Mar., 1901 I THK CONDOR 
“Snap Shots at Proiminent Ornithologists. No. II.” 
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Dr. Palmer in a Pillory! 
California ornithologists are familiar 
with the splendid work that is being 
accomplished in the interest of bird 
protection by their quondam fellow 
citizen Dr. T. S. Palmer of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture. During 
the winter Dr. Palmer has appeared re- 
peatedly before various state legislatures 
to explain the practical side of bird pro- 
tection and urge the passage of better 
laws, while his rigid enforcement of the 
federal regulations has made him a 
terror to illicit game dealers. Recently 
he filled another role which would 
doubtless have appealed strongly to the 
feelings of this latter class of gentlemen 
had they been present. 
In company with several prominent 
members of the A. (). U. Committee on 
Protection of N. A. Birds, Dr. P. ap- 
peared a short time ago before a night 
session of the Delaware Legislature at 
Dover. After the meeting the visitors 
inspected those curious survivals of the 
olden times, peculiar to the state of 
Delaware — the whipping post and 
pillory. Dr. Palmer with characteristic 
cheerfulness offered to impersonate the 
criminal and was forthwith placed in 
the pillory. 
We cannot but think of the fiendish 
joy and exultation of the wily millinery- 
collector or the dealer in contraband 
quail could they only have been pres- 
ent at that moonlight 'fiesta’ in the jail 
yard and have been able to view the 
relentless monitor of the Lacey Act, 
with his neck and wrists held firmlj" in 
the vice-like grasp of the pillory! 
