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Bird-Lore 



Museum of Natural History, New York 

 City, October 30, 1906. In view of the 

 increased activities now rendered possible 

 by the Association's improved financial 

 status, it is hoped that this meeting will be 

 largely attended. 



The Mrs. Bradley Fund 



Total subscriptions reported in 

 June Bird-Lore, including 

 May 8, 1906 $1,788 25 



Subscriptions including August 



28, 1906 55 15 



Total #1,843 4° 



ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIBERS TO FUND 



Anonymous $1 00 



Arnold, Dr. W. W 1 00 



Bachman, Mrs. T. J 2 00 



Dunham, Master Arthur Louis . . 5 00 

 Illinois Audubon Society (Alton 



Branch) 30 00 



Kittredge, S. D. ........ 1 00 



Latham, Mrs. C. F 1 00 



Lovett, Miss Charlotte B 2 00 



Matthews, Grace F 1 00 



Natural Science Club, Brooklyn, 



N. Y . 2 00 



Putnam, G. H. 5 15 



Surface, Miss Beatrice Josephine . 1 00 



Surface, Harley Bleasdaie 1 00 



Surface, Violet Mae 1 00 



Wallace, A. L 1 00 



#55 i5 

 Notes and News 



Plume Sales.* — "The usual feather sales 

 were held at the London Commercial Sale- 

 rooms on April 11 and June 12, 1906. A 

 feature of the earlier sale was the great 



''Reprinted from 'Bird Notes and News'. Vol. II. 

 No. 2, 1906. Organ ofthe RoyalSociety for the Protection 

 of Birds, London, England. 



number of Tern's wings (10,000), of 

 Kingfishers (15,000), and of Albatross and 

 Bustard quills. There were 260 packages 

 of Osprey (Aigrette) feathers, 7,188 Birds- 

 of-Paradise, and a large supply of Crested- 

 Pigeons. On June 12 there were offered 289 

 packages of Osprey (Aigrette) feathers and 

 11,841 Birds-of-Paradise, together with 72 

 Impeyan Pheasants, 2, 514 pairsof Ptarmigan 

 wings, and a more than ordinary number of 

 Crested-Pigeons and of 'Vulture' (Rhea) 

 feathers." 



The above sale represents the death of 

 many thousand of interesting and valuable 

 birds, and, in the case of the Birds-of-Para- 

 dise, a species that is fast nearing extinction. 

 It shows conclusively that education and 

 pleading have but little effect on those who 

 selfishly desire to sell for profit, and those 

 who buy for personal adornment. The only 

 way to stop such an unholy traffic, in the 

 lives of these beautiful and innocent crea- 

 tures, is to have enacted international laws, 

 prohibiting the possession and sale of the 

 feathers of all wild birds. It is now time 

 for the Foreign Societies for the protection 

 of wild birds to join with the American 

 Society (National Association of Audubon 

 Societies), in an attempt to secure an inter- 

 national agreement to prohibit possession, 

 sale, export and import of the feathers of all 

 wild birds.— W. D. 



The Virginia Creeper as a Winter 

 Food for Birds.— In the July 'Auk' an 

 interesting and valuable article is published 

 on this subject. The concluding paragraph 

 is a suggestive hint to all bird-lovers or land- 

 owners. "The plant retains its fruit almost 

 half the year and is therefore particularly 

 valuable as an early spring bird food. To 

 those who care to attract winter birds, the 

 Virginia creeper, both from its usefulness in 

 this respect and on account of its appearance, 

 is to be recommended most highly." — W. D. 



