. The oist . ther shore birds a-long the coast, and the wholesale slaugh-ter along the (Colorado River, the breed-ing grounds of numerous species, whichare being exterminated l)v Indians em-ployed by nuscrupulous whites; that weview with alarm the appalling fact thatmore birds are destroyed annually iitthe United States for each large mil-linery firm than are contained in theconil>ined collections of bird students inthis country—Ihe acruiriuhition of .gen-erations. And be it further Resolved, That every means lie putforth to influence legislation for theprotection of birds, and to discourng
. The oist . ther shore birds a-long the coast, and the wholesale slaugh-ter along the (Colorado River, the breed-ing grounds of numerous species, whichare being exterminated l)v Indians em-ployed by nuscrupulous whites; that weview with alarm the appalling fact thatmore birds are destroyed annually iitthe United States for each large mil-linery firm than are contained in theconil>ined collections of bird students inthis country—Ihe acruiriuhition of .gen-erations. And be it further Resolved, That every means lie putforth to influence legislation for theprotection of birds, and to discournge-the wearing of biids, resulting in suchshamefid annihilation of the beautifulcreatures of the air, the common, ina-lienable heiitngcof all who love Nature,and her children of hill and valley,, woodand shore. And be it further liesolced, That a co])y of these resolu-tions be sent to the inltdiigcnt and gen-erous press, who may assist in the eli-mination of this execrable evil of fash-ion. S62 THE From Photo by Allen A Remarkable Nest- A nest of the Baltimore Oriole, menf oaed in A Study of Ne>;ts on p;iare 3i)2,October Oologist. A string was woven into llie uesi at one side, tind tlieu rar-ried up to a higlier twig, thus keeping it from closing aSit would othervvise havedone, so that the parent bird could not get iu. Notes from Audubons W. Parkhurst. Part Audaboa called on Mr. Breed-love, the Collector of Customs for NewOrleans, and presented to him his let-ters from the Hon. Levi Woodbury,andhe at once assured Audubon that therevenue cutter the Campbell wouldbe at his disposal within a few days,but the service or other circumstances,did not allow the arrival of the vesselat New Orleans until late in the commander of the Cam bellcalled upon them, and they were soonstowed aboard his tight little down the Mississippi theysailed through its southwest pass,where they were joined by a vessel ofeight tons, as a
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