14 JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



a[I|0 Jnurnal 



of t!)r 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection of Birds 



Vol. XII Published March 1. 1910 No. 1 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.00 a year; 25 cents a copy 



The Maine Ornithological Society comprises in its membership the leading 

 ornithologists and bird students of Maine. The membership is constantly in- 

 creasing and the interest in the Society was never greater than now. If j'ou are 

 interested in birds and wish to know more about them j'ou should by all means 

 send in your name for membership in this Society. The dues are one dollar a 

 year, and payment of this sum entitles each person elected to membership to the 

 Journal free of charge. Application for membership should be made to the 

 Secretary, Mr. Dana W. Sweet, Phillips, Maine. Mr. Sweet is also the Treas- 

 urer and the annual dues should be paid to him. All persons, both young and 

 old, are eligible to membership. It is not necessary for one to be versed in bird 

 lore in order to insure his election to this vSociety. The larger the membership 

 the more can be done in the way of improving the Journal and increasing its 

 size. Send in your name without further delay. The Society will be glad to 

 welcome }'ou to its meetings, which are held once a year in different cities. 



The Journal is reprinting herewith the contents of the 

 Weeks' bill, so called, a measure to place migratory birds under 

 federal protection, and bring about practical uniformity in protective 

 laws. 



The principle of Federal control of migratory birds has 

 been advocated for a number of years, by ornithologists, sports- 

 men and bird protectors. The bill as here shown has met the 

 approval of various local sportsmen, and it is hoped that the readers 

 of the Journal may also approve of it, and then express their 

 approval to their representative in Congress. 



A Bill to protect migratory birds of the United States. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembled, That all geese, 

 swans, brant, ducks, snipe, plover, woodcock, rail, pigeons, and all 



