Cbe &ulmbon Societies 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies. 141 Broadway, New York City 



Important Notice 



Many of the members of the National 

 Association write that they receive two 

 copies of Bird-Lore. The reason for 

 this is that Bird-Lore, as the organ of 

 the Association, is mailed to all members 

 of the Association, and they probably 

 overlook this fact and subscribe to the 

 magazine in addition to joining the Asso- 

 ciation. Members will please bear in 

 mind that so long as their annual dues of 

 $5 are paid Bird-Lore will be sent to them 

 without any further payment on their 

 part. If extra copies of Bird-Lore are 

 desired by members, they can be secured 

 of the publishers. 



Legislation 



Massachusetts.— This state has failed 

 to shorten the open season for wild fowl 

 and shore birds, as House Bill 507, which 

 was drawn for the purpose, was finally 

 referred to the next session of the legis- 

 lature. 



Two additional acts were passed, how- 

 ever, which will in time establish refuges 

 or reservations for forest birds. The first 

 was an act to provide for the purchase of 

 forest lands and reforestation. It was 

 introduced and ably championed by 

 Senator Treadway. It was advocated 

 by the agent of the National Association, 

 but its final passage was largely owing 

 to the earnest and efficient work of Rep- 

 resentative Gates of Westboro, who has 

 been active in all good bird and game legis- 

 lation. It empowers the State Forester 

 to purchase land or accept donations of 

 land in any part of the state, appropriates 

 $5,000 and carries an annual appropria- 

 tion of $10,000, beginning in 1909. This 



bill will ensure a considerable number of 

 small forest reservations which will be 

 added to year by year. 



A bill establishing a county reservation 

 on Mount Everett, in Berkshire, was fi- 

 nally passed through the efforts of Senator 

 Treadway. Thus far all forest reserva- 

 tions in Massachusetts have been so 

 managed as to furnish protection to all 

 desirable animals that inhabit them, and 

 this policy will undoubtedly be carried 

 out, eventually, in all reservations. — 

 E. H. F. 



Rhode Island. — The net result of the 

 legislation of the year in Rhode Island, 

 so far as bird protection is concerned, 

 consisted in the passage of a bill prohibit- 

 ing the killing of shore birds from Janu- 

 ary 1 to August 1, and another making 

 an increased appropriation for the use 

 of the bird commissioners. This is a great 

 advance when it is considered that shore 

 birds previously had no protection what- 

 ever in the state and that heretofore it 

 has been impossible to get an increased 

 appropriation. 



The bill providing a close season for up- 

 land game passed both houses by a large 

 majority, but, on the last day of the ses- 

 sion, it was referred to a Senate Committee 

 for concurrence in a house amendment 

 and the committee failed to report it 

 back. 



The Rhode Island Audubon Society 

 took an active part in legislative work. 

 Very effective assistance was rendered by 

 the former Secretary, Mrs. H. T. Grant, 

 as well as by the present Secretary, Miss 

 Alice W. Wilcox.— E. H. F. 



Louisiana. — The session of the legis- 

 lature in this state has just closed and it 



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