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About 2,000 acres are set aside in Martha's Vineyard for tlie pro- 

 tection and propagation of the vanishing heath hen, once generally- 

 distributed on New England coast, now in its last stronghold. 



In Connecticut laws were secured requiring registration of all 

 hunters, and close season for wild fowl, snipe and shore birds from 

 Jan. 1st to Sept. 1st. 



In New Hampshire bills were passed for protection of wood duck, 

 upland plover and kill deer at all times for a term of years. Twenty- 

 two lectures were also given before State Normal Schools, farmers' 

 associations, and legislatures in the three states. 



Mr. H. H. Kopman has been busy in Louisiana and Mississippi, 

 attending farmers' institutes (25), organizing work and cruising along 

 the coast in interest of protection of royal terns,, brown pelicans, 

 man-o-war birds, black skimmers, laughing gulls, Louisiana herons. He 

 reported only C pairs of snowy herons. 



Mr. William L. Finlay has been vigorously at work in Oregon and 

 Washington. Mr. Finlay is known widely for his studies of western 

 birds, his lectures and publications relative to bird life histories. Dur- 

 ing the past few years there has been considerable work in economic 

 conditions in Oregon and Washington incident to the clearing off 

 and settling of great areas, where fruit raising has grown to be the 

 leading industry. In order to forestall evil birds legislation from 

 persons ill informed as to true relations of birds to agriculture, a sys- 

 tematic work on education has been inaugurated. Under the authority 

 of the University of Oregon, literature will be distributed. Mr. 

 Finlay has been lecturing (no finer slides are used in the country) to 

 granges and has used the press to good advantage. Mr. Finlay has 

 also lectured on bird study and protection in Illinois, Michigan, Minne- 

 sota and Indiana. 



Mr. John B. Watson acted as warden at Bird Key during May, June 

 and July, which are important months for the nesting of sooty and 

 noddy terns. At this same time he was engaged in the study of the 

 habits of these birds for the Marine Biology Laboratory of the Carnegie 

 Institution. 



A. C. Bent looked after the colonies on Cobb's Island, Virginia and 

 Mr. Arthur H. Norton those of the Maine coast. 



Six new reservations have been secured, four on the Pacific coast. 

 The Three Arch Reservation is on the coast of Oregon — Flattery 

 Rocks, Quillayute Needles and Copalis Rock on the Washington coast, 

 Tern Jsland and Shell Keys on the coast of Louisiana. 



In these Federal Reservations the warden is elected and appointed 

 by the executive, the salary nominal, but the real compensation is 

 paid by the National Association. 



