MICHIGAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 29 
MICHIGAN 
PU oCON: SOCIETY 
(Organized February 27, 1904 ) 
BOR TEL. -PRG@zC TION OF. BIRDS. 
79 Home Bank Building, Detroit. 



The most interesting event to the protectionists during the present sea- 
son was the visit of Mr. Wm. Dutcher, of New York City, who was recently 
elected national president of the Audubon Societies. Mr. Dutcher was given 
a hearing by the joint game committees of the house and senate at Lansing 
in regard to the advisability of adopting the model law. The writer pre- 
sented a bill to Senator S. C. Traver and Representative J. E. Bland, both 
of whom introduced the same. Dr. Palmer, of the Biological Survey of the 
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, asked for a copy and made a few interlineations. 
Mr. Dutcher and Professor Barrows went over the bill and agreed upon fur- 
ther changes. The Audubon Society asked for the appointing of four deputy 
wardens with compensation at $350 yearly. The legislative committee would 
not agree to any appropriation, whereupon Mr. Dutcher agreed to stand this 
expense through the national society, provided the Michigan society was 
given the privilege of appointing the four deputies and the law should so 
read that the Game Wardens must remove such deputies upon complaint of 
the Audubon society. The Michigan society is to be incorporated and give 
bonds for one thousand dollars. 
Under the bill as proposed the taking of non-game birds or the collecting 
of eggs is prohibited, except for scientific purposes. A board consisting of 
three, to be appointed by the University of Michigan and the Michigan Agri- 
cultural College, will have the granting of licenses, which licenses shall be 
allowed upon the recommendation of two reputable ornithologists. The 
licenses are to be granted yearly, for which a fee of one dollar is to be 
charged. 
The thanks of the Audubonists are due Prof. W. B. Barrows for his 
interest in our bill, as well as W. B. Mershon, of Saginaw, and many others. 
Our bill is offered in two forms, first as a separate bill and, second, as an 
amendment to the bill of Senator Baird, which includes the regulations in 
regard to fish and game. Mr. Dutcher spent the greater portion of a day 
inserting the amendments in their proper places, and lectured in the evening 
to an audience of five hundred at the Museum of Art. 
A. B. Covert, of Ann Arbor, gave us some active work in the field, and 
it is possible that we may have Mr. Henry Oldys, of the Biological Survey, of 
Washington, D. C., later in the season. In any event. we will plan for two 
or three outings during the spring migration. 
JEFFERSON BUTLER, 
Sec. and Treas. 
