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MICHIGAN AUDUBON SOCIETY 



(Organized Kf-bruaiy 27, 1904.) 



FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Map showing shaded) States having Audubon Societies. 



This department will be a permanent feature of the Bulletin and will be 

 devoted to the interests of bird protection in the state. It is hoped that local 

 chapters will be formed in every town or at least every county. The list of 

 officers of the organization were received too late for publication in this issue. 

 Copies of the constitution and literature on bird-protection, etc., may be 

 secured by addressing the State Secretary, Mr. Jefferson Butler, 79 Home 

 Bank Building, Detroit, 



7'he Michigan Audubon Society was organized at Detroit on February 

 27th, as an auxiliary to the Michigan Ornithological Club. Its objects are 

 as follows: (1) l\i disseminate information respecting" the economic value of 

 birds to agriculture, and their importance to the welfare of man ; (2) To dis- 

 courage the purchase or use of the feathers of any birds for ornamentation, 

 except those of the Ostrich and domesticated fowls; (3) To discourage the 

 destruction of wild birds and their eggs (except for scientific purposes). (4) 

 To establish Bird Day exercises in the schools of the State of Michigan, in 

 connection with the celebration of Arbor Day, and to encourage the intro- 

 duction of bird study in schools. 



Bird-Lore, a bi-monthly magazine (published for the Audubon Societies 

 by the MacMillan Company, Harrisburg, Pa., edited by Frank M. Chapman) 

 is the official organ of the x\udubon Societies and should be in the hands of 

 all bird-protectionists. 



The report of the American Ornithologists' Union Committee on the 

 Protection of North American Birds for 1903 by the chairman, Wm. Dutcher, 

 is printed as i. "supplement" to the Auk for January and consists of over a 

 hundred pages showing the good work which was accomplished during the 

 past year. 



The National Committee of Audubon Societies' "Educational Leaflet," 

 No. 7, treats of the Snowy Heron and should have a wide circulation in this 

 state. 



