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Association went with Mr. D. C. Speen- 

 burgh, a Protector in the State Bureau of 

 Marine Fisheries, to investigate the case. 

 A woman, Mrs. H. B. McCuIIoch, was 

 found, who had in her possession four 

 bunches of aigrettes, which she offered to 

 sell. She was at once arrested, and brought 

 for trial on September 6, in the Harlem 

 Police Court. The trial was postponed to 

 September 7, when the case was again 

 postponed to September 21. The lawyers 

 asked for further postponement, to await 

 the result of the injunction proceedings 

 instituted by Sciama & Company in the 

 Federal Court of the Southern District of 

 New York; so the case was called for 

 October 5. It was then postponed to 

 October 19, and from them until October 

 23. At this dater further postponement 

 was refused, and the defendant, waiving 

 examination, was held for Court in Special 

 Sessions. 



This is the first case for violation of the 

 Shea-White Plumage Law which has 

 come before the courts. — T. G. P. 



Klamath Lake Reservation 



The past season has been a splendid 

 one for the birds on the protected reser- 

 vations and other nesting colonies, 

 guarded by this Association, often in 

 connection with the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



By exercising great vigilance, the 

 Audubon wardens were able to fight off 

 with gun-fire the only two assaults made 

 on the protected Egret colonies, and very 

 few of the birds are known to have been 

 killed. From Virginia southward and 

 around the Gulf Coast to Texas, the sea- 

 bird colonies are all located on low-lying 

 islands more or less subject to overflow. 



During the past summer, these have been 

 subjected to very few high storm tides, 

 and the birds have had little distur- 

 bance, except from egg-gatherers in 

 isolated instances. 



The inland colonies in the western 

 states have also been unusually prosper- 

 ous. The Klamath Lake Reservation, 

 fifteen miles in length, situated in north- 

 ern California and southern Oregon, and 

 constituting one of the greatest bird 

 resorts in the Northwest, has become a 

 valuable paradise for nesting birds. The 

 following from the field report of L. Alvah 

 Lewis, the warden in charge, will give 

 some idea of the prosperity of the colonies 

 containing many thousands of birds in 

 this interesting region : 



"Warm weather in March and early 

 April caused the birds to commence laying 

 a little earlier than usual. By the last of 

 April, young Cormorants were hatching; 

 Pelicans had been sitting for about two 

 weeks, and Gulls and Caspian Terns were 

 preparing their nests. 



The number of Pelicans nesting on the 

 reservation was increased this year by 

 25 per cent, the number of Gulls doubled, 

 and Cormorants remained about the 

 same in number as last year; the Caspian 

 Terns again appeared, not having been 

 seen on the reservation last season. 



"indications in the early part of the 

 summer were that there would be close to 

 a thousand nests. There appeared to be 

 twice as many Grebes as there were last 

 year. Mallards were more abundant, 

 while other game-birds seemed to be hold- 

 ing their own. Pelican colonies were 

 more widely scattered this year than 

 formerly, making it impossible to visit all 

 of the colonies from Klamath Falls and 

 return during the same day."^T. G. P. 



