106 Recent Literature. \^^^ 



Ocean, includes "the largest and most famous breeding colonies of sea birds 

 in the world." Under work outlined for 1910, it is stated that it is the 

 intention to publish a ten years' review of bird and game protection, cover- 

 ing the first decade of the present century, which completes also the first 

 decennial period of federal bird and game protection under the Lacey Act. 

 Congress has now made provision for the maintenance of the national 

 bird reservations, which will soon all be under charge of wardens provided 

 by the Government. The work of this division of the Bureau has thus 

 assumed an importance and breadth of scope that seemed almost impossible 

 of achievement a decade ago. — J. A. A. 



Fifth Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies.' 



— The Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon .Societies 

 for 1909 occupies some sixty pages of the November-December number of 

 'Bird-Lore,' with many half-tone illustrations. It comprises the address 

 of the President, William Dutcher, the report of the Secretary, reports of 

 the Field Agents (Edward Howe Forbush in New England, William Lovell 

 Finley on the Pacific Coast), the reports of the State Societies (thirty- three 

 in number) by their respective secretaries, a list of the members and con- 

 tributors, and the report of the Treasurer. The president's address con- 

 siders 'Education as a Factor in Audubon -Work' and the 'Relation of 

 Birds to Man.' The chief function of the Association is held to be the edu- 

 cation of " the whole mass of our fellow citizens regarding the value of wild 

 birds, and the intimate relation that exists between them and agriculture." 

 Success in this means the preservation of the birds. While it may not be 

 possible to interest all in their preservation there is a hope that adequate 

 bird protection may be realized " in educating the children to a proper reali- 

 zation of the importance of birds to the community." 



The past-year, says the secretary, " has been marked by some of the fierc- 

 est struggles we have ever encountered with the enemies of bird and game 

 protection." The sources of opposition have been the market inen, market 

 hunters, bird dealers, and the large millinery interests. The gains and 

 losses through legislative action are shown in a comparative tabular state- 

 ment. The gains include the enactment of the ' Model Law ' in two States, 

 the prohibition of spring shooting in two others, and the protection of 

 particular species in still others. The losses include the removal of pro- 

 tection from certain species or groups of birds, as the hawks and owls, 

 herons, loons and grebes, etc., in a number of States, and the extension 

 of the spring shooting season in others. A list is given of the Reservations, 

 over fifty in number, established mainly by President Roosevelt during 

 the period 1903-1909. Other bird reservations have been provided by 

 different States, and privately through the purchase of islands occupied 

 as breeding resorts of sea birds. 



1 Bird-Lore, Vol. XI, 1909, pp. 281-348, with numerous half-tone illustrations. 



