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thorough organization. I am so greatly interested in the subject, 

 and feel so strongly the importance to the agricultural interests of 

 the State of a working Audubon Society, that I cannot cut adrift 

 until one is fairly underway. Do not conclude, therefore, that 

 nothing will be done in Georgia to further the cause, if we appear 

 somewhat inactive for a while. Our efforts shall now be directed 

 to getting the Mourning Dove transferred from the game list, and 

 the Meadowlark from the proscribed list to the protected list." 



The above interests coalesced, resulting in the organization of 

 a society which already numbers among its members some of 

 Georgia's best and most public spirited citizens. There is a great 

 work for them to do which will need all the push and energy that 

 can be gathered together. One of the most important activities 

 of the Society will be to see that the provisions of the two new 

 bird and game laws shall be presented by the Judges of the Supe- 

 rior Courts to the Grand Juries at each regular term of said courts. 

 A second and no less important matter is to see that large num- 

 bers of the educational leaflets issued by the National Committee 

 are distributed throughout the State among the agriculturists, the 

 press, and especially among the schools, in order that the public 

 may be fully instructed regarding the great economic value of the 

 birds of Georgia. 



H\WAii. — The following letter from Mr. Henry W. Henshaw, 

 a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, gives a clear and 

 interesting outline of bird matters in the Hawaiian Islands. He 

 says : 



"Yours at hand. I framed a bill for the protection of the 

 island birds, which was practically an embodiment of the A. O. U. 

 model law. Unfortunately it failed of passage, being killed by the 

 sportsmen of Honolulu, or more particularly by one sportsman. 

 This was particularly exasperating, as in framing the statute I 

 kept specially in mind the needs of the sportsmen, well knowing 

 that without their approval it was hopeless to present the bill. 

 Had I been in Honolulu I have no doubt the bill would have 

 become a law, as it was probably through a misapprehension of 

 the facts that any opposition to the clauses affecting game birds 

 developed. 



"I may attempt another bill, practically the same one, this 



