MICHIGAN AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
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likeness of some bird tliat can be readily distinguished. For 
this reason we have been buying the “IFiiebird” button of 
the Xew Vork society. We secure them for a less price than 
we could have them made in Detroit. A number have been 
distributed in the state. 
During the publication of the Bulletin of the Michigan 
Ornithological Club a page was given to the Audubon So- 
ciety and the secretary filled the space with a history of the 
work accomplished and prospective work. These were re- 
printed and circulated throughout the State. They were 
useful in convincing sympathizers that the society was active 
and making progress. Nothing is more essential to a society 
depending on the public good will than a publication. This 
Society should have sufficient means to issue a leaflet quar- 
terly giving the results of the work gone over, and outlining 
the immediate work for the future. This should be dis- 
tributed without cost. Many workers lapse into indifference 
if there is not a reminder constantly before them. They 
conclude that there is no use working unless others are 
doing likewise; work on the part of others encourages them. 
After the indifferent stage takes possession of them, they 
are difficult to arouse. 
Necessity for Some Reforms in Michigan. 
When the Alichigan Audubon Society organized, it was 
found that the State was backward in the work of bird pro- 
tection. d'vco men went through the State about that time 
killing Scarlet Tanagers, Goldfinches, Humming birds, Balti- 
more Orioles, Indigo Buntings, Redstarts and other warblers 
for a woman in Toledo who was engaged in collecting for 
wholesale millinery jobbers. There were complaints from 
points in Michigan, but nothing came of the matter until 
they reached Ohio. All the parties were prosecuted there, 
convicted and punished. Later the Detroit ])apers reported that 
a Michigan lady went to Toledo on the electric cars wearing 
gull feathers in her hat. When she stepped from the car an 
officer informed her that she must remove the said feathers, 
as the law forbid traffic in the same, she having admitted 
in conversation that she purchased the feathers from the man 
