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the bird statutes. The suit referred to in the report of 1901, was 

 settled early this year by the payment on the part of the defend- 

 ant of the sum of $260 ; there is also a judgment for a large 

 amount held against him, which it was agreed not to press unless 

 he was again found violating the law. The moiety of the fine paid 

 that was given to the member of the Audubon Society who fur- 

 nished the evidence was contributed to the Endowment Fund for 

 the Protection of North American Birds. 



Warden Work. — Three wardens were employed by the Thayer 

 Fund, as in the previous year. 



Capt. C. W. Rackett, who had charge at the north end of Gar- 

 diner's Island, reports that no terns were shot nor were any eggs 

 taken, and he thinks that the increase has been large. 



Capt. H. S. Miller, who has charge of the colony at the south 

 end of Gardiner's Island, also reports a very satisfactory season 

 for the terns, and a material increase. This large colony of terns 

 is very fortunately located, as Mr. John Lyon Gardiner, the propri- 

 etor of the island, will not allow any shooting or trespassing, and 

 therefore the terns and other birds are exceptionally well pro- 

 tected. There is also a fair-sized colony of terns on Fisher's 

 Island, which was protected by Capt. Fowler. This colony is 

 somewhat scattered, and it is more difficult to give them absolute 

 protection, they being nearer the cruising ground of the hundreds 

 of small craft that are to be found in Long Island Sound during 

 the summer months. 



At the request of Mr. Harold Herrick of New York, President 

 Baldwin of the Long Island Railroad had warning notices, giving 

 the bird laws, posted in every station. This action probably did a 

 great amount of good. The members of the Bird Section of the 

 Rochester Academy of Science have done splendid protection 

 work during the past year by posting a large number of warning 

 notices in Munroe County, and by work in the schools among the 

 teachers and scholars. 



Audubon Work. — The Secretary of the New York Audubon 

 Society reports that it is now better equipped to develop the educa- 

 tional features of the work than ever before. Through the efiforts 

 of Miss Blunt, one of the local secretaries, a sufficient sum of 

 money was secure4 to equip an illustrated traveling bird lecture. 



