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greal detail, and were elaborately illustrated 

 by diagrams and by specimens of foreign 

 and American game-birds for comparison. 

 It was shown very clearly that it would be 

 impossible for the Game Commission of the 

 state to prevent the sale of native game-birds 

 were the sale of five species of foreign game- 

 birds mentioned in the bill legalized. It was 

 pointed out that the bill was specious in its 

 wording, the trade names of the birds being 

 used,— for instance, Rebhubner, instead of 

 Gray Partridge; Red-leg, instead of Red- 

 legged Partridge: Egyptian Quail, instead 

 of European or Migratory Quail. It was 

 evident that these misleading names were 

 used in order not to attract the attention of 

 the members of the legislature to the familiar 

 names of Partridge and Quail. 



It was further proven that the bill was 

 faulty in many other important respects. 

 The advocates of the bill, fearing that it 

 might not be favorably reported from the 

 Committee, had an almost identical bill 

 introduced in the Senate, on which a hear- 

 ing was held April 19, when practically the 

 same objections were presented as at the 

 previous hearing. Every possible influence 

 that could be secured was brought to bear 

 to prevent the passage of these bills, with the 

 final result that the legislature adjourned 

 without having acted upon them. The suc- 

 cess of the efforts of the Audubon Society to 

 defeat the Burr and Foreign Game Sale 

 Bills was no doubt largely helped by the 

 work and influence of individual members, 

 many of whom sent letters and telegrams to 

 their legislators. Such help is always very 

 valuable. 



[OWA. — Three attempts to have the model 

 bird law adopted by this state have been 

 made. The failures in 1902 and 1904 really 

 worked for good, as the non-game bird law 

 now in force in Iowa is of the most com- 

 prehensive and advanced type. Experience 

 has shown several improvements that were 

 necessary in the original draft of the model 

 law ; these are all embraced in the statute 

 now in force in Iowa. The State Audubon 

 Society took a very active part in the passage 

 of the bill, and to their efforts success is 

 largely due. 



South Carolina. — A bill was introduced 

 "To incorporate the Audubon Society of 

 South Carolina and to provide for the pres- 

 ervation of the song- and game-birds of 

 the state." 



Section 3 reads: " The objects for which 

 the corporation is formed are to promote 

 among the citizens of South Carolina a 

 better appreciation of the value of song and 

 insectivorous birds to man and the state ; to 

 encourage parents and teachers to give 

 instruction to children on the subject ; to 

 stimulate public sentiment against the de- 

 struction of wild birds and their eggs ; to 

 secure the enactment and enforcement of 

 proper and necessary laws for the protection 

 and preservation of birds and game of the 

 state ; to provide for the naming of special 

 officers and investing them with necessary 

 power, who shall work under the direction 

 and control of the Audubon Society of 

 South Carolina, looking to the rigid enforce- 

 ment of the present game-bird protective 

 laws of the state ; to distribute literatuie 

 bearing on these topics among the members 

 of the Society and other persons ; and to raise 

 and provide funds for defraying the neces- 

 sary expenses of the Society in the accom- 

 plishment of the purposes herein named." 



The bill failed of passage, the reason for 

 this being given by one of the incorporators. 



"I am sorry that the legislature adjourned 

 without passing the Audubon Bill, and it 

 died on the calendar. There was no oppo- 

 sition to it, and the only reason it did not go 

 through was that, according to the rules of 

 the legislature permission has to be first ob- 

 tained for introducing such bills. This was 

 done promptly, but it made the bill very late 

 on the calendar, and it was impossible to get 

 it passed before the adjournment of the legis- 

 lature. 



"This matter will be attended to at the 

 next meeting of the legislature, and it will 

 pass without a doubt." 



Georgia. — The legislature of this state 

 is in session, and the secretary of this Associ- 

 ation, Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, is now in 

 Georgia in the interest of a bill which has 

 been introduced to incorporate the Audubon 

 Society and to give it charge of bird and 



