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doing excellent bird protection work, and as the objects of both 

 societies are in the main similar, the good work of the Humane 

 societies should be recognized. 



Farmers' organizations should be encouraged (see Illinois) ; 

 if the owners of land will band together to prevent illegal shooting 

 upon their properties and thoroughly post and police their farms, 

 much illegal killing of both game and non-game birds will be the 

 result ; this is especially important in localities adjacent to the 

 large cities where the foreign population is numerous. As many 

 of these people do not readily understand English, it is of the 

 utmost importance that warning notices printed in Italian, Polish, 

 and Scandinavian should be freely distributed in suburban local- 

 ities. Only fifteen States are without trespass laws as follows : 

 Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Maine, Mary- 

 land, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South 

 Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. 



In many of the States Sunday shooting is strictly prohibited ; 

 this gives absolute rest to bird life for one day in the week, and 

 the Audubon societies should see that this law is complied with ; 

 the twenty-one States and Territories that have no law prohibiting 

 Sunday shooting are, Arizona, Arkansas, CaUfornia, Colorado, 

 Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, 

 New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, 

 Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, and in these 

 Commonwealths such a law should be passed at once. 



Another subject that should engage the attention of the Audu- 

 bon workers is, the feline hunter ; in other words, the house cat 

 run wild, for there is no doubt that millions of birds are killed in 

 the United States and Canada every year by cats. This is a sub- 

 ject that has never received the attention its importance warrants. 

 Most States provide for a license or tax on dogs, so that the num- 

 ber is kept within reasonable limits, and none are permitted to run 

 wild as cats do ; there is no good reason why a tax should not be 

 placed on cats. 



The National Committee feel very strongly that all of the 

 Audubon societies should heartily support our organ ' Bird Lore.*^ 

 This magazine is conducted with the sole purpose of educating 

 the public, especially the children of the country, about birds ; 



