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RECREA TWIST. 



poultice stay all day or night, and put on a 

 new poultice in 12 hours. Two poultices 

 will be enough to cure any case. This is a 

 dead shot cure for snake bite. 



Chas. Gibson. 



BIRDS TO BE PROTECTED. 



The Audubon Society, of the State of 

 New York, is doing some excellent work 

 for the protection of birds. 



The society works in co-operation with 

 the American Museum of Natural History, 

 and Morris K. Jesup, President of that in- 

 stitution, is also President of the society. 

 The honorary Vice-Presidents are Mrs. 

 Robert Abbe, Miss Maria R. Audubon of 

 Salem, N. Y. ; Mrs. Samuel P. Avery, Mrs. 

 William C. Doane of Albany, Mrs. David 

 S. Eggleston, Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Mrs. 

 Cadwalader Jones, Mrs. William M. Kings- 

 land, Mrs. Francis P. Kinnicutt, Mrs. 

 Charles Russell Lowell, Mrs. Seth Low, 

 Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn, John Bur- 

 roughs of West Park, N. Y., John P. 

 Haines, Henry G. Marquand, Bishop 

 Henry C. Potter, Theodore Roosevelt, and 

 Abbott H. Thayer of Scarborough, N. Y. 

 Miss Emma H. Lockwood is Secretary and 

 Treasurer. The Executive Committee is 

 composed of Frank M. Chapman, Chair- 

 man; Mrs. J. A. Allen, Mrs. Winthrop 

 Cowdin, Miss Emma H. Lockwood, Mrs. 

 Olive Thome Miller, Mrs. J. H. Ryland, 

 Mrs. May Riley Smith, Mrs. Mabel Os- 

 good Wright, J. A. Allen, Ph.D., William 

 Dutcher, the Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D.D., 

 George Bird Grinnell, William T. Horna- 

 day, Frederick Peterson, M.D., and Henry 

 S. Williams, M.D. 



) A declaration of principles in circular 

 form, has been sent out, which has been the 

 means of arousing much interest, and of 

 largely increasing the membership of the 

 society. The purpose of the association is 

 to discourage the purchase or use of the 

 feathers of any birds, for ornamentation, 

 except those of the ostrich and of domesti- 

 cated fowls. 



Members are urged to discourage the 

 destruction of birds and their eggs, and to 

 do all in their power to protect them. They 

 are also asked to use their influence to es- 

 tablish " Bird Day " in the schools of the 

 State of New York and a movement in this 

 direction is gaining strength daily. 



This circular has also been sent broad- 

 cast over the State: 



" Laws of 1897, Chapter 699. Signed by the 

 Governor May 22, 1897. 



Section 78. — Certain wild birds protected. 

 — Wild birds shall not be killed or caught 

 at any time or possessed living or dead. 

 This provision does not affect any birds 

 the killing of which is prohibited between 

 certain dates by the provisions of this act, 



nor does it protect the English sparrow, 

 crow, hawk, crane, raven, crow blackbird, 

 common blackbird, and kingfisher; and it 

 does not apply to any person holding a cer- 

 tificate under the provisions of this act. 

 Whoever shall violate or attempt to vio- 

 late the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in ad- 

 dition thereto shall be liable to a penalty 

 of $25 for each bird killed, trapped, or pos- 

 sessed contrary to the provisions of this 

 section. 



Section 80. — The nests of wild birds shall 

 not be robbed or wilfully or needlessly de- 

 stroyed, unless when necessary to protect 

 buildings or prevent their defacement. 

 . . . Whoever shall violate or attempt 

 to violate the provisions of this section shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 in addition thereto shall be liable to a 

 penalty of $25 for each nest robbed or de- 

 stroyed contrary to the provisions of this 

 section." 



Requests for further information con- 

 cerning the law protecting wild birds, and 

 reports of its violation, may be made to 



Morris K. Jesup, 



President Audubon Society of the State of 

 New York, American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, New York City. 



The society desires the co-operation of 

 all bird lovers throughout the State. Re- 

 quests for literature, and applications for 

 membership, may be made to the secretary. 

 Miss Emma H. Lockwood, 243 West 75th 

 Street, New York. 



A fee of $1 purchases a life membership, 

 except for teachers and pupils in any of the 

 schools of the State of New York, who pay 

 25 cents for a life membership. There is 

 no annual assessment. The fees are de- 

 voted to the work of the society, which in- 

 cludes the free distribution of circulars and 

 reports relating to bird protection. 



THE BIG HEAD AGAIN. 



Tacoma, Wash. 



Editor Recreation: I saw the article 

 signed W. T. H., in August Recreation 

 regarding my buffalo head. 



Evidently Mr. Hornaday believes in 

 measuring the hair on a buffalo head, in- 

 stead of the skull and horns, to get at the 

 size of the head. I am surprised at this, and 

 believe the majority of taxidermists and 

 sportsmen would prefer to have the skull 

 and horn measurements, instead of those of 

 the chestnut locks he speaks of. 



Some people might prefer to leave the top 

 hair full of mud, burs and rubbish; but I 

 prefer to have these combed out. Mr. H. 

 says no one he ever saw cares a rap about 

 the horns. That is strange. I never saw a 



