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Bird- Lore 



Whiton, Miss Mary B. 



Winston, Mr. G. Owen 



Winthrop, Mr. H. R. 



Wister, Mrs. Owen 



Yarrow, Miss Marj' C. 

 The following new contributors were 

 enrolled during the 60 days preceding 

 January i, 1912. 



"A Bird Lover" 



Benson, Mrs. L. F. 



Brewster, Mrs. L. D. 



Cass, Miss Marion 



Chase, Mr. Frederick S. 



Cushing, Miss Margaret W. 



Dalney, Mr. Herbert 



Daws, Miss E. A. 



Dyer, Mrs. Ruth C. 



Freedley, Mrs. A. S. 



Hall, Mr. Edward H. 



Hill, Mrs. L. C. 



Lowell, Mrs. George G. 



Olcott, Mr. Mason 



Provost, Mrs. C. W. 



Paladin, Mr. Arthur 



Patterson, Miss Annie C. 



Ray, Miss Marie V. 



Roberts, Miss C. M. 



Wells, Mr. W. S. 



Wilcox, Miss Adelaide E. 



"X. X. X. X. Anonymous" 



Artificial Aigrettes 



Now that the sale of Heron aigrettes 

 has become illegal in New York and 

 several other states, the business of man- 

 ufacturing imitations has again received 

 impetus. In almost any shop-window in 

 New York where millinery goods are dis- 

 displayed, one may see cleverly con- 

 structed "aigrettes " made from the 

 feathers of domestic fowls. One familiar 

 with the real article is not likely to be 

 misled. There are many zealous bird 

 lovers, however, who fail to distinguish 

 the difference, and several of these, in 

 their desire to aid the National Associa- 

 tion in its efforts to see that the law is 

 enforced, have written us anonymous 

 letters, giving the street number of stores 

 where they state aigrettes may be pur- 

 chased. 



We take the greatest pleasure in investi- 

 gating all reports of this kind, but we 

 earnestly request that our members and 

 friends in future sign their names to all 

 complaints. They may rest assured that 

 their communications will be held in the 



strictest confidence. By their doing this, 

 we shall be given an opportunity to reply 

 and let the complainants know why the 

 supposed aigrettes in the shop-windows, 

 which they viewed with so much dis- 

 pleasure, are not removed. 



The writer recently had occasion to 

 spend fifteen minutes in the New York 

 Central depot, at Albany, New York. 

 The waiting-room contained, at that 

 time, sixty-six women. With note-book 

 and pencil, he quietly made the round of 

 the room and ascertained the following 

 facts in reference to the women's hats. 



One was decorated with the entire 

 plumage of a Bonaparte's Gull; one had 

 the feathers of a Goura Pigeon (whether 

 real or artificial, it was difficult to deter- 

 mine); four were decorated with imitation 

 aigrettes; twelve bore other creations 

 made from the feathers of domestic 

 fowls; fifteen had plumes of the ostrich; 

 while thirty-three, or exactly one-half, held 

 no feather decorations of any character.- 



This may. or may not, have been a 

 typical assemblage of women, and the 

 results of the survey were probably more 

 interesting than significant. — T. G. P. 



American Game Protective and 

 Propagation Association 



The above is the title of an organization 

 which has opened its headquarters at 

 No. Ill Broadway, New York City. It 

 was incorporated September 25, 191 1, and 

 in a prospectus recently issued the state- 

 ment is made: "The credit of putting the 

 movement into concrete form belongs to 

 the arms and ammunition men of the 

 country. These men subscribe liberally 

 to the Association for the sole purpose of 

 game protection and game increase. 

 Their interests are identical with those 

 of the Association. Contributions have 

 been made without reservation, and the 

 Association is in no way tied to any busi- 

 ness interests, but is free to use its influ- 

 ence unrestricted for the broad and 

 worthy cause for which it was organized. 

 The Association's only battles will be 

 fought for game protection." 



