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to limit the numbers of wandering dogs and cats during the 

 nesting season of the birds, but so far (1915) the dog owners 

 and the cat owners have defeated all attempts to check the 

 game-and-bird-killing habits of their pets. Educational work 

 is needed here. 



Education with a tendency to promote respect for the 

 game laws and bird laws has been woefully lacking until quite 

 recently; the National Association of Audubon Societies, co- 

 operating with the Massachusetts Audubon Society, has organ- 

 ized bird classes in the public schools of Massachusetts, aggre- 

 gating 8,463 pupils in 1914, and the work has been extended 

 throughout the country, enrolling 95,918 pupils. Since the 

 first edition of this volume was written the American Game 

 Protective and Propagation Society, organized in New York, 

 has undertaken a national propaganda for the protection of 

 game birds. It publishes a monthly bulletin devoted to this 

 interest. The Massachusetts Commissioners on Fisheries and 

 Game publish and put up posters containing abstracts of the 

 fish and game laws. 



The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association 

 has now in press a publication written by its secretary', Mr. 

 Bradford A. Scudder, which deals with the methods of attract- 

 ing, protecting and propagating birds, but there is no organiza- 

 tion in Massachusetts except the Commission on Fisheries 

 and Game which now even attempts to employ officers to 

 assist in the enforcement of the law. The National Association 

 of Audubon Societies and the American Game Protective and 

 Propagation Society have done much to assist State officers 

 and to apprehend offenders, but most State organizations 

 have done very little. 



The Commissioners on Fisheries and Game in Massachu- 

 setts issue an annual report, but the edition is small. The 

 Legislature authorized the publication and sale by the State 

 Board of Agriculture of the History of Game Birds, AVild- 

 Fowl and Shore Birds, and the companion volume. Useful 

 Birds and Their Protection, as long as the demand shall con- 

 tinue, but there should be an educational propaganda by 

 posters and by mail, aiming to reach every citizen of Massa- 

 chusetts. Information about game and birds, the need for 



