. Bird lore . t from the FloridaAudubon Society, and no one went to thecapital city to argue the cause of the birdsexcept one Florida attorney, who was hired by the National Association ofAudubon Societies for that purpose. The more striking forms of Floridasbird-life are all but swept away, hermagnificent pine-forests have been utterlydestroyed for lumber and turpentine, andnow the lakes are being cleared of fishby a highly efficient and diabolical formof trap. When will the really intelligent peopleof Florida awake to the desirability ofpreserving what nature has given it?From present indica
. Bird lore . t from the FloridaAudubon Society, and no one went to thecapital city to argue the cause of the birdsexcept one Florida attorney, who was hired by the National Association ofAudubon Societies for that purpose. The more striking forms of Floridasbird-life are all but swept away, hermagnificent pine-forests have been utterlydestroyed for lumber and turpentine, andnow the lakes are being cleared of fishby a highly efficient and diabolical formof trap. When will the really intelligent peopleof Florida awake to the desirability ofpreserving what nature has given it?From present indications there is not theslightest prospect of their doing so whileone plumage-bird, pine-forest, or fish isleft in the state. THE EGRET SITUATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA By DR. HERBERT R. MILLS One of the accompanjdng photographsshows the exhibit recently displayed bythe Tampa Audubon Society in the show- window of one of Tampas leading mil-liners. This exhibit consists of the rem-nants of about fifty Egrets brought in. WINGS AND BONES OF WHITE IBIS KILLED WANTONLY BY MENSTYLING THEMSELVES SPORTSMEN. The Audubon Societies 63
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