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HISTORY AND WORK OF THE 
“1'he birds were sent in charge of a foreign express com- 
pany, and the consignee refused to receive the small remnant 
of the original shipment. The result was that for three or 
four days the birds have been lying in the express office in 
this city gradually becoming weaker, although the company 
tried to feed them, but the putrefying bodies of the dead ones 
in the cages had a sickening effect on the ones still alive. I 
saw the few remaining ones — about twenty birds that had 
still some life in them — this morning and got the express 
company to consent to send them to a prominent bird dealer 
in this city that they might be cared for. I relate this story 
trusting that your Society will see whether some action can- 
not be taken to stop the shipment of such birds from Great 
Britain.” 
A second shipment of the same size met a like fate. Of 
the whole thousand birds less than 10 per cent reached New 
York alive. The shippers’ version of the story is that the 
birds had every attention, but that 135 of the first lot died 
before being shipped, and that large numbers died daily dur- 
ing the voyage on account of the inclemency of the weather 
and the fact that the birds were fresh caught. 
Neither the Bird Protection Acts nor the Acts for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seem able to touch these 
cases. They are simply an outcome of the trade in caged 
birds permitted in England. 
The English Society and the National Audubon Societies 
of the country are helping each other and gradually strength- 
ening the bonds of their labors. The National Government 
of our country is aiding in helping enforce the State laws 
in regard to interstate traffic in birds and animals and in 
helping the Audubon Society secure information, preparing 
laws and enforcing the same. 
The National Government has set aside the following 
parks and islands as game preserves in which all animals 
and birds are protected: The Yellowstone Park, National 
Zoological Park, D. C. ; Afognak Island, Alaska; Pelican 
Island and Passage Key, Elorida ; Breton Island, Louisiana, 
and Siskiwit Reservations in Lake Superior which is a part of 
Michigan, Stump Lake Reservation, North Dakota, and 
Wichita Game Preserve, Oklahoma. Besides these set apart 
