178 DuTCHER, Report of Committee on Bird Protectioti. f jan 



New Hampshire. — Legislation. — No change in law. A. O. U. 

 model law in force. 



Warden system. — No wardens were employed by the Thayer 

 Fund. 



Audubon ivork. — The Secretary submits the following resumd : 

 "The work of the Audubon Society has been substantially a con- 

 tinuation of that of last year. 



"The illustrated lecture entitled 'Our Personal Friends, the 

 Birds,' with the accompanying lantern, has been loaned to all who 

 applied for it. The circulating library has proved to be very wel- 

 come in the small town where books concerning birds are difficult 

 to obtain. Leaflets and circulars have been distributed at large. 

 Publications which have been specially in demand are Mr. Hofif- 

 mann's 'Help to Bird Study,' Miss Merriam's ' How Birds affect 

 Farm and Garden,' and Prof. Weed's ' Mission of the Birds.' 

 Other pamphlets issued by the Biological Survey and the A. O. U. 

 have proved to be of great interest. Special effort will be made 

 next year to circulate the series of Educational Leaflets published 

 under the auspices of the National Committee of Audubon 

 Societies. 



"The Bird Charts are still in demand and have been supplied 

 free of cost to schools which were not in condition to purchase 

 them. 



"The 'Outline of Bird Study,' prepared by our Society and 

 adopted by the school committee of Manchester, has been intro- 

 duced into several other cities and towns. 



"The State Fish and Game Commission has cooperated with 

 us in the enforcement of the existing bird laws, which are in con- 

 formity with the A. O. U. model law. Fines have been imposed 

 by the commissioners. As there has been no appeal from their 

 action no cases have as yet come into court." 



New Jersey.— Zegis /a tion. — The A. O. U. model is still in 

 force. During the legislative session of 1903 the clause in the 

 game law permitting the killing of Flickers for two months in the 

 year was repealed and spring shooting of snipe or shore birds was 

 stopped. These amendments were decidedly advance movements. 

 New Jersey will do well to follow the example of New York and 

 Virginia in stopping spring shooting of wild ducks and geese. It 



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