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When such a law is general, there will be no excuse for any one carrying a 

 gun during the close season, and when a person is found doing so it will be 

 evident that a violation is contemplated. The public, especially the bird- 

 loving public of New Jersey, should uphold their Game Commission in all 

 their attempts to stop spring shooting. The Audubon Society has had some 

 strenuous fights on its hands in the past, and it has, by strong and concerted 

 action, always been successful. It is not too soon to commence the cam- 

 paign for the abolition of spring shooting in New Jersey. The photograph 



SOME COSTLY WONK V.Y A BOY WHO NKF.DS EDUCATING 



shown of the youth who took pride in killing valuable Hawks in the south- 

 ern part of the state shows that a liberal circulation of educational leaflets is 

 necessary. The harm done by this lad to the farming interests of his locality 

 is beyond estimate, to say nothing of the open and repeated violations of the 

 law. If this boy had been taught in school the value of birds, and also to 

 respect their rights, he might now be a protector of, and not a menace to 

 the birds. 



Two wardens were employed, both of whom report a good year for the 

 birds. The Laughing Gulls and Terns seem to be making a slow but steady 

 increase, due to rigid protection, and the stopping of the sale of the plumage 

 of native birds by milliners. 



Miss Scribner, secretary of the Audubon Society, reports as follows: 



