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where are hatched the ducks and geese which migrate to the United States, 

 without any legal protection ; and, 



Whereas, all of the non-game birds, which have for years been merci- 

 lessly slaughtered by plume hunters, will also be left without any legal pro- 

 tection ; and, 



Whereas, the sentiment of all thinking people is in favor of more rigid 

 and complete protection to wild animals and birds ; and. 



Whereas, only a very limited class of people, governed by selfish per- 

 sonal interests, desire to have protection removed from wild birds and ani- 

 mals, therefore be it 



Resolved, that the Linnsean Society of the City and State of New York 

 most emphatically but respectfully protests against the passage of Senate 

 Bill No. 4166 as against the best interests of the great majority of the citi- 

 zens of the United States. 



Resolved that a certified copy of this Resolution be forwarded to his 

 Excellency, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and 

 also to each member of the Committee on Territories to whom the bill was 

 referred, and also to the Honorable Senators representing the State of New 

 York. 



(2.) Relative to the open duck-shooting season in New 

 York state : 



Whereas, the Linnsean Society of New York City has learned that a 

 bill was introduced in the Assembly of the State of New York by Mr. 

 Hubbs for the purpose of making the open season for shooting ducks, geese 

 and swans from September 15th to April 1st ; and, 



Whereas, the said bill if it becomes a law will repeal the present admir- 

 able law which permits the killing of ducks, geese, and swans only from 

 September 15th to January 1st ; and, 



Whereas, the Linnsean Society which has for its object the study of 

 natural history and the preservation of all the natural resources of the 

 State and Country ; and. 



Whereas, the said Society believes that no game or other bird should be 

 shot in the spring of the year or just prior to the breeding season, therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, that we, the members of the said Linnaean Society of the 

 City and State of New Y^^rk, in meeting assembled, do most emphatically 

 and respectfully protest to his Excellency, the Honorable Benjamin B. 

 Odell, Governor of the State, and the Honorable, the Senate of the State, 

 against the passage of the Hubbs bill or any other bill that will lengthen 

 the open season for killing ducks, geese and swans or permit the killing of 

 said species of birds between January 1st and September 15th. 



Resolved, that the Secretary of the Society be directed to send a certi- 



