Vol. XXI 

 1904 



n DuTCHER, Report of Committee on Bird Protection. 171 



year, and a good number of copies of the laws have been posted. 

 Two illustrated, traveling lectures have been almost constantly 

 in use, and many expressions of appreciation have been received. 

 Four traveling libraries have been circulated continuously. 



" All violations of law brought to the notice of the Society have 

 been reported to the State officers, the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission. 



"There has been a good demand for the two bird charts pub- 

 lished by the Society, and a new calendar for 1904, is to be issued 

 this fall. 



" The following meetings have been held : A course of six 

 lectures, by Mr. Frank M. Chapman ; a free lecture or public 

 meeting, by Mr. William Lyman Underwood, which was much 

 enjoyed ; and a field meeting, or bird walk, open to Associate 

 members, to which a few Junior members were invited. 



"A suggestion received by us could, perhaps, be best carried 

 out by the National Committee, if it approved the plan, and I am 

 asked by our Directors to refer it to you for consideration, namely, 

 an exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, in 1904. Such an 

 exhibit, if participated in by all, or by most of the societies, would 

 show something of the work that is being done, and open the eyes 

 of those who have not yet considered the subject. The leaflets 

 and specialties (such as our bird charts and calendars) published 

 by each society could be shown, and the addition of stuffed birds 

 from which the feathers most objected to are taken, together with 

 a few beautiful hats that are approved (with perhaps a few objec- 

 tionable ones as a contrast), would make it interesting and striking." 



Maryland. — Legislation. — The next session of the legislature 

 will commence in January, 1904, and an effort should be made to 

 amend the present law so it will follow more closely the A. O. U. 

 model law. 



Two of the most valuable birds in the State, /. e., the Flicker 

 and Mourning Dove, do not receive full protection. This is a 

 short-sighted policy, as both are far more valuable, as insect and 

 weed-seed destroyers than they are for food. The State Fish and 

 Game Protective Association should take this matter in hand and 

 urge the substitution of the A, O. U. model law for the present 

 statute. 



