I 95 Notes and News. rea 
N. De Haven; ‘Spring Flight of Shore Birds at Holly Beach, N. J.,’ by 
W.L. Baily; ‘ History of the Little Black Hawk in Florida,’ by C.J. Pen- 
nock. The officers for the ensuing year are: President, Charles J. 
Rhoads ; Vice-President, Chas. J. Pennock; Secretary, Henry W. Fowler; 
Treasurer, Wim. L. Baily. 
AT A recent meeting of the State Horticultural Society of Illinois, the 
following resolution was unanimously adopted: 
‘“* Whereas, Great progress has been made in the last few years in 
our knowledge of the economic relations of the birds, and it is now 
known that the birds have a direct and important influence on horticul- 
ture; and that their presence in our orchards and fruit gardens is essen- 
tial to the preservation of the crops from insects ; therefore be it 
‘¢ Resolved, Vhat a better knowledge of the birds, of their effects on 
horticulture, their habits, the conditions governing their actions, methods 
of encouraging their presence and of protecting the fruits while ripening 
from their attacks ought to be spread among the people of our State; that 
this Society, therefore, urges the consideration of this question on our 
branch societies, our Farmers Institutes, and all kindred institutions; 
and we further desire that the study of the birds should be more exten- 
sively introduced into our schools and a knowledge of their habits and 
their value spread among our young people, by all practicable means, and 
thereby assist in the enforcement of the already efficient laws now in 
existence.” 
DuRING the past three months some important results in bird protec- 
tion have been accomplished by members of the Union working in con- 
junction with the Protection Committee. Early in March a notice 
appeared in a Philadelphia paper giving details of a contract between cer- 
tain parties in Delaware and a commission house in New York, by which 
the former were to procure and ship to the latter 20,000 bird skins for 
millinery purposes. The Chairman, Mr. Stone, in company with Mr. 
Poole, President of the Delaware Game Protective Association, visited 
Governor Tunnell of Delaware, and found him to be enthusiastic on the 
subject of bird protection. He proposed to have the Secretary of State 
issue a warning about shooting insectivorous birds. As the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad system controls all the railroads in Delaware, a letter was 
written to the President, Mr. A. J. Cassatt, calling his attention to the 
contract and also to the Delaware statute regarding common carriers 
transporting birds out of the State. A reply was received in due course 
of mail saying: ‘* The attention of this Company’s agents in Delaware 
has been called to the law to which you refer and they have been cau- 
tioned to conform strictly thereto.” Mr. J. B. Thayer, Jr., General Freight 
Agent, issued order ‘G. F. A. No. 2214’ as a large poster “ to be posted 
in two public and conspicuous places in each Freight Station: Law 
Prohibiting the Killing or Destruction of Birds in the State of Delaware.” 
Then follows the full text of the law, followed by the order: “Agents 
