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the subject, that he or she may be prepared to instruct and interest 

 anyone with whom they may be thrown in contact. 



2. — Members should also be prepared and willing at all times 

 to address farmers' institutes, women's clubs, and any other gath- 

 ering of people where the subject of bird protection and the value 

 of birds to the people can be urged. 



3. — Another duty is for members of the Union to urge upon 

 their representatives in their State legislatures the advisability of 

 passing proper laws for the protection of birds, including the so- 

 called birds of prey ; this can be done on" the ground of their 

 economic value to the agricultural districts if for no other reason. 



4. — Members should take every opportunity to talk to edu- 

 cators urging them to teach the children about bird life, and to 

 that end should prevail upon as many teachers as possible to join 

 this society. Could the Union have four or five thousand mem- 

 bers scattered throughout the country, largely among the teachers, 

 it would be financially able to have a department devoted exclu- 

 sively to the furthering of this special work. 



5. — Your committee find that the bird laws of the various 

 States are so unlike in their provisions, and in most cases so 

 worthless, that it, urgently recommends that it would be advisable 

 to have made a complete compilation of the laws relative to birds 

 throughout the United States. 



6. — After such compilation, the Committee further recom- 

 mends that a draft of a uniform law be made that can be safely 

 recommended for enacting in all portions of North America. 

 This law should, if possible, prevent the transportation by public 

 carriers or individuals from one State to another. 



7. — It is further recommended that a uniform law establishing 

 Bird Day in conjunction with Arbor Day be urged for passage in 

 all the States where such a law does not now exist. The very 

 simple but clear law now on the statute books of Wisconsin is 

 recommended as a model. It has been urged that two holidays 

 are objectionable, therefore, as Arbor Day and Bird Day are 

 allied in purpose a law making both observable on the same day 

 is advisable. The following is recommended. 



