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dirt'erent States. This co-operation has resulted in a ureat 

 general improvement in State laws and their enforcement. 

 This movement, now so well under Avay, gives promise of 

 preserving a large part at least of the wealth of our fauna, 

 which vre may be said to hold as trustees for posterity. 



For the benefit of those persons who are interested in 

 caring for and protecting ])iids. a list of some oiBcials and as- 

 sociations Avho will help to further the work is ajipended : — 



Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, Henry W. Henshaw, 

 chief, Dr. T. S. Palmer, assistant chief. The Survey dis- 

 tributes a large number of authoritative |)ublications on the 

 food habits and utility of birds. Dr. T. S. Palmer, for 

 many years in charge of game preservation, has literature 

 on that subject for distribution, and is prepared to furnish 

 information that will aid in the enforcement of the game 

 and bird laws. 



The Xatioiial Association of Audubon Societies (offices, 

 1974 Broadway, Xew York), William Dutcher, president, 

 T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary, is helping the cause of bird 

 protection everywhere by every means in its power. It 

 sends out excellent illustrated leaflets to teachers, and 

 directly influences legislation. 



The Massachusetts Commission on Fisheries and Game 

 (Room 158, State House, Boston), Dr. George W. Field, 

 chairman, is the legally constituted authority for the enforce- 

 ment of the fish, game, and bird laws of Massachusetts. The 

 commission furnishes, on request, a poster containing an 

 abstract of these statutes. A copy of this is posted annually 

 in each post-office in the State. The officers of the com- 

 missi(m attend to all ccmiplaints of infractions of these laws. 

 The commission is also engaged in })r()pagatiiig Pheasants, 

 Quail, Grouse, and other game birds. 



The State Board of Agriculture (room VM\, State House, 

 Boston), J. Lewis Ellsworth, secretary, distril)utes bulle- 

 tins, reports, and nature leaflets on birds and l)ird protection ; 

 also cloth posters, on which are printed extracts from the 

 trespass laws. ''\ 



The ^Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association 



