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wild birds for millinery purposes. The Biological Survey 
has been very active in urging the passage of adequate state 
laws and of the federal act for the protection of migratory 
game birds. 
The Philippine Legislature has passed an act (No. 1798) 
for the protection of wild birds and wild animals. This 
law is very good, so far as it goes, but its enforcement is 
not an easy matter, and in order adequately to protect wild 
bird life in the Philippine Islands, the cooperation of every 
inhabitant of the Islands is most desirable. It is believed 
that the greatest amount of good in this direction can 
be accomplished by the schools and the municipal officials. 
It is believed that the time is opportune for the organiza¬ 
tion of a society in the Philippine Islands, such as the Au¬ 
dubon Association, which might have a branch in each 
province, which in turn would have branches in each town. 
To bring about such an organization, national cooperation 
is necessary, and the Bureau of Science would be very glad 
to hear of and support any interest in such a movement. 
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