284 Wild Bird Guests 



" DEAR MR. BAYNES: 



" Legislation has been enacted in the State of 

 New York giving bird protectionists a splendid 

 framework upon which to act for the creation 

 of bird sanctuaries. It seems to me that the 

 principles embodied in this legislation might 

 well be copied in other states because there 

 are altogether too few states in the country to- 

 day where the plan has received legislative 

 sanction. 



"The new law permits the Conservation Com- 

 mission to set aside any lands owned by the 

 state, outside of the Adirondack and Catskill 

 parks, as sanctuaries. It also empowers the 

 Commission to purchase lands or the shooting 

 and fishing rights for the purpose of creating 

 sanctuaries and it puts such lands under the 

 protection of the Conservation Commission. 



"Another section of the Conservation Law, 

 amended to its present form in 1913, provides 

 for the creation of sanctuaries where private 

 individuals desire to dedicate their lands for 

 such a purpose and in this instance also the 

 obligation to protect the land against trespass 

 by law violators is placed upon the Conserva- 

 tion Commission. 



" By the enactment of these laws it will be 

 seen that provision is made for the establish- 



