^°\'902^'^J Stone, Report of Com7nittee on Bird Protcctioti. 'I'l 



Pheasant, Impeyan Pheasant, and Gull, were positively identified. 

 Though not American birds, to be sure, all of them are wild birds. 



Turning to the immediate work of your Committee for the past 

 year, it should, in the first place, be stated that for the purpose of 

 making our body still more representative and effective, ten addi- 

 tional -members have been appointed, namely, Mr. A. H. Thayer, 

 New York; J. Merton Swain, Maine ; James H. Hill, Connecticut ; 

 F. C. Kirkwood, Maryland ; M. J. Elrod, Montana ; George E. 

 Beyer, Louisiana; R. W. Williams, Jr., Florida; Frank Bond, 

 Wyoming ; W. L. Baily, Pennsylvania ; W. O. Emerson, California. 



As already explained, the most important work of the year has 

 been accomplished by the Lacey Act, the Thayer Fund, and the 

 Audubon Societies, but since all of these are in whole or in part 

 the outgrowth of this Committee and as our members are all active 

 in one or other of these lines, their work naturally forms part of 

 your Committee's report. 



As most of the details of this work will be reported on by Mr. 

 Dutcher and Dr. Palmer, it remains for your chairman to briefly 

 summarize such other matter as is contained in the reports sub- 

 mitted by the members of the Committee. 



The universal feeling seems to be that there is a great increase 

 of sentiment throughout the country in favor of bird protection on 

 the part of all classes. In every State where bird laws failed of 

 passage, at the last legislature, redoubled efforts will be made at 

 the next session. Newspapers are not only willing to print re- 

 ports and circulars on bird protection but in many cases apply to 

 members of the Committee for such matter. Farmers and land- 

 owners show an increasing desire to assist in the work by posting 

 notices and enforcing the law. 



From Illinois Mr. Deane reports the failure of an effort to place 

 Meadowlarks on the game list, and the practical suppression of 

 the trade in American cage birds in Chicago. 



From California Mr. Emerson reports the failure of the Cooper 

 Ornithological Club's bird law after getting it through both 

 branches of the legislature, but hopes for better success at the next 

 session. He states that so far as he knows, no birds are now col- 

 lected in California for the millinery trade, but the Italian fisher- 

 men still net small birds for the San Francisco market. As many 



