52 Bird - Lore 



waste of these beautiful, happy, innocent and useful lives on which we de- 

 pend for a large share of our natural enjoyment." 



Charles Dudley Warner sent the following message: "A dead bird does 

 not help the appearance of an ugly woman, and a pretty woman needs no 

 such adornment." 



In June, 1886, the Audubon Society reported that it had passed the 

 10,000 mark in membership and that additional names were being added at 

 the rate of one thousand per week. On'May 20, 1886, the Legislature of 

 New York State substantially passed the A. O. U. Model Law, thus being 

 the first commonwealth to adopt this measure. 



At the end of the first six months of its existence the Audubon Society 

 had enrolled over 11,000 members, and it was deemed necessary to incor- 

 porate. Steps were taken to that end, and on August 6, 1886, the incor- 

 poration was completed in the city of New York, with the corporate 

 title of ' The Audubon Society for the Protection of Birds.' The incor- 

 porators were George Bird Grinnell, Edward R. Wilbur, Charles B. Rey- 

 nolds, Joel A. Allen and William D. Page. 



In November following, the A. O. U. Protection Committee published 

 its second Bulletin in ' Forest and Stream.' This was subsequently repub- 

 lished in pamphlet form as ' Protection of Birds by Legislation.' This 

 Bulletin contained the New York Law of 1886, with detailed comments, 

 also a revised and simplified draft of a model law with full explanation 

 thereof, and suggestions how the law might be enforced, the effect of the 

 law on bird protection, the work of the Audubon Society and other perti- 

 nent matter. The report of the A. O. U. Protection Committee pre- 

 sented by Mr. Sennett, chairman, at the fourth annual meeting of the 

 Society, held November 16-18, 1886, at Washington, D. C, proved of 

 special interest and showed activity on the part of the members. During 

 the year twenty meetings were held at which a quorum was present. After 

 detailing the work and successes of the year, it concluded by stating that 

 the public press had warmly seconded its efforts, and it felt justified in 

 claiming that its labors had yielded most encouraging results, and that 

 the future was full of promise of further successes. The public was thor- 

 oughly aroused to the importance of enforcing strenuous measures for the 

 better protection of our birds, and the sympathy and assistance received by 

 the Committee in its work was full of encouragement to further effort. 



At the close of the year 1886 the Audubon Society had 16,000 

 members, with over three hundred local secretaries, scattered throughout 

 the United States and in various foreign countries. 



The Audubon Magazine. — In January, 1887, ' The Audubon Magazine' 

 appeared as the organ of the bird protection movement. ' Forest and 

 Stream' in an editorial, January 13, 1887, states: "The methods of 

 personal letter writing and circular distribution, heretofore adopted by the 



