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b. Stop all killing of insectivorous birds for food, and of 

 all birds for millinery purposes. 



c. Stop the sale of wild game. 



d. Increase the number of game preserves. 



e. Promote laws to prevent unnaturalized aliens from 

 owning or using rifles and shotguns. 



f. Stop all spring and late winter shooting. 



g. Oppose the use of all extra deadly automatic, auto-load- 

 ing and "pump" guns in hunting, and secure the passage of 

 laws against them. 



h. Preserve all forests from wasteful and destructive lum- 

 bering and forest fires; and reforest all denuded areas in state 

 and national forests. 



i. Protect all harmless flowering plants threatened with ex- 

 termination. 



It is also worth while to reproduce here the roster of offi- 

 cers, as the best possible guarantee of the future usefulness 

 of the organization : 



ACTIVE OFFICERS. 



Charles L. Bristol, President, Professor of Biol- 

 ogy in New York University, University 

 Heights, New York City. 



James E. Peabody, First Vice-President, Head of 

 the Department of Biology, Morris High 

 School, Boston Road and 166th St., New York 

 City. 



James W. Toumey, Second Vice-President, Direct- 

 or of Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, 

 Conn. 



Nomer Gray, Secretary, Teacher in the Public 

 Schools of New York City, 30 Essex St., New 

 York City. 



Jacob Holman, Treasurer, Teacher in the Public 

 Schools of New York City, 371 Grand St., 

 New York City. 



William T. Hornaday, Chief Counselor, Director 

 of New York Zoological Park, New York City. 



Abraham Goodman, Attorney, Former Teacher in 

 New York Public Schools, 299 Broadway, New 

 York City. 



