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and, when Captain Davis dies, he should 
have a monument with birds engraved 
on the column, and there no doubt the 
songsters will gather and sing a requiem of 
peace to his soul.” 
In disposition, Captain Davis is very 
generous and kind-hearted, but he prose- 
cutes his work with the vigor of a true 
crusader. He is a most entertaining gentle- 
man, and has at his command a large fund 
of stories, which the writer has heard him 
relate with most telling effect, both on 
the rostrum and in the chapparal—tT. 
GILBERT PEARSON. 
State Societies News 
The New Jersey Audubon Society is 
about to send throughout the State a 
very large number of appeals for new mem- 
bers. The appeal will be signed by a num- 
ber of citizens who are deeply interested 
in the conservation of wild bird life in 
New Jersey. 
SOME ENDORSEMENTS 
My dear Sir:—Allow me to acknowl- 
edge with warm appreciation your kind 
letter of the seventh of September. It will 
give me pleasure to have you use my name 
in connection with the enclosed circular 
letter. That is certainly the least I can do 
to aid an admirable cause. 
Sincerely yours, 
(Signed) Wooprow WILSON. 
Dr. Henry van Dyke writes: “T shall 
be glad to have you use my name in con- 
nection with the Audubon Society appeal. 
The wild birds that sing for all are a part 
of the people’s heritage of joy and beauty. 
It will be strange if the people of New 
Jersey allow themselves to be robbed of 
this common inheritance. It will be strange 
if they do not make their legislators prom- 
ise a law to protect the friendly and useful 
birds against the plume hunters, who are 
destroying them in the service of luxury 
and vanity. A bird in the bush is worth 
ten ina bonnet. He eats up the enemies of 
the gardens and the orchards. He works 
for the people, and he sings while he works. 
But the robbers will kill him and put him 
Bird - Lore 
on a bonnet, unless the people wake up 
and protect their property. Shall New 
Jersey be the last of the states to take care 
of its birds?” 
Right Reverend Bishop John Scar- 
borough sends the following message: “It 
gives me very great pleasure to add my 
name to those you propose to enlist in the 
good cause of saving the birds. I am sure 
the Audubon Societies are trying to ac- 
complish great good for mankind, as well 
as for the birds and animals.” 
A New Bird Preserve 
Mr. James H. Bowditch, a member of 
this Association, with several of his neigh- 
bors, has just established in the town of 
Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, 
a bird preserve which embraces an area of 
seven hundred acres. A copy of the poster 
which is being used by the owners is shown 
in the accompanying half-tone plate. Mr. 
Bowditch, when notifying this Associa- 
tion of the establishment of this new bird 
refuge, writes as follows: 
“The idea is not a new one, but its 
more prevalent adoption should be urged 
constantly. Every town should have at 
least one or more bird sanctuaries of this 
sort, as a matter of good business consider- 
ation. Insects injurious to vegetation are 
greatly on the increase, and it is common 
knowledge that this is due in large meas- 
ure to the alarming decrease of our na- 
tive birds, which can undoubtedly be 
brought back in sufficient numbers to re- 
store the proper natural balance, if they are 
given a fair chance to reproduce them- 
selves. All that is needed is one man or 
woman who means business, to take this 
work up in each town and carry it through 
to a successful conclusion.”’ 
The above statement contains so much 
practical common sense that it is pre- 
sented. to the readers of Birp-LoRE with 
most hearty approval of the National 
Association, and with an urgent plea that 
the plan adopted by Mr. Bowditch and his 
associates will be followed all over the 
country. 
It is not enough simply to establish 
