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so greatly in danger of becoming extinct. 

 The most far-reaching law in force in the 

 United States, the McLean Act of 1913, gives 

 the Federal government control of all migra- 

 tory birds and game birds which do not 

 remain permanently within the limits of one 

 state. The Department of Agriculture is em- 

 powered to prescribe regulations in regard to 

 closed seasons, zones and similar matters. 

 The various states have also passed protect- 

 ive laws, no fewer than 240 having been 

 enacted in 1915 by legislatures of forty states. 

 There are special laws pertaining to the hunt- 

 ing of birds in force in nearly all of the Cana- 

 dian provinces, and in 1915 a law prohibiting 

 the importation of wild bird skins for com- 

 mercial purposes went into effect over the 

 entire Dominion. The importation of skins 

 or feathers of birds into the United States is 

 forbidden by the Underwood tariff law of 

 1913. J.B. 



Bird Day is a special day observed by the 

 school children of the United States and Can- 

 ada. It was set apart to teach them the im- 

 portance of protecting the birds, "the winged 

 wardens of the farms." Not only are they 

 taught that the birds save the farmers of the 

 country millions of dollars each year by their 

 destruction of harmful insects, but they learn 

 the equally important lesson expressed so 

 beautifully by Coleridge in his Rime of the 

 Ancient Mariner: 



He prayeth best who loveth best 

 All things both great and small ; 

 For the dear God who loveth us, 

 He made and loveth all. 



Bird Day was first celebrated in the public 

 schools of Oil City, Pa., in May, 1894, its 

 founder being C. A. Babcock, superintendent 

 of schools. Two years later the United States 

 Department of Agriculture issued a circular 

 urging all public schools to devote a special 

 day to the cause of bird protection. The 

 observance of the day is left to the schools of 

 each state and province, and the movement is 

 growing each year. The exercises are similar 

 to those used in the celebration of Arbor Day 

 (which see), and the two programs are fre- 

 quently combined. Bird Day in Louisiana 

 is observed on May 5, the birthday of that 

 great friend of the birds, John James 

 Audubon. J.B. 



Consult the books referred to in the body of 

 the above article ; also, Check-list of North 

 American Birds, published by the North Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union ; Nuttall's Manual of 

 the Ornithology of the United State? and Canada. 



Related Subjects. The following Classified 



lists will show how fully birds are treated in 

 these volumes : 



BIRDS OF PREY 



Buzzard Lammergeier 



Condor Marsh Hawk 



Eagle Owl 



Falcon Secretary Bird 



Goshawk Shrike 



Hawk Sparrow Hawk 



Kestrel Turkey Buzzard 



Kite Vulture 



CREEPERS AND CLIMBERS 



Cockatoo Quetzal 



Creeper Sapsucker 



Flicker Toucan 



Lory Woodpecker 



Macaw Wren 



Parrakeet Wryneck 



Parrot Yellow-hammer 



FISHERS 



Booby Frigate Bird 



Cormorant Hornbill 



.Darter Pelican 

 Fish Hawk 



American Goldfinch 



Baltimore Oriole 



Bellbird 



Bird of Paradise 



Blackbird 



Bluebird 



Bobolink 



Bower-bird 



Brown Thrasher 



Bullfinch 



Bunting 



Canary 



Cardinal Bird 



Catbird 



Chaffinch 



Chat 



Cowbird 



Crossbill 



Crow 



Crow Blackbird 



Cuckoo 



Curassow 



Dickcissel 



Dipper 



Finch 



Flycatcher 



Goldfinch 



Grackle 



Grosbeak 



Halcyon 



Hoopoe 



Indigo Bird 



Jackdaw 



Jay 



Junco 



Kingfisher 



Kinglet 



Carrier Pigeon 



Dove 



Passenger Pigeon 



PERCHERS 



Lark 



Linnet 



Magpie 



Martin 



Meadow Lark 



Mocking Bird 



Motmots 



Nightingale 



Nutcracker 



Nuthatch 



Oriole 



Ortolan 



Ouzel 



Oven Bird 



Pipit 



Raven 



Redbird 



Redstart 



Robin 



Rook 



Snowbird 



Sparrow 



Starlings 



Stone Chat 



Sunbird 



Swallow 



Tailor Bird 



Tanager 



Thrush 



Titmouse 



Umbrella Bird 



Vireo 



Wagtail 



Warblers 



Waxwing 



Weaver Bird 



Wood Pewee 



PIGEONS 



Pigeon 

 Turtle Dove 



