


Resolution Regarding Migratory 
Hird Creatuy 
At the Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society, 
held on January 8, 1918, the following resolution was 
adopted : 
Whereas, The Congress of the United States invited the Gov- 
ernment of the Dominion of Canada to enter into an international 
treaty for the protection of North American migratory birds from 
the destruction which rapidly has been exterminating many valuable 
species, and 
Whereas, The Government of Canada, despite the distractions 
of her participation in a great war, promptly accepted the proposal 
of our Congress and diligently and forcefully carried it into com- 
plete effect; now therefore be it 
Resoxvep, That the New York Zoological Society hereby respect- 
fully directs the attention of the President of the United States 
and the House of Representatives to the disquieting fact that the 
American enabling act to provide regulations for the enforcement 
by the United States of the aforesaid treaty has not yet passed the 
lower house of Congress, and that immediate action is necessary in 
order to keep faith with Canada, to avoid affronting a friendly 
nation, and at the same time to place our migratory birds on the 
basis of protection that long has been desired for them by the 
people of the United States. 


