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Bird- Lore 



Grebes, Herons, or any part thereof, includ- 

 ing aigrettes. 



"Second, That we pledge ourselves, col- 

 lectively and individually, not to buy the 

 aforenamed after January i, or sell or offer 

 for sale any of these articles after July i, 1906. 



"We trust that this endorsement of the 

 Audubon Society will suffice to show you 

 that we morally support you, and it will 

 be my duty and pleasure to insist upon the 

 carrying out to the letter of this agree- 

 ment as far as our Association is con- 

 cerned. Beyond this, however, we should 

 have your support in insisting to the large 

 retailer, which is the department stores, that 

 they refrain from the sale of these articles 

 and give you their moral support, the same 

 as we have done. Otherwise our efforts are 

 at naught, and they will continually tempt 

 the jobber to handle the article, and be the 

 means of finding some weakling who will 

 yield to their demands. 



This agreement is practically a renewal 

 of the one entered into in 1903, which was 

 for three years. The executive of the Na- 

 tional Association urgently requests the 

 members and officers of the State Audubon 

 Societies to do all in their power to help 

 carry out the provisions of this agreement, 

 especially in the following states, where the 

 millinery jobbers are principally engaged in 

 business : Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, 

 Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Oklahoma, 

 Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Ken- 

 tucky, Tennessee and Texas 



The willingness of the Western Millinery 

 Jobbers to uphold the principles of the 

 Audubon Societies certainly deserves the 

 highest appreciation, and conclusively shows 

 that they are guided by a sense of civic duty 

 rather than a sordid spirit and a mere greed 

 for money. 



In Massachusetts the president of the Fish 

 and Game Commission is enforcing the 

 anti-plumage law very effectively. Recently 

 one Lewis Mitchell, Chief of the Passama- 

 quoddy tribe of Indians at Pleasant Point, 

 Maine, was arrested in Boston while he was 

 attempting to sell 128 strips of Gulls' plum- 

 age taken from birds shot in Maine. His 

 defense was that, being an Indian, he had 

 certain treaty rights which permitted him to 



kill the birds, and that the game laws did 

 not apply to him. He was convicted, paid 

 a fine of fifty dollars, spent two day* in jail, 

 and the plumage was confiscated. The Fish 

 and Game Commissioners of Maine had 

 their attention called to the case, and there is 

 every probability that Mitchell will also 

 have to stand trial in Maine for his violation 

 of the statutes of that state. Commissioner 

 Carleton says that Indians are subject to the 

 game laws, and have no privileges that are 

 not enjoyed by any other citizen. This point 

 was decided in a test case, in the Supreme 

 Judicial Court, 84th Maine, p. 465. 



The same question has arisen in Florida, 

 and it has been found, on investigation by 

 the National Association, that in that state 

 also Indians are subject to the same laws 

 which govern all other citizens. The Semi- 

 nole Indians, who reside largely in the Ever- 

 glades, are persistent plume-hunters and are 

 in the habit of selling their illegal wares to 

 the guests at the large hotels. 



It is intended to break up this traffic, and 

 orders have been given to the warden in 

 Dade county to arrest the first Indian seen 

 offering for sale the plumes of protected 

 birds. 



Bahama Islands 



Mention was made in the last Annual Re- 

 port (p. 306) of the bird law just adopted 

 in these Islands. An appeal has been 

 received from Miss Alice M. Boynton, head 

 of the Normal and Industrial Institute, 

 (Incorporated) located at Boynton, New 

 Providence, for second-hand books, pamph- 

 lets, charts or any other matter that will 

 arouse interest among the white and colored 

 children of New Providence in the protection 

 of birds, that they may be allowed to in- 

 crease. This is -a new school, founded in 

 1904, and it can exert a great influence 

 along Audubon lines. The members of all 

 Audubon Societies and the readers of Bird- 

 Lore are urged to contribute any second- 

 hand printed matter to this school, espe- 

 cially that relating to natural history in all its 

 branches. Contributions sent to the office 

 of this Association will be boxed and 

 shipped. 



