Si^jsnUttinu S^garfitny iHtgratoru 



At the Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society, 

 held on January 8, 1918, the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Whereas, The Congress of the United States invited the Gov- 

 ernment of the Dominion of Canada to enter into an international 

 treaty for the protection of North American migratory birds from 

 the destruction which rapidlj' has been exterminating many valuable 

 sj)ecies, and 



Whereas, The Government of Canada, despite the distractions 

 of her participation in a great war, promptly accepted the proposal 

 of our Congress and diligently and forcefully carried it into com- 

 plete effect ; now therefore be it 



Resolved, Tliat the New York Zoological Society hereby respect- 

 fully directs the attention of the President of the United States 

 and the House of Representatives to the disq lieting fact that tlic 

 American enabling act to provide regulations for the enforcement 

 by the United States of the aforesaid treaty has not yet passed the 

 lower house of Congress, and that immediate action is necessary in 

 order to keep faith with Canada, to avoid affronting a friendly 

 nation, and at the same time to place our migratory birds on the 

 basis of protection that long lias been desired for them by the 

 people of the United States. 



