294 Bird - Lore 
In April, the Society sent Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes on a lecture trip 
to western Massachusetts and the Connecticut valley region, for two weeks, 
to help our local secretaries by arousing interest and to secure members. 
Over 800 members were gained, a little more than 500 being juniors.—JESSIE 
E. KimpBatt, Secretary. 
Michigan.—The Michigan Audubon Society has extended the work of 
lectures and of prize competitions in the schools of the state during the past 
year. The prizes given, in which the Audubon Society has participated either 
as donor or judge, aggregated about $1,500. As a result, much greater 
interest is shown in bird study in the schools, and more active work is 
done in bird protection. To further stimulate efforts in this line, the Michi- 
gan Society has joined with Wisconsin and Illinois in the publication of ‘By 
the Wayside.’ 
Our Society has constantly advocated the abrogation of spring shooting, 
and has taken advantage of every opportunity to bring that, and the advisa- 
bility of requiring a resident hunters’ license for Michigan, before organi- 
zations that show an interest in the conservation of wild life. We have joined 
with the Michigan Association for the Protection of Game in endorsing pro- 
gressive legislation for game protection. 
One of the most important of these questions is the provision for a game 
commission which will take the enforcement of our game laws out of politics 
and, we hope, improve conditions generally. 
Mrs. Anna Walter, of Marcellus, has continued her writing and lecturing, 
and in various ways has brought bird study and bird protection before the 
people of the state. County game warden Charles Daniel has prosecuted 
Audubon work with marked results. 
We have been endeavoring to have a petition circulated requesting the 
legislature to forbid the sale of birds belonging to the same family as those 
now protected in our state. The millinery trade is lined in opposition. The 
present inadequate law makes it next to impossible to seize bird plumage in 
the stores. 
During the past year, bird protection has been much more generally en- 
dorsed by the press than heretofore. The national discussions regarding conser- 
vation have had a marked effect for good in this state. It hasreached that stage, 
however, where active discussion is prevalent and interest is rapidly increas- 
ing. The next step will either be action or reaction, and much depends on the 
coming legislature. 
Financial assistance from the National Society has helped the Michigan 
Audubon Society in emergencies, but many opportunities are lost because of 
lack of funds to take advantage of opportunities. 
Our Society has investigated numerous claims of discovery of the Wild 
Pigeon in this state, all of which were without result. 
