tion should be doing inoi'd delinate and united work along this line. At 

 the next annual meeting of the Association there should be appointed a 

 committee on protection of Iowa birds, consisting of five members, giving 

 them authority to increase their number if desirable. Until that time let 

 each member act as a committee of one and observe the following sug- 

 gestions: 



1. That it is the duty of each member to instruct himself as to the eco- 

 nomical value of birds by reading all the publications on the suoject, that 

 he or she may be preparea to instruct any one v/ith whom they may be 

 thrown in contact. 



3. Members should also be prepared and willing at all times to address 

 farmer's institutes, woman's clubs, and any other gathering of people 

 where the subject of bird protection and the value of birds to the people 

 can be urgt-d. 



3. Another duty is for members of the Asociation to urge upon their 

 representatives in the state legislature the advisability of passing proper 

 laws for the protection oj birds, including the so called birds of prey, this 

 can be done on the ground of their economic value to the agricultural dis- 

 tricts, if for no other reason. 



4. Members should take every opportunity to talk to educators urging 

 them to teach the ch'ldren about bird life, and to that end should prevail 

 upon as many teachers as possible to join our association. 



5. It is further recomended that a law establishing bird day in conjunc- 

 tion with arbor day be urged for passage in our state. The very simple 

 but clear law now on the statute books of Wisconsin is recomended as a 

 model It has been urged that two holidays are objectionable, therefore 

 as arbor dav and bird day are allied in purpose, a law making both ob- 

 servable on the same day is advisable. 



In conforming with the law of Wisconsin, Governor Edward Scofield 

 issued the following proclamation: 



"I do her-by designate and set apart April 30th next, as arbor and bird 

 day, and recomend that all public schools, colleges and other educational 

 institutions of the state and citizens generally observe the same in a pro- 

 per manner " 



"I do recomend that the day be devoted to the planting of trees, shrubs, 

 and flowers in school grounds and public parks, to the end that in all 

 school aud other public exercises held upon that day special attention be 

 paid to cur native birds, in order that the children of the state may learn 

 to find pleasure in 'a knowledge of the habits ana characteristics especially 

 of the various song birds, and that there may be cultivated a higher re- 

 gard fo"- bird life." 



Mr. George A. Morrison of Pox Lake, Wis., gives a very Interesting ac- 

 count of the influence of bird day on the boys of his town. 



"For some time there had seemed to be a growing interest manifested 

 on the part of a number of the boys in the characteristics and habits of 

 several of our most common birds. The progra u on bird day seemed to 

 awaken them still more, for in the succeeding weeks, during the spring 

 emigration, thev often came to me asking about the song of some bird 



