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Identifier: birdlore15noas (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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d to removethe so-called fish-eating birds from pro-tection. What the bird-lovers of Cali-fornia achieved is not only a matter ofeverlasting credit to their intelligence andperseverance, but it presents a splendidexample of what may be accomplished inother states. Since the above was written, word hasbeen received that the Governor declinedto sign certain bills, thus nullifying thework of the Legislature in passing theschedules indicated above as Nos. 6, 7,8, 10, II and 13. Evidently the Governorof California needs education along theline of bird conser\ation.—T. G. P. Plume-Hunters Arrested On May i, 1913, an attempt was madeto raid the .\lligator Bay, Florida, Rook-ery, which is guarded by F. W. Williams,Warden, and Charles Allen, .\ssistantWarden. Four men entered the rookeryearly in the morning and commencedshooting as soon as it was light enough to i^^- ilf^ ^^^^^^■•■- WAKDKNS (UARDIXG ALLIGATOR BAY. I-LORIDA, COLONY Charles Allen who foufjht the plume hunters on the left
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(217) 278 Bird - Lore see. Williams chanced to be away but.\llen and a boatman went in pursuit ofthe plume-hunters, whereupon the raiderscommenced firing on them. They returned to the shore, and Allen,securing a rifle, crawled through theswamp to a commanding position andreturned the fire with about twelve shotsbefore the plume-hunters left the rookery. Seven Egrets and one Snowy Egrethad been killed and the men had securedthe plumes from five of the dead birds,but in their haste to depart left theSnowy Egret and two of the large Egretswith the plumes still unstripped. Three brothers, by the name of Whid-den, have been arrested, and AssistantWarden .\llen has positively identifiedHaynor Whidden as one of those doing theshooting. The arrest of the fourth man isconfidently expected, and trial of the of-fenders will be held at the September termof the Circuit Court of Alachua County. At once, upon learning of the raid, theNational Association authorized Capt. B.J. Pacetti, Inspector of t

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