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action for damages shall be maintained 

 for such killing. 



"This act shall take effect immediately." 



Another Bird Sanctuary 



Mr. Frank Bond, of Washington, D. C, 

 who for fifteen years or more has been an 

 active member of the Audubon Society, 

 and who by virtue of his position as Chief 

 Clerk in the General Land Ofifice has been 

 able to exert great influence in the estab- 

 lishment of bird reservations, under'date 

 of Aprils, 1918, forwarded to this ofiice 

 the following letter: 



"I know you will be glad indeed to be 

 advised that yesterday I received a letter 

 from the ofifice of the Engineering Bureau, 

 Chief of the Ordnance, War Department, 

 which stated: 



" 'I am instructed by the Acting Chief 

 of Ordnance to inform you that no hunt- 

 ing of birds or game of any kind is per- 

 mitted on the United States reservation 

 known as the Aberdeen Proving Ground in 

 Hartford County, Maryland. 



" 'The above prohibition on hunting was 

 issued with the idea of accomplishing 

 the results desired to be secured by you.' 



"This, as you will understand, is action 

 taken similar to that which was taken by 

 the Panama Canal Commission. While it 

 does not create a game or bird reservation, 

 strictly speaking, the same purposes are 

 accomplished I think, and we are to be con- 

 gratulated upon our efforts in this direc- 

 tion." 



A New Bird-Fountain 



In recognition of the services rendered 

 by our little feathered warriors, the Los 

 Angeles Audubon Society, on April 18, 

 1918, unveiled and dedicated a handsome 

 bird-fountain in the Exposition Park. 



Mrs. F. T. Bicknell, president of the 

 Society, in making the presentation to the 

 birds, said: "The little warriors of the air 

 are fighting for us against enemies as 

 ruthless as the Kaiser." Continuing, Mrs. 

 Bicknell said, in part: 



"To our birds, divided into great battal- 

 ions of battle against enemies of the crops, 

 we make the first dedication. This 

 fountain is for the use of the battalion 

 which protects our wheat crops for the 

 boys in France. It is for the battalion 



which guards the cotton crop which is 

 used for surgical purposes and for gunwads. 

 It is for the battalion which saves our 

 forests from which we get the lumber to 

 build great ships and air-planes. 



"The birds have been officially recog- 

 nized by the United States Government 

 for their valuable aid to agriculture and 

 horticulture. This fountain is placed here 

 as our personal recognition of their value." 



The fountain is made of artificial stone. 

 It is five feet in height, with an octagonal 

 base six feet in diameter. Two Pelicans 

 are so moulded as to form the shaft support 

 for the center basin. 



The bowl is three inches deep and 

 twenty-six inches in diameter. Within the 

 bowl, as if just alighting, is an American 

 Bittern with a tiny fish in its beak. The 

 water flows from the mouth of the fish into 

 the bowl and overflows into the octagonal 

 basin, which is three-quarters of an inch 

 deep and raised four inches from the 

 ground. 



Bird Day in South Carolina 



The following proclamation has been 

 issued by the Governor of South Carolina: 



Whereas, May 5 is a popular day for 

 Bird Day throughout the United States, 

 and 



Whereas, Science proves that insectiv- 

 orous birds are the destroyers of noxious 

 weeds and insects that injure our food and 

 textile crops; experience proves that game- 

 birds may be made a valuable adjunct to 

 our food-supply; and sentiment proves 

 that song-birds minister to our happi jss, 

 and 



Whereas, It is especially important 

 that we educate our children and protect 

 our birds in order to foster our resources in 

 time of war: 



Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Manning. 

 Governor of South Carolina, do hereby 

 designate Monday, May 6, 1918 (since 

 May 5 falls on Sunday) as Bird Day for 

 the current year in South Carolina, and 

 request the Superintendents and Teachers 

 of the Public Schools of the State to 

 observe said day and to devote it to the 

 formation of Bird Clubs among the children 

 of our schools for the purpose of co- 

 operating with the State Game Depart- 

 ment in the protection of these feathered 

 friends of mankind. 



