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 144 Bird- Lore greal detail, and were elaborately illustrated by diagrams and by specimens of foreign and American game-birds for comparison. It was shown very clearly that it would be impossible for the Game Commission of the state to prevent the sale of native game-birds were the sale of five species of foreign game- birds mentioned in the bill legalized. It was pointed out that the bill was specious in its wording, the trade names of the birds being used,— for instance, Rebhubner, instead of Gray Partridge; Red-leg, instead of Red- legged Partridge: Egyptian Quail, instead of European or Migratory Quail. It was evident that these misleading names were used in order not to attract the attention of the members of the legislature to the familiar names of Partridge and Quail. It was further proven that the bill was faulty in many other important respects. The advocates of the bill, fearing that it might not be favorably reported from the Committee, had an almost identical bill introduced in the Senate, on which a hear- ing was held April 19, when practically the same objections were presented as at the previous hearing. Every possible influence that could be secured was brought to bear to prevent the passage of these bills, with the final result that the legislature adjourned without having acted upon them. The suc- cess of the efforts of the Audubon Society to defeat the Burr and Foreign Game Sale Bills was no doubt largely helped by the work and influence of individual members, many of whom sent letters and telegrams to their legislators. Such help is always very valuable. [OWA. — Three attempts to have the model bird law adopted by this state have been made. The failures in 1902 and 1904 really worked for good, as the non-game bird law now in force in Iowa is of the most com- prehensive and advanced type. Experience has shown several improvements that were necessary in the original draft of the model law ; these are all embraced in the statute now in force in Iowa. The State Audubon Society took a very active part in the passage of the bill, and to their efforts success is largely due. South Carolina. — A bill was introduced "To incorporate the Audubon Society of South Carolina and to provide for the pres- ervation of the song- and game-birds of the state." Section 3 reads: " The objects for which the corporation is formed are to promote among the citizens of South Carolina a better appreciation of the value of song and insectivorous birds to man and the state ; to encourage parents and teachers to give instruction to children on the subject ; to stimulate public sentiment against the de- struction of wild birds and their eggs ; to secure the enactment and enforcement of proper and necessary laws for the protection and preservation of birds and game of the state ; to provide for the naming of special officers and investing them with necessary power, who shall work under the direction and control of the Audubon Society of South Carolina, looking to the rigid enforce- ment of the present game-bird protective laws of the state ; to distribute literatuie bearing on these topics among the members of the Society and other persons ; and to raise and provide funds for defraying the neces- sary expenses of the Society in the accom- plishment of the purposes herein named." The bill failed of passage, the reason for this being given by one of the incorporators. "I am sorry that the legislature adjourned without passing the Audubon Bill, and it died on the calendar. There was no oppo- sition to it, and the only reason it did not go through was that, according to the rules of the legislature permission has to be first ob- tained for introducing such bills. This was done promptly, but it made the bill very late on the calendar, and it was impossible to get it passed before the adjournment of the legis- lature. "This matter will be attended to at the next meeting of the legislature, and it will pass without a doubt." Georgia. — The legislature of this state is in session, and the secretary of this Associ- ation, Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, is now in Georgia in the interest of a bill which has been introduced to incorporate the Audubon Society and to give it charge of bird and