ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT 



LEST WE FORGET. 



A VICTIM OF THE FEATHER TRADE, AND ITS PRICE. 



This American Hummingbird was sold at the August auction of the Lon- 

 don feather trade. 1912; for ttvo cents, along with 1,599 others like it at the same 

 price. At the first three of the quarterly London sales of 1912 the following bird 

 skins were sold: 129.168 Egrets, 13,598 Herons, 20,698 Rirds-of-Paradise. 41,090 

 Hummingbirds. 9,464 Eagles, Condors, etc.. 9,472 Other Birds. Total, 223,490. 



Will the Democratic Majority in the United States Senate finally vote to 

 maintain this slaughter for ihe enrichment of the importing leather dealers of New 

 York? // does not affect the retail millinery trade! Ask your wife and your daughters 

 whether they wish this commercial slaughter of the innocents to be continued, by the 

 defeat of the Underwood clause in the tariff bill, 'Section 357). 



AN EFFECTIVE AID TO THE CAMPAIGN 



Hummingbird skins were mounted thus on cards and mailed 



to all members of the United States Senate. 



The campaign was inaugurated and man- 

 aged throughout by the New York Zoological 

 Society and National Association of Audubon 

 Societies. Immediately it attracted the vig- 

 orous support of National and State Federa- 

 tions of Women's Clubs, the State Audubon 

 Societies, many patriotic societies of women, 

 the Women's League for Animals, and a host 

 of other organizations and free-lance leaders. 

 The press of the country at large supported 

 the campaign with vigor and enthusiasm, and 

 some of the strongest editorials were pub- 

 lished in cities and towns far from the storm 

 centre. 



The number of personal letters written to 

 members of Congress during this campaign 

 was enormous. It is estimated that 100,000 

 would be under rather than above the mark. 

 The women of America seized upon this 

 campaign as their one golden opportunity to 

 square themselves on the bird-millinery ques- 

 tion, and put a final quietus on the traffic 

 they had long abhorred. The traffic was 

 swept out of the country on a tidal wave of 

 indignant protest that was irresistible. 



To all those who helped to carry through 

 this campaign to a victorious finish, much 

 credit is due for having won the first great 

 victory ever scored for the birds of the world. 

 The United States now stands on the highest 

 plane ever occupied by any nation — in a class 

 by itself. The effect of our example will be 

 felt all around the world, and in every land 

 where birds are to-day unprotected from the 

 gun, the snare and the blowpipe of the cruel 

 hunters of the feather trade. Now the word 

 of the leaders is: "On to London, Paris and 

 Berlin!" 



or 



"There shall be no open season for 

 quail before October 1st, 1918." 



(Cbniemtion Law, Section 214, Sub. Division I., u amended by the Laws of 1913) 



PENALTIES 



$60.00 Fine, and an additional pen- 

 alty of $25 for each quail Taken 

 or Possessed. 



Report any violations to your STATE GAME PROTECTOR, or to the 

 CONSERVATION COMMISSION, A lbany, N. Y. 



END OF A THREE YEARS' CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE 



QUAIL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 



Facsimile of 1000 notices printed on linen and distributed by 



the Camp-Fire Club of America 



CONGRATULATORY VOTE AND 

 MEMORANDUM 



FROM THE SOCIETE PROTECTRICE DES ANIMAUX 

 DE PARIS, (SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF 

 ANIMALS), REGARDING THE ENACTMENT BY 

 CONGRESS OF A LAW FOR THE EXCLUSION FROM 

 THE UNITED STATES AND ITS DEPENDENCIES 

 OF IMPORTATIONS OF WILD BIRDS' PLUMAGE 

 FOR MILLINERY PURPOSES. 



Asnieres, Seine, France, (Translation.) 



September 18, 1913. 



At the monthly meeting of the Society for 

 the Protection of Animals of Paris, held on 

 September 18th, 1913, Mons. A. F. Dupont 

 read to the Society letters received by him 

 from Mr. William T. Hornaday, Director of 

 the New York Zoological Park. The Society 

 listened to the statement made by Mr. Du- 

 pont of the energetic campaign prosecuted 

 in the United States throughout the past 

 six months, which ended on September 3d 

 in a complete victory for the Protective 

 Societies. In this campaign those Societies 

 obtained from the American Senate the 

 prohibition of the importation of wild birds' 

 plumage, and the abolition of the traffic in 

 feathers and skins of slaughtered wild birds, 

 throughout the United States. 



The Society requested the President to 

 express its great satisfaction to the members 

 of the Protective Societies for this great 

 victory, and convey its heartfelt congratula- 

 tions to the chief promoters of this world- 

 wide success, i.e.: — 



