^°9o^^l DuTCHER, Report of Committee on Bird Protection. I^C 



ing of about i8o members, it is remarkably active and aggressive. 

 It has advocated through the press a better bird law and has dis- 

 tributed 28,000 circulars having the same object in view. Re- 

 markable success has rewarded its efforts, and it has succeeded 

 in creating a demand throughout the State for the reforms that 

 the society recommends. It promises that when its bill becomes 

 a law it shall be enforced to the letter. 



Nebraska. 



Legislation. — There is grave doubt whether under the present 

 bird law any protection is given to the large class of harmless but 

 useful water birds. Further, no one shoidd be permitted to kill 

 the beneficial hawks and owls, even on his own premises. Doves 

 should be removed from the list of game birds. It would be a 

 marked improvement if the A. O. U. model law were to be adopted 

 by the Legislature. 



Warden System. — No wardens were employed by the Thayer 

 Fund. 



Audnboti Work. — There is no society in the State, but the 

 members of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union have been very 

 active in bird protection work, especially along educational lines. 

 Leaflet No. 2 of the National Committee, ' Ornithology in the 

 Schools,' was written by a member of the Nebraska Society, and 

 it has had a circulation of many thousand copies. It has circu- 

 lated thousands of leaflets on bird protection issued by the De- 

 partment of Ornithology of the LTniversity of Nebraska. Prof. 

 Bruner and Dr. Wolcott of the society, give illustrated lectures on 

 birds, both emphasizing bird protection. 



New Hampshire. 



Legislation. — -The bird law is very satisfactory, the A. O. U. 

 model having been adopted, together with a strong common 

 carrier clause. 



Warden System. — No wardens were employed by the Thayer 

 Fund. 



