56 GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS 
wild bird, and the sale of these birds or shipment out of the 
state is forbidden. 
Hunting or shooting on Sunday is forbidden. 
“Tt is unlawful to kill Fish Hawks, Eagles, Gulls, Terns, 
Loons, Divers, Grebes, Doves, Wild Pigeons, Yellow- 
hammers, Meadowlarks, or Herons at any time. (These 
are not game-birds in the reading of the law.) 
“We are living in the state of Connecticut, but this is 
the substance of the law concerning the taking of eggs or 
birds other than game birds (except when the Wise Men 
need them for Museums and have special permission) in 
the greater number of states. 
“Tommy Todd, will you kindly go to the coloured map 
hanging on the door yonder and point out as I read, those 
few states that allow the killing of song-birds. This will 
be much easier than for you to learn the names of those 
wise states that, like our own, give citizen birds full pro- 
tection. 
“The east and middle west stand solid for protection, 
so you must begin on the Canadian boundary with North 
Dakota, then follow Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and 
Indian Territory, a bad blot in the centre of the map, but 
perhaps some day soon, if all the school children there 
learn about the birds, they will beg their fathers and 
uncles who go to the legislature to make laws to protect 
their birds also. For if they wait until they themselves 
grow up, some kinds of birds may have gone forever and 
it will be too late. 
“Fortunately, you see, there are states next that form 
