EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 43 



GAME PROTECTION. 



Special subscriptions for the publication and distribution 

 of Our Vanishing Wild Life, by Dr. William T. Hornaday, have 

 been received from members of the Board of Managers and 

 friends, in the total amount of $10,491. The expense of the 

 publication and distribution of 13,000 copies has amounted prac- 

 tically to this sum. 



Copies have been sent to members of the United States 

 Senate, the House of Representatives, all State Legislatures sit- 

 ting in 1912 and 1913, and to Justices of the United States 

 Supreme Court, Governors of all States and Territories, Clerks 

 of State Legislatures, State Game Commissioners and Wardens, 

 and Sportsmen's clubs. 



The publication and distribution of this book have been 

 of great benefit to the interests of game protection, and were 

 of help in aiding the passage of the Federal law for the pro- 

 tection of migratory birds. 



Through the efforts of the Society, represented by Dr. 

 Hornaday, a clause was included in the new tariff bill, prohibit- 

 ing the importation into the United States of the feathers, plu- 

 mage and skins of all wild birds. The campaign in favor of 

 this clause, in co-operation with the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, was prosecuted throughout the entire sum- 

 mer with great vigor and ultimate success, and as a whole was 

 the most strenuous and expensive of any in which the Society 

 has ever engaged. It ended on September 2 in a sweeping 

 victory for the birds of the world. To the Director of the Park, 

 more than to any other one person, is due this very gratifying 

 result. 



Similar measures are pending in Great Britain, Germany 

 and France. 



RECEPTIONS. 



The Ladies' Auxiliary held a reception at the Park on 

 Thursday, May 8. Band music was furnished, and refresh- 

 ments were served. 



On Monday, May 19, an informal reception, with music and 

 refreshments, was tendered the members of the Society at the 

 Park in the Administration Building. 



The following is a calendar of events for the year 1914 : 



