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Bird - Lore 



There was a time, before the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies began 

 its campaign to suppress the sale of 

 feathers in Pennsylvania, when this state 

 was a hotbed for the wholesale millinery 

 interests of this country that had been 

 driven out of New York state by the 

 Audubon Law. This was not so many 

 years ago either, and Pennsylvania is 

 certainly to be congratulated on the ad- 

 vanced stand it has taken on the matter 

 of bird protection. No small part of this 

 is due to the long educational work of Dr. 

 Kalbfus, who for nearly two decades has 

 occupied his present position as Execu- 

 tive Ofi&cer of the Board of Game Com- 

 missioners of Pennsylvania. 



Summer Schools for Bird-Study 



The Association will cooperate with the 

 following colleges and universities in 

 presenting courses in bird-study during 

 the summer of 1918: 



Dr. Eugene Swope, of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, Field Agent for the Association, 

 will give a four-weeks' course in bird- 

 study at the University of Florida, located 

 at Gainesville. 



Dr. J. M. Johnson, of Brooklyn, will 

 conduct a four-weeks' course at the 

 Summer School of the South, Knoxville, 

 Tenn. 



Miss Belle Williams, of Columbia, S. C, 

 will have her bird-work at the Winthrop 

 Normal and Industrial College, Rock 

 ff,in, S. C, for a month. 



Miss Mary Bacon, of Athens, Ga., 

 will give a course in bird-study at the 

 University of Georgia during the summer 

 session, from July i to August 3. 



Mr. Ralph Hubbard, of Boulder, Col., 

 a member of the faculty of the University 

 of Colorado, will give a course in bird- 

 study again this year. 



Mr. Edward Fleischer, of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences, will teach 

 bird-study in the Adelphi College, Brook- 

 lyn, during the summer session, from July 

 8 to August 16. 



Mr. J. Bowie Fernehough, of Baltimore, 

 will give the bird-course this summer at 



the University of Virginia, University 

 P. O., Va. 



Game-Law Enforcement in New York 



The State Conservation Commission, 

 with headquarters at Albany, during the 

 present administration has been doing a 

 wonderful work in its various lines of 

 service. Particularly may be noted with 

 satisfaction the energetic way in which 

 it is enforcing all the bird- and game- 

 protective laws. 



Its accomplishments are brought force- 

 fully to the attention of the public each 

 month by the issuance of a bulletin con- 

 taining a detailed account of all arrests for 

 violation of the conservation laws, with 

 the amount of fines paid where convictions 

 resulted. By examining the one for March, 

 1918, for example, we find that there were 

 154 arrests and 127 convictions for the 

 month. The fines paid in these cases 

 amounted to something over $3,000. 



The character of the offenses included 

 illegal killing of deer, Pheasants, song-birds, 

 fur-bearing animals, and rabbits. Others 

 were for violating the fish laws. Those who 

 have watched the fight to suppress the 

 traffic in the feathers of wild birds will be 

 interested in learning that the law against 

 the sale of aigrettes is being rigidly en- 

 forced. During March there were six 

 arrests for this offense, and convictions 

 resulted in every case. 



First State Cat Law 



What is believed to be the first state law 

 passed for restricting cats was recently 

 enacted by the New York State Legisla- 

 ture. 



The wording of this new statute is as 

 follows: 



Cats hunting or killing birds. Any per- 

 son over the age of twenty-one years, who 

 is the holder of a valid hunting and trap- 

 ping license, may, and it shall be the duty 

 of a game protector or other peace ofhcer 

 to humanely destroy a cat at large found 

 hunting or killing any bird protected by 

 law or with a dead bird of any species 

 protected by law in its possession; and no 



