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q;anic and l)ird ])rotcclion. lAmisiana, formerly one of the 
worst offenders, has an exeellent law and has set aside reser- 
vations in which all forms of bird life are absolutely pro- 
tected. In fact, when the peojffe of the South understood the 
value of bird life they were (piick to help on the x-\udubon 
movement. Many ardent Audubonists in the North were 
free in adverse criticism of the South for bird-eating, little 
dreaming that many of the most useful and insectiverous 
birds in the North were being shot for the same purpose, 
such as the meadow lark, mourning dove, quail, and 
other species. Many of the Southern States are now far in 
advance of Michigan ; Alabama adopted early in 1907 the 
most drastic bird and game law now in force in the United 
States. It would take altogether too much space to go into 
the work being accomplished in the various States and Terri- 
tories. 
By courtesy of Norman A. Wood. 
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