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passed. Such consideration is usually re- 

 served for bills that Legislators consider 

 infinitely more important than they are wont 

 to consider wild-life conservation measures. 

 From its introduction to its passage, it meant 

 the most continuous and strenuous effort on 

 the part of its sponsors, who enlisted the co- 

 operation of the Junior Audubon Class mem- 

 bers in the schools, the State Federation of 

 Women's Clubs, and every available agency 



of progressive citizenship in this fight. The 

 passage of this bill is a triumph for Audubon 

 work and removes a long-standing stain from 

 the fair name of New Jersey. 



Hearty congratulations are due the New 

 Jersey Audubon Society, and especially its 

 Secretary, Beecher S. Bowdish for this splen- 

 did victory in the interests of the much- 

 persecuted Bobolink. 



QUAIL AS A 'SONGBIRD' 



In some sections of the country an errone- 

 ous idea appears to exist as to the attitude of 

 the National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties toward the Quail, some people thinking 

 that the Association desires to see the Quail 

 put on the 'song-bird list', and thus perma- 

 nently withheld from the realm of field sports. 



With this there is given a copy of a letter 

 written by the President of the Association 

 to Representative Simon F. Zook, of Penn- 

 sylvania, who recently was fathering such a 

 bill in the legislature of that state. This 



letter may be regarded as representing the 

 Association's attitude toward the subject. 



Mr. Simon F. Zook, 



House of Representatives, 



Harrisburg, Pa. April 2, 1921. 



My dear Mr. Zook: 



Your letter of March 31, inviting me to 

 appear before the Game Committees of the 

 Pennsylvania House of Representatives on 

 April 5 in support of your bill to put the 

 Quail on the 'song-bird list' reached me this 

 morning. 



The National Association of Audubon 

 Societies does not advocate the placing of the 



A FOOD-CAR FOR BIRDS DESIGNED AND OPERATED BY JOSEPH R. SWAIN 



