M o nthly B ul letin 3 



Bulletin Wanted 



Whoever has a spare copy of the Audubon Bulletin for April, 1918, 

 will confer a favor by forwarding it to this office. We have at this office a 

 considerable number of extra copies of Bird-Lore of past years. Any one 

 wishing to fill out a set of these will do well to look them over at the office, 

 where tliey will be cheerfully shown. 



English Bird Problems 



Bird-protection problems seem to be much alike the world over. The 

 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, whose headquarters is in London, 

 notes some of them. One would think that Shelley's skylarks would be safe 

 in England, yet the Royal Society sends out a protest against their sale as 

 food in the market stalls there. The Bishop of Durham inveighs bitterly 

 against the wearing of aigrette and paradise plumes by society women, which 

 he says has prevented the passage of the plumage bill. This bill, like our 

 own plumage bill, would prohibit the importation of these feathers. The 

 plimiage bill has been before Parliament for years, but so far has been in- 

 variably killed by a combination of shopkeepers and feather wearers. 



It is interesting to learn that the destruction of waterfowl by the dis- 

 charge of crude oil from steamers and oil stations alongshore — a condition 

 prevalent in this country and already noted in the AuDUBON Bulletin — 

 occurs to a disheartening extent along the coast of England. The Royal 

 Society is taking measures to obviate this disastrous condition. 



Junior Leaflets 



The National Association, through its Boston office, is sending out an 

 appeal throughout New England for the support of its Junior Class work. 

 This work has grown tremendously throughout the country, needing more 

 and more money to support it. Add to this the great increase in the cost of 

 color printing, which has nearly trebled the expense of producing the 

 leaflets, and one readily sees that a shortage in the supply would occur. This 

 has happened for the second year, and children have been disappointed and 

 teachers disturbed over the state of affairs. An earnest effort is being made 

 to increase the amount of money available for this purpose during the next 

 school year. The education of the young in a knowledge of birds through 

 the leaflets is a very important work. Any one willing to help out in this 

 matter should communicate with Winthrop Packard, Massachusetts Agent, 

 66 Newbury Street, Boston. 



Safety for Bobolinks 



The New Jersey Audubon Society is to be congratulated on its success 

 in getting a bill for the complete protection of bobolinks through the New 

 Jersey Legislature. The Federal law permits an open season on bobolinks 

 in New Jersey and some other of the more southern states, the birds, because 

 of their rice-eating habits during the autumn migration, being considered 

 harmful in the South. All sorts of opposition both above and below board 

 were made both in the Senate and in the Assembly to the passage of this bill, 

 and it was only by vigorous and vigilant effort on the part of the New Jersey 

 Society that it was passed. 



Herring Gulls in Maine 



The Governor of Maine has saved the herring gulls which nest so numer- 

 ously all along the rocky shores and which are of such interest to all the 

 thousands of svmrmer visitors. A bill to permit the shooting of herring gulls 



