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mending consideration for these birds which 

 are about to disappear. 



"Thanking you for the notice, I remain, 

 very respectfully, 



"(Signed) A. L. Herrera." 



A Good Example to Follow 



Among the many letters of commendation 

 and encouragement that are received by the 

 Association for its work in behalf of wild 

 birds, none has brought greater cheer than 

 the one from which the following extract 

 is made: "I have left your Society $5,000 in 

 my will, and I hope that if there is any 

 material life in the world to which we all 

 must go, that the birds may welcome me as 

 they do so many mornings in my country 

 home."— W. D. 



A Plea for the Robin in the South 



As a most earnest believer in the God- 

 given right of even the most helpless of his 

 creatures to live and enjoy life, this plea 

 for the Robin is made. In the South this 

 bird is only a winter resident, and of course 

 the people cannot possibly have the attach- 

 ment for it that obtains in other parts of the 

 country where it makes its breeding home. 

 The Robin is the most familiar bird of the 

 North; it is the sharer of our home-life; it 

 builds its nests in the vines on our porches 

 or in the trees on our lawns ; its voice is the 

 first we hear in the spring and it sings for 

 us until the leaves fade in the fall; it is to 

 us what the Mocking-bird and Cardinal are 

 to the people of the South. It stirs our 

 hearts deeply to think that our best-loved 

 bird has not the same affection shown him 

 in other parts of the country. 



The National Association has waged a 

 long and arduous fight for your Cardinal 

 and Mocking-bird in all parts of the coun- 

 try, and can now truly say that none are 

 sold for cage captives in the North. This 

 result is due entirely to the efforts and hard 

 work of this society. We now ask you to 

 reciprocate and do for the Robin what has 

 been done for your special bird pets. There 

 is still another side of this question, i. e., 

 the economic. The Robin destroys myriads 

 of noxious insects wherever it breeds, and 



undoubtedly will be found to do the same 

 in its winter quarters. Its value as an aid 

 to agriculture is too great to warrant its 

 being killed for food. We ask you to try 

 to have the Robin protected during the 

 short time it is with you and also help us 

 educate the public to spare it. — W. D. 



Bird-Lists of the Massachusetts 

 Society 



The ten best lists of Massachusetts birds 

 for the year ending December 31, 1905, 

 were made by the following observers : 



No. of Species 

 192 



151 

 125 

 117 

 Il6 

 114 

 I 10 

 107 

 I02 



72- 



Name 



Lilian E. Bridge . 

 James L. Peters. . . 

 Anna K. Barry. 

 Bertha Langmaid. 

 Arthur W. Fletcher. 

 Louise Howe. . . 

 Samuel D. Robbins. 

 Sarah K. Swift. 

 Florence Howe . . . 

 Georgianna M. Wheelock 



The White Badge of Cruelty 



In view of the decision of the courts in 

 regard to foreign birds, to which attention 

 is called above, we sincerely hope that the 

 wishes of the ' Millinery Trade Review ' 

 that "there will be no let-up" in the con- 

 test between the dealers in aigrettes and the 

 Audubon Societies may be fully gratified. 



As for the ' women and girls ' whose 



THE WHITE BADGE OF CRUELTY 



