Vol. XXI 

 Iqo4 



I DuTCHER, Report of Comviittee on Bird Protection. 11^ 



of Mourning Doves, killed off now in this portion of California at 

 a shameful rate. For quail too I will make a plea, though I would 

 hardly venture on this if I did not know that true sportsmen are 

 gentlemen, for I have the honor of being a member, the only lady- 

 member, of the California Game and Fish Protective Association. 



"At present our Association numbers nearly fifty regular and 

 over twenty honorary members. We confer honorary membership 

 not only on those who have aided and are kindly disposed toward 

 us, but to those who are indifferent to the cause we sometimes pay 

 a like compliment. An honorary member of a ' bird society ' will 

 learn, after a while, to take just a little interest in birds, and see 

 that they are protected. 



" Mr. Samuel Leaske, Trustee of the Carnegie Library, has 

 kindly promised that a space shall be set aside in the new library 

 building for our literature, and there will be a reading room for 

 children, where humane literature of every character will be 

 received and kept for the perusal of the little ones. 



"The dues of our association are merely nominal, 25 cents. 

 What we ask of our members is that they abstain from wearing 

 feathers on hats or bonnets except those of the ostrich or the 

 chicken, and that they induce their friends to use no other kinds." 



Another devoted friend of the birds of California is Mr. W. 

 Scott Way of Pasadena, who is alive to his civic duties and writes 

 as follows : " I shall be very glad to take up, with other earnest 

 workers, the organization of an Audubon society. I have had the 

 thing in mind for some time. I will join anything or go into any- 

 thing, that is alive, for bird or game protection. I am in the 

 Pasadena Humane Society because it is working on broad lines, 

 and as the bird protection matter is left in my hands you may be 

 sure that that end of the work will not be neglected. I am also 

 working the local Farmers' Clubs for all there is in it in the way of 

 bird protection. 



" There is much need of faithful, persistent work here in the way 

 of getting better bird and game laws, and in enforcing those we 

 have. There has been much unlawful shooting in this country 

 during the present month, and the protective association does not 

 seem to have done anything to check it. When the annual 

 meeting is held I expect to ' put up a fight ' for better things. In 



