Mrs. Ilka H. 

 RoBtrts, Miss Frances A. 

 Russell, Mrs. Gordon W. 

 -Schley, Grant B. 

 Tingley, S. H. 

 Wallace, Mrs. x\gusta H. 

 Wyman, Mrs. Alfred E. 



Sustaining Members. 

 Adler, Max A. 

 Andrews, Miss Kate R. 

 Barfield, Josiah 

 Barker, Miss Emeline L. 

 Barton, Mrs. Warner J. 

 Beckwith, Jr., Mr. Truman 

 Bird Society of the Misses Shipley 



School 

 Bloomingdale, Miss Laura A. 

 Bolter, Miss Alice E. 

 Bonnett, Charles P. 

 Bradley, George J. 

 Brakelej^ Joseph 

 Brewster, Mrs. Horace C. 

 Briggs, I'rank H. 

 Brill, Dr. A. A. 

 Brookline (Mass.) Bird Club 

 Brown, J. Adams 

 Buchanan, R. P. 

 Burgess, John A. 

 Burrall, Mrs. Mary E. 

 Burritt, Mrs. C. P. 

 Chautauqua Bird and Tree Club 



