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 Maf., i9oi [ ,THE CONDOR "SNAP SHOTS AT PROMINENT ORNITHOLOGISTS. NO. II." 55 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 q?totdam 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 terr0f to,. illicit gi/:ne,.deiilers. Recently he 'filled anothr i-ole 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. O. 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 exulta/rionofth e wily'.milliney- collector or the dealer in .e0ntraband 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 firmly in the vice-like grasp of the pillory!