420 USEFUL BIRDS. 
(216 Washington Street, Boston), William Brewster, presi- 
dent, Henry H. Kimball, secretary-treasurer, is the most 
influential and effective game protective organization now 
actively at work in the State. It furnishes game birds to 
restock depleted covers, grain for game birds in winter, and 
posters containing abstracts of the game laws. Its officers 
also assist in the enforcement of the statutes. Practically 
all the game protective associations of Massachusetts are 
affiliated with this organization. 
The Massachusetts Audubon Society (234 Berkeley Street, 
Boston), William Brewster, president, Miss Jessie E. Kim- 
ball, secretary, is one of the most powerful forces for bird 
protection in the State. Its local secretaries are numerous, 
and its influence is widely felt. This association takes no 
direct action to enforce the law; its chief function is to 
influence public sentiment, and secure protective legislation. 
The secretary has literature for distribution, and the associa- 
tion publishes charts and provides lectures on birds. 
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals (19 Milk Street, Boston), George T. Angell, 
president, Hon. Henry B. Hill, vice-president, furnishes 
cards for posting in public places, offering rewards for the 
conviction of persons killing birds or taking their nests or 
eggs. This society, whose good work is well known, also 
furnishes free literature advocating kindness'to birds and 
other animals. 
There are other associations that take an interest in the 
protection of birds. The Animal Rescue League, the League 
of American Sportsmen, the Agassiz Association, and many 
minor societies and sportsmen’s organizations, lend their in- 
fluence to strengthen this movement. Sportsmen’s periodi- 
cals have done much for the protection of birds and game. 
The Forest and Stream Company of New York, under the 
direction of Mr. J. Bird Grinnel, supported the first Audu- 
bon Society for years, both editorially and financially. 
Writers like Herbert K. Job, Ernest Harold Baynes, and 
A. ©. Dike are penning helpful articles for newspapers 
or periodicals. Nature books are teaching altruistic ideas 
regarding birds. 
