114 Report of Committee on Bird Protection. \j^ 



Arbor ^^nd Bird Day Law. 



Section i. The governor is hereby authorized to set apart each year by 

 proclamation, one da^', to be designated an Arbor and Bird Day, and to 

 request its observance by all public schools, private schools, colleges and 

 other institutions, by the planting of trees, the adornment of school 

 and public grounds, and by suitable exercises having for their object the 

 advancement of the study of arboriculture, the promotion of a spirit of 

 protection to birds and trees, and the cultivation of an appreciative senti- 

 ment concerning them. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 

 passage and publication. 



8. — Your Committee further recommends that as far as possi- 

 ble uniform circulars and leaflets should be issued by the Audubon 

 Societies ; to that end a clearing house should be established and 

 the leaflets and circulars be printed from stereotyped plates, thus 

 securing published matter at the minimum of cost. 



9- — Your Committee further recommends that an Audubon 

 badge be adopted and issued instead of certificates of member- 

 ship. These might be worn and thus serve to remind the Audu- 

 bon member of his or her pledge, and they would also excite 

 interest in others and thus spread the good influence of the work. 



lo. — Your Committee further urgently recommends that all 

 permits issued by the proper authorities for collecting birds and 

 their eggs should be absolutely confined to scientific purposes, 

 and that in no sense should they be construed to permit collecting 

 for commercial purposes. And further, it is the duty of all mem- 

 bers of the American Ornithologists' Union and members of 

 Audubon Societies to urge this matter upon the authorities issu- 

 ing such licenses. 



Finally, your Committee finds itself in great need of aid in 

 many parts of the United States and calls for volunteers for the 

 work from members of the Union. Such members would be 

 expected to assume the direction of the work in the manner out- 

 lined above in territory assigned to them. 



Very respectfully submitted, 



WILLIAM DUTCHER, 



C/iairman- 



