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The situation surely docs not warrant pessimistic conclusions. It is just bad 

 enough and good enough to spur us on to better effort. So. why no1 each 

 of us, "Each in his separate star." or field of effort, start a great drive to 

 make his part of the map safe for bird life? We can stimulate- the enfor 

 ment of the law by organizing committees of tactful persons to call on cadi 

 of the local constables and policemen and make sure that each is familiar 

 with the provisions of the law and his duties thereto ; to secure a list of all 

 holding hunting licenses in that area and then to call on each hunter and 

 make sure that he is familiar with the provisions of the law and invite his 

 complete cooperation in law enforcement ; to give each hunter of Italian 

 origin a copy of the Illinois Audubon Society's special card of instructions 

 in the Italian language. This same committee might report fully in the 

 local papers as to the law, and as to the data secured in this investigation. 

 Names and addresses of constables as well as policemen should be printed 

 together with advice as to filing complaints. 



There is no limit to the activities we can set in motion which have to 

 do with the constructive side — with stimulating interest in bird life. Some 

 might be listed as suggestive : Organize a "parent" Audubon Society to 

 take in people of all ages and to have branch Societies in the various school 

 rooms. Have Junior Societies enroll with the Illinois Audubon Society and 

 study such texts as Farmers' Bulletin, No. 513, entitled, "Fifty Common 

 Birds of Field and Orchard" ( Fifty colored pictures, 15 cents) ; or enroll 

 with the National Audubon Society, — Broadway, New York, and study 

 leaflets furnished by that Society ; or provide each of the members of these 

 groups with a copy of Chapman's "The Travel of Birds" (45 cents, less in 

 quantities), etc. Have exhibits of bird books and magazines, bird pictures, 

 and stimulate the purchase of the same. Build nesting boxes and shelters 

 and display them at public exhibitions. Have conferences to report upon 

 success with the various kinds and styles of nesting boxes and nesting 

 materials. Reports upon success with feeding shelves, etc. See that each 

 school room has a liberal supply of the best bird pictures mounted 

 artistically. Write to the Secretary of the Illinois Audubon for help in this 

 work. Provide each room with one of the wall lists of Illinois Birds pub- 

 lished by the Illinois Audubon Society. Have the lantern slides and 

 printed lectures of that Society visit your town. Use the columns of the 

 local papers to good advantage. Extend this list at your pleasure 



Jesse L. Smith. 



Bird and Nature Clubs 



Your memberships in the Illinois Audubon Society will prove of great 

 benefit both to yourselves and to the Society. You will profit by association 

 with each other through a central organization — by using the Illinois 

 Audubon Society as a clearing house for the interchange of ideas and reports 

 of results and observations, you will be stimulated to greater and more 

 effective activities. The society will profit by the acquisition of organized 

 agencies through which to spread propaganda and achieve results. There 

 is everything to be gained and nothing to be lost by membership in the 

 Illinois society of bird lovers and defenders. 



