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dred and nine, entitled “‘An act in relation 
to the protection of the forests, fish and 
game of the state, constituting chapter 
nineteen of the consolidated laws,” is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
98. CERTAIN WILD BIRDS PROTECTED. 
—Wild birds other than the English Spar- 
row, Crow, Hawk, Crow - Blackbird, 
Snow-owl, Great Horned Owl and King- 
fisher shall not be taken or possessed at 
any time, dead or alive, except under the 
authority of a certificate issued under this 
chapter. No part of the plumage, skin 
or body of any bird protected by this sec- 
tion, or of any birds coming from without 
the state whether belonging to the same or a 
different species from that native to the State 
of New Vork, provided such birds belong 
to the same family as those protected by this 
chapter, shall be sold or had in possession 
for sale. The provision of this section shall 
not apply to game birds for which an open 
season is provided in this chapter; except- 
ing that Quail, English Pheasants and 
Hungarian Partridges shall not be taken 
at any time in Richmond county prior to 
the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. 
Sec. 2. Section two hundred and forty 
of said act is hereby amended by adding 
a new sub-division to said section, to be 
known as sub-division eighteen thereof 
and to read as follows: 
18. Plumage includes any part of the 
feathers, head, wings or tail of any bird, 
and wherever the word occurs in this chap- 
ter reference is had equally to plumage of 
birds coming from without the state as to 
that obtained within the state, but it shall 
not be construed to apply to the feathers 
of birds of paradise, ostriches, domestic 
fowl or domestic pigeons. 
All members of the Audubon Societies 
of the country, and all readers of Brrp- 
Lore, can do the cause of bird protection 
a great deal of good by urging their Con- 
gressmen to consider favorably House Bill 
10276. A personal letter to your Congress- 
man will accomplish a great deal. You 
should not only write such a letter yourself, 
but get your friends and neighbors to do 
the same. Similar letters should be written 
by residents of New York state to their 
Bird - 
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Assemblymen and State Senator regarding 
the amendments proposed by the New 
York Audubon Society. 
If persons who desire to write such 
letters, and do not know the names of their 
representative in Congress, will send a 
postal to the National Association Office 
at 141 Broadway, New York City, the 
desired information will be furnished, and 
the same information will be given to resi- 
dents of New York state. 
Both of these proposed laws are so neces- 
sary that it is hoped by the officials of the 
National Association that a very deep 
interest will be taken in them by every one 
who is interested in the subject of bird pro- 
tection, and that every one will take some 
part in urging both the national and state 
legislators to give the matter their favor- 
able and early consideration. 
Reservation Notes 
PELICAN ISLAND, FLoRIDA.— Warden 
Kroegel reported, on October 15, that there 
were about five thousand birds on the 
island, that courtship and the selecting 
of nesting-sites was already under way, and 
that when the old birds returned they drove 
off of the island what young there were left 
from the previous breeding season, and that 
these latter had taken possession of a small 
adjoining island. On Noyember 1, the 
warden reports that there were “about 
one thousand nests on the island, mostly 
containing eggs.” 
KriamatH LAKE RESERVATION.—War- 
den Lewis reports as follows: ‘The sea- 
son’s work is now drawing to a close, and 
winter is coming, when portions of the 
Reserve will at times, usually of short 
duration, be frozen over. However, there 
are many creeks and springs in the Reserve 
which never freeze, which afford splendid 
Opportunities to the pot hunter to do his 
work. Sheepie Creek, Willow and Grebe 
Creeks never freeze. These creeks, with 
dozens of springs, have heretofore af- 
forded splendid opportunities to the market 
hunter. It is going to be difficult to patrol 
the Reserve in the winter, as it will require 
