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and enthusiastic woman and bird lover, Mrs. Julius L. Brown, of 

 Atlanta, had, unaided, secured the pledges of over 3000 of the best 

 women of her State that they would not in the future use the plum- 

 age of wild birds as millinery ornaments. Besides this, through 

 her efforts, over 2500 of the school children of Atlanta were sub- 

 scribers to a pledge not to harm or annoy wild birds. Mrs. Brown 

 is also a regular contributor to the Georgia press of articles relat- 

 ing to the preservation of bird life. The noble example of this 

 woman is commended to the women of other sections of the 

 country, with the earnest hope that many more may be found who 

 will do what they can in this most laudable and important work. 



Protection by Wardens. 



Probably by far the most interesting part of protection work, to 

 the public, is the results obtained through the actual guarding of 

 the birds during the breeding season, by wardens. 



During the present year some changes were made in the per- 

 sonnel of the wardens, owing to a better understanding of the 

 actual needs in each locality, that were developed by the inspec- 

 tions made during the season of 1900. 



All of the wardens were required to make full and detailed 

 reports in writing, on blanks furnished by the Committee, and 

 from these the following interesting details of the results of the 

 year's work by wardens is submitted : 



Maine. — Ten wardens were employed, each of whom protected 

 from one to five islands which were the homes of gulls, terns or 

 other sea birds. 



L. E. Wright, of the Cross Island Life Saving Station, was in 

 charge of Old Man, Doubleheaded Shot, Inner Libby, and The 

 Brothers Islands ; the distance from the most eastern to the most 

 western island being about fifteen miles. He reports that he 

 failed to see or hear of any Herring Gulls or Terns being killed 

 on the breeding places, nor afterward. He is sure there is double 

 the number of young gulls this autumn that he has seen any pre- 

 vious year. 



O. B. Hall, keeper of the Crumple Island Light, was in charge 

 of Stevens and Sand Islands, Egg and Freeman's Rocks ; two of 



