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head of any animal killed, mentioned in Section one, and shall make affi- 

 davit of the time and place of such killing. Such town clerk or senator 

 shall thereupon destroy the head of such animal, and shall, in addition to 

 his official attestation of said affidavit, certify that the person making the 

 same exhibited to him the head of the animal alleged to have been killed; 

 and the state auditor shall, upon presentation of such affidavit and certifi- 

 cate, draw^ his order upon the general treasurer in favor of the person sign- 

 ing such affidavit. 



Sec. 3. The sum of five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be 

 necessary is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of this act. 



Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



Mrs. Grant, secretary of the Audubon Society, furnishes the following 

 interesting report: "Our work has been prosecuted with some vigor during 

 the past year, chiefly in establishing new branches in the rural districts and 

 in schools. Ten new branches have been founded, and fifty of the Massa- 

 chusetts Audubon bird -charts have been placed in schoolrooms. Our two 

 traveling libraries have been in constant demand, and the stereopticon and 

 accompanying lecture have been used many times. We have also assisted in 

 the printing and distributing of a valuable poster, ' Feed the Birds.' 



"We have increased our membership substantially, and, on the whole, 

 feel that we have accomplished some good. In the future we mean to pros- 

 ecute even a more vigorous and aggressive work." 



South Carolina. — This is the only state on the Atlantic coast that has 

 not as yet adopted the Model Law for the protection of its non-game birds. 

 Why the citizens of this commonwealth have not yet awakened to the 

 importance of bird protection is difficult to understand, in view of all of the 

 agitation on the subject during the past few years. Early in the spring of 

 1904 Mr. Herbert K. Job made an extended bird photographing trip 

 through the south, and among the other localities visited was South Caro- 

 lina. The following brief, but interesting report shows the importance of 

 improved legal bird protection: "During the second and third weeks of 

 May I explored the Sea Islands of South Carolina. The coastwise trip was 

 notably interesting from opportunities to study the shore birds, breeding 

 and migrating. Oyster- catchers, Wilson's Plovers and Willets were scat- 

 tered about in fair numbers and were breeding, apparently unmolested. In 

 one place I was shown a fine nesting colony of Willets, and saw in one day 

 as many as fifty nests with eggs. 



"Migratory shore birds were very abundant, the various small sandpipers, 

 — notably the Red-backed, — Turnstones, Ring-necked and Black-bellied 

 Plovers and Hudsonian Curlews. The latter were seen by thousands, feed- 



