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on bird protection, read a report from which 

 I quote: 



" There is a constantly increasing interest in bird protec- 

 tion. Much important work has been accomplished during 

 the year outside the committee, such as the establishment 

 of the League of American Sportsmen, Mr. Hornaday's 

 report to the New York Zoological Society on the ' De- 

 struction of Our Birds and Mammals,' and Senator Hoar's 

 labors in behalf of his bill in Congress to prohibit the impor- 

 tation of wild birds' plumage for purposes of ornamenta- 

 tion. 



" Senator Hoar's bill strikes at the root of the whole 

 question of bird millinery, for so long as it is permissible to 

 import ' aigrettes ' and similar feathers, it is almost impos- 

 sible to prove that dealers are violating the law and selling 

 American plumes, as they insist that they are all imported. 

 With the importation stopped, the traffic would be prac- 

 tically at an end. Senator Hoar writes that his bill passed 

 the Senate at the last session with but one dissenting voice, 

 and now awaits the action of the House. 



" The establishment of the League of American Sports- 

 men is a matter for congratulation. Though its work is 

 primarily directed toward the protection of game, the birds 

 also come in for their share of attention, and we look for 

 most satisfactory results from co-operation between this or- 

 ganization and the bird protective societies." 



Every member of the A. O. U. should be 

 also a member of the L. A. S. 



DISCOUNTS TO LEAGUE MEMBERS. 



The following firms have agreed to give 

 members of the L. A. S. a discount of from 

 2 per cent, to 10 per cent, on all goods 

 bought of them. In ordering please give L. 

 A. S. number: 



Syracuse Arms Co.. Syracuse, N. Y. Guns. 



Davenport Fire Arms Co., Norwich, Conn. Shotguns, rifles. 



Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. Photographic 



goods. 

 Blair Camera Co., Boston, Mass. Photographic goods. 

 Folmer & Schwing, 271 Canal Street, New York City. 



Photographic goods. 

 \V. H. Longdon, Bridgeport. Conn. Sportsmen's goods. 

 New York Condensed Milk Co., 71 Hudson Street, New 



York City. Condensed products. 

 Oneida Community, Kenwood, N. Y. Traps. 

 Metz & Schloerb, Oshkosh, Wis. Moccasins, hunting 



shoes, etc. 

 Novelty Cutlery Co., Canton, O. Pocket cutlery, ink 



erasers, etc. 

 M. A. Shipley, 432 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Fish- 

 ing tackle. 

 Willis Arms & Cycle Co., Kansas City, Mo. Bicycles, 



athletic and sportsmen's goods. 

 Reuben Woods Sons' Co., 324 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, 



N. Y. Sportsmen's goods. 

 Edward Paddock, 94 Hudson Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 

 D. T. Abercrombie & Co., 36 South Street, New York 



City. Tents, etc. 

 W. H. Longden, Bridgeport, Ct. 

 V. Kindler, Saginaw, Mich. 

 William Shrive, Yonkers, N. Y. 

 T. W. Tignor & Sons, Richmond, Va. 

 T. B. Davis Arms Co., Portland, Me. 

 P. Haerr, Springfield, O. 

 Stark & Weckesser, Dayton, O. 

 J. C. Stamp, Wheeling, W. Va. 

 R. D. & William Lathiel, Savannah, Ga. 



I hope to be able to add materially to 

 this list, from time to time. 



NOTES. 



A number of memberships expired dur- 

 ing January and renewal notices have been 

 sent out. It is earnestly hoped that every 

 man and woman of them will renew prompt r 

 ly Not only this, but every member 

 should induce one or more friends to join. 



The League needs nothing so badly as a 

 rapid growth in its membership. Those 

 who have read this department of Recrea- 

 tion each month have seen that the officers 

 of the League are really working, and that 

 they are really getting results. They could 

 do a great deal more work, however, if they 

 had more money, and they must depend en- 

 tirely on the growth of the membership roll 

 for funds. Why don't you turn out and 

 hustle? 



I suggest that you teach the Ohio sports- 

 men a little about the L. A. S. There should 

 be enough sportsmen in the Buckeye state 

 to organize a local division. A lodge with 

 energetic officers would do a great deal of 

 good, and the sportsmen should not be so 

 slow in joining. This is not an organization 

 that needs anyone to solicit membership 

 personally. Every sportsman should be- 

 come a member, so we can have better game 

 laws enacted and see that they are enforced. 

 I know a good L. A. S. game warden could 

 find plenty of violators of the law in this 

 county, and think there are other counties 

 in the state where a game warden would do 

 equally well. S. D. Gibson, Portage, O. 



The membership of the League still keeps 

 crawling up, and now foots 1,251. We have 

 recently organized the Wyoming Division, 

 with Dr. Frank Dunham, of Lander, as 

 chief warden, and at this writing the Wis- 

 consin Divisions are in process — making 11 

 state Divisions in the field. Next! 



Don't forget the annual meeting of the L. 

 A. S. will be held at Hardman Hall, 5th 

 Avenue and 19th Street, in this city on the 

 second Wednesday in February. Will you 

 attend? 



Occasionally I take down my old " Ken- 

 tuck," a 5 foot muzzle loading squirrel rifle, 

 and get a few red squirrels. They have 

 driven out the grays so that 10 reds t re left 

 to one gray. Have taken several turns at 

 black ducks and have had fair luck. A few 

 days ago I picked up from a farmer an old 

 muzzle loading fowling gun 5 feet 10 inches 

 long. I tinkered it into shooting trim and 

 killed a fish hawk with it that measured 5 

 feet 8 inches from tip to tip. Am having 

 him mounted. 



B. C. Broome, Middle Haddam Conn. 



The roast of H. K. Glidden, in Recrea- 

 tion does him no injustice. He is the big- 

 gest scoundrel out of doors. His methods 

 are too contemptible to think about. We 

 had the man here and we know him. We 

 got rid of him as soon as possible, and 

 had him fired from the Sportsmen's Asso- 

 ciation in New York. 



Wm. Simpson, Jackson, Wyo. 



