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least, from the boys with guns. The better we protect them the 

 more of them will come. 



f^ince spring shooting of ducks has been prohibited in New York, 

 thousands of ducks winter in waters of the central part of that 

 state. Those that stay north are not limited to the hard-weather 

 kinds, but include those that naturally would go south, were it 

 not for the fact that they prefer to endure the rigor of a northern 

 winter rather than risk their lives by being constantly harassed 

 by the shotgun at the south. 



Palm Beach and some other winter resorts in Florida proliibit 

 shooting within a mile of town. Pelicans, ducks and other wild 

 water bird? resort to tliese places and soon become so tame one 

 can approach within a Loafs length of some of them. 



These instances si>ow that birds are not slow to appreciate ef- 

 forts in their behalf and to take advantage of them. 



Is the reader among those who regret the seeming decrease year 

 by year in the number of birds hereabouts? Do you realize that 

 your cats are feasting on dozens of baby birds eac'h year, and 

 thereby making you partly responsible for such a condition? Birds 

 and cat.; don't go well together. If you have a cat and don't need 

 one. how would it strike you to open negotiation wnth some boy to 

 eliminate her? Thereby you would do a commendable act in a 

 good cause. 



The birds will soon begin to return from the south. We wall en- 

 joy having the wrens, the bluebirds, the flickers, the catbirds, the 

 yellow warblers, the orioles, and other birds that nested on our 

 premises last year come back to us again this spring. We will 

 greet their coming as though it were friends in human form, and 

 W'ill try to make it unpleasant for any of the feline tribe that 

 roam about our garden when the young birds are learning to fly. 



North Eart, Pa., March 20, 1912. 



B. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1912. 



Balloting for Officers for the year 1912 resulted in the selection 

 of W. E. Saunders, London, Out, for President ; Bradshaw H. 

 Swales, Grosse Isle, Mich., for Vice-President; C. W. G. Eifrig, 

 Addison, 111., for Secretary ; W. F. Henninger, New Bremen, Ohio, 

 for Treasurer: Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Pa., J. H. Fleming, To- 

 ronto, Ont, and Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, for the Executive 

 Council. 



For most of the offices the vote was very close. 



