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territory involved, decided to follow the course urged by the Association and 

 made of it a bird sanctuary. 



Much effort was put forward by the Association and co5perating organiza- 

 tions in helping to secure the passage by Congress of the Enabling Act to give 

 force and power to the treaty for the protection of migratory birds between 

 the United States and Canada. The final triumph of the measure on July 3, 

 1918, marks a most important turning-point in the history of American bird- 

 protection. 



The Association has also been active in other matters which at various 

 times required the presence of the Secretary in Washington. One was the 

 bill, which passed Congress, to prohibit the sale of game in the District of 



YOUNG BROWN PELICANS ON A "MUD LUMP" AT MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI 

 Photographed by T. Gilbert Pearson 



Columbia, and another concerned the prohibition of shooting on the Aber- 

 deen, Md., Testing Grounds. During the year much correspondence has been 

 carried on from the home office, and literature, cloth warning notices, bird- 

 charts, and other material distributed. All departments of the Association's 

 undertakings have gone forward as in former years, despite the many dis- 

 tracting influences due to war and its attending activities. 



The Association and the cause of bird-protection in general has sustained 

 a severe loss in the death of Walter Freeman McMahon, who has recently 

 fallen in France. Mr. McMahon was born in Chelsea, Mass., June 17, 1889. 

 He early developed a strong interest in bird-study and for several years before 

 his death was actively engaged in work of this character. For two years he 

 served as secretary to E. H. Forbush, State Ornithologist of Massachusetts. 

 Following this, for one year he was Secretary of the Massachusetts Game and 

 Fish Protective Association. He resigned this position to come with the 



