84 OUR NATIVE BIRDS 
How the reindeer ran so swiftly, 
Why the rabbit was so timid, 
Talked with them whene’er he met them, 
Called them ‘ Hiawatha’s Brothers.’ ”’ 4 
The boy collector must be taken in hand by the 
teacher, as will be shown in the next section. 
The professional and the amateur collectors must be 
handled by the public press and by the courts. Let 
the Audubon Society, the humane societies, the League 
of American Sportsmen, and the state game wardens 
work hand in hand on these nuisances without any 
jealousy. Where a warning might be sufficient no 
prosecution should take place. The state game war- 
dens and the L. A. S. will gladly look after the law- 
breakers that are made known to them. It is, of course, 
not advisable to make complaints of this kind in court 
against one’s neighbors, but where societies are in ear- 
nest they can easily find means to make unlicensed col- 
lectors very uncomfortable. When collections are to 
be made for really worthy purposes, the state game 
warden should issue a license. 
The trade in mounted song birds and in bird eggs 
must be suppressed. Let every lover of nature show 
what he thinks of the persons in this trade, and of the 
papers and magazines facilitating it. You participate 
in the wrong, if you give any moral or business support 
to any of them. In a paper which pretends to work 
in the interest of game protection I find the following 
advertisement : — ‘“* Learn to Stuff Birds,” ete. Then 
1 See also Longfellow’s ‘‘ The Birds of Killingworth.” 
