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"Again we have paid for six months the salary of Warden Guy M. Brad- 

 ley at Cape Sable, in response to a call from the National Committee; real- 

 izing, if our means are limited, the importance of guarding the rookeries, 

 but while doing this we look forward with the hope that the time may 

 come when our Florida legislators will realize that money spent to estab- 

 lish our own bird wardens would be money well invested for the benefit 

 of our state. For the hazardous work our wardens carry on so well, our 

 public thanks are due them. 



"In February, 1904, Mr. Geo. N, Chamberlin (a vice-president) made 

 a two-hundred-and-fifty-mile trip, down Indian River, from Daytona to 

 Lake Worth; a letter to the Society gives an account 'of the feeding or 

 breeding-grounds of Cranes, Herons, Ducks, White and Brown Pelicans.' 

 With Warden Kroegel he visited the Pelican Island Reservation and its 

 vicinity, where he saw thousands of Brown Pelicans nesting; they were 

 found to be quite tame on approaching them to view the nests, which were 

 built of sticks and grass and contained eggs or young. Mr. Chamberlin 

 urges that a small steam motor- boat be provided the warden, as Pelican 

 Island is three miles from Sebastian, where Kroegel lives. 



"As the attention of all humane persons has been directed to the inhuman 

 practice of the slaughter of live Pigeons by 'trap shooting,' which is per- 

 mitted in certain localities in Florida for the entertainment and amusement 

 of both women and men 'pleasure -seekers,' we would here make our pro- 

 test against this brutal so-called 'sport,' with the hope that public -spirited 

 Floridians will cause it to be forbidden in the near future, by seconding the 

 efforts of this Society." 



Georgia. — Unfortunately Audubon matters are not in a very encourag- 

 ing condition in this great agricultural state. Prof. Starnes, the secretary, 

 reports as follows: "I have hoped I would be able to make a report of 

 something definite accomplished by the Georgia Audubon Society, but I 

 am forced to admit that it is impossible. I have not been able to induce 

 any one to take hold and push things, and I have personally, at this season 

 of the year, an overwhelming amount of routine work which consumes all 

 of my time. I yet hope to enlist the active sympathies of one or two par- 

 ties. It is difficult to arouse effort in this matter, since our state law 

 covers all points except extending protection to the Dove and the Lark. Yet 

 it is sadly defective in the provision made for wardens. This is of really 

 more moment than the omission of protection to the Dove and the Lark. 



"I am sorry that so disappointing a report must be made of our organi- 

 zation in this state; success cannot be achieved until some one is found 

 with sufficient time to devote to the cause." 



The National Committee will make earnest efforts during the coming 

 year to find such a person. 



