Vol. XXI 



1904 



I DuTCHER, Report of Commiftce on Bird Protection. 1 OQ 



these birds were great numbers of a \ery beautiful form of the tern 

 family known as Gygis alba. 



Our Sociely is under many obligations to your Department for your 

 hearty cooperation in our work for the preservation of sea-birds, the 

 latest and one of the most notable instances being your order of April 24 

 in re the birds on the Dry Tortugas, Florida. 

 I am, with great respect, my dear Sir, 



\'er\' truly \ours, 



Wm. Dutcher, 



Chairman. 



Navy Department, 



Washington, July 3, 1903. 

 Sir : — 



Replying to your letter of the 2nd instant, requesting the establishment 

 of rules and regulations to pre\'ent the killing and taking of the resident 

 birds of the Midway Islands for commercial purposes, and also to prevent 

 the taking of the eggs of said birds during the breeding season : I have 

 to inform you that your letter has been referred to the Commandant, 

 Naval Station, Hawaii, for report. Upon receipt of his report, the 

 Department will advise you more fully in the matter. 

 Very respectfully, 



W. II. Moody, 



Secretary. 



Alabama. — There is great need of a new bird law in this State. 

 The present law, passed in 1899, seeks to protect quite a long list 

 of birds a portion of the year only, but it is practically valueless, 

 as the provisions of the act do not apply to 60 of the 66 counties 

 in the State. There is no session of the legislature until 1905. 

 There is no Audubon Society in the State, and so far as known no 

 bird students. 



At the request of Mr. George W. Carver, Director Department 

 of Agriculture and Experiment Station, Tuskegee Normal and 

 Industrial Institute, a package of Educational Leaflets, Nos. i to 

 4, were sent for him to distribute at the Summer School. 



Subsequently he wrote : " I have distributed them among our 

 teachers and they take to them most heartily. I am sure they will 

 do a great deal of good as each teacher will go into a community 

 that has not been touched by them. Trusting I can be of further 

 service to you in pushing this grand movement," etc. 



