New-York tribune., 1886-03-28
WILD BiRDS T0 BIZ PROTECTED.
OBJECT or THE NEW AUDUBON SOCIETY

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MILLIONS or VICTIM, sAcslricED TO FASHION
PUBLIC NrIMENT TO Be AROUSED.
The org lnH ltiOn II week or two ago of the
Audubon Society. ;Or the protection Of wild birds not
tuciucally game nas drawn considerable attention to
tue euoruons slaughter year birds OF ths sort
lor millinery anil decorative purposes. For the
last i've yc,rs sonx-birIs an pper7. brls with gay
pma:c AMI wiho It, have bceu Killed ia season ANA ont
81 season tho woois II, L. mtIsbes ana on the
app Ilius numbers. shooting birds and selling
their heads and skins has become busInc's with
hunirrl, oi AMI boys along the Atlantic coast and
in tue interior The terms and Sca swallows once 10
abunlint from Cob,'s Island in Virginia 10 Cape Cod,
nave hccn almost eXtermndted. and the meadow lark'
thruslcs robins and Dobouk, OF country folds are
neard AMI Ino.s rsteiy near the large cities or
through long stretches OF Long Island aud New
Jcr-ry
hard 70 say at al accurately how many birds pass
yearly through the great millinery establishments. A
writer in Uc >riUc' SUPP em)lt fOt February puts the
DumbHr between 5O)JOOD aud lO.OOJ,OO0 GORE
,ponicrt OF Forest met STREAM tells OF .nslo collector
wGo brought back 1000 skins from three months
southeiu trip 1884, uni says that from small dis
trict Of Loag Islaud 10000 skins were sent to Now
york in tour months. Tore is snglo New York taxi
dcrmt, according TO the paper who con'"sses 10
preparing 5000 bird skus Or hats ana bonnets every
,easou.
Joseph Roseathal, of No 62S Broadwav dealer in
that tne cluand FOR birds TINS year extraordinarily
large "rne penStye skins he al led. imported
from Asia south America, but the small aud cheap
get entirely rom the native birds. couldn't
say how many were used IN year but have for
Instance. 1900 English sparrOws Ia stock now. Small
birds sell for five ten csut3 apeOe; only tho lit port
od bring 81 SO. Gulls, terms snpe larks.
swallows. al kinds equally gooi II they have dull
ugly color dye them, and there is market for
all"
At Marx Held K Co. s. No. 900 Broadway member
VI firm said that lie could hardly where all
the birds used came from We hay" cOnttnueI
RON 3HoO%H 10 i1o3q9o 66 9f % snail Amcri n 1d'
ties few days rney may ne gone again M week
or "A month. the tive ulrds yory cueap. wo
draw Dot only on Long Island aud New-Jeisoy, but ou
every State IN tue Union. As long 10 the fashion
continues sHppc,e We shall still have supply"
j. Wallace. naturalist AN ttNlh'rmls-, OF NO 10
North William ST.. said that OF the local birds neauow,
-parrows ure most IN demanI 10y Inilliuors. The
desfGcr"n OF % oqr s,ng 0maS ana birds s sad tue
purpose. no :cntinasf +. scandaoos Eysly farmer
aud country boy almost on Long Island has taken to
cool many ot tne SKINS aIc much with tue
be of any aud many spoiled by bungins
20 n.o Tins business. We used to get so for
mounting bind. Now ws would get about s~o or
Three cents. TaNid0rmy viii have b. stop II TINS whole
%s,r ,r r',no's bof. and .,nnos Tnrv have rotte4g
cheap that every nurse or servant can aHOrd
AID the result il that there's hard trm I"ts
the Atlantic coast rom CIpo Cod down 10 Florida
Mexico. There bird laws many States. but they
are not onforce The only remedy 1t seem, to me- ia to
1o up ladies against wearing either
tEe wings feathers of binds"
An ornthoog,t IN R' Sence ETtr0 FOR February says
I'm regard to the rrevaoncr OF tue fashion OF wearing
birts that Ia Mad'un-alo. oar he noLlced eleven
women out OF thirteen with birds wings. heads or
feathers IL tncir hat No hat the ho"ds and wug7 OF
EnrII starlines; No. entire foreign bird;
3, seven wabeIs OF four species; 4. large term 5,
heads aud wings Of tnrer larRs g. tho wings OF
seven shore lHrks and eaSHhnohes; 4 h"If galuue;
;. small .. turtle dove; 10. yiro1 ana How
breasted CHAT; aud II. ostrich ;umbs. correspondent
% Forest and Neam who was walking one AFTERNOON 10
Fhavo. 700 hats II BIRDS Oi fOrty species. the
common tern and qua nel " most Irelue"t majority
Oi tho lato without bid decorations we're trimmed IN
william butcher OF the American Orni;holoests'
Unions committee tor the protection OF hird' toll tue
niri tnat hat escaped thu uilltners "Barn-swalOSs
martens and all 9 sparrow tribe ara d'ed and psed
purple srackles redwing hlackuris. bohoinks and
terms make very rettY ornaments Thr terhs have
suffered most OF all the birds near New York. FnOy
are practically exterrninatod knO~ OF 5000 having
hcen killed IA one LONG Island town -Seafor-not long
aud hear tuat 10000 were shot Cape Cod In
single season. MT Alien, OF orr committee. says that
l,OOc.OOO boboiuks were killed la one month near
Puiad 'phIa know Ot a mil Iery house here whoh
took -OcK on February l and 'ounf 100000 bid skins
on maud ho tao fash hion will suOn change 1here Is
no Ia any State except perhaps Name tnht is really
rotrctive. We have drawn M tW o. MEET the case.
however and hope To get it passed each state BY the
auxiliary ot committee aud will ty TO Obt n names
all Over the country for its pledges aud arouse healthy
public sentiment AZ dust this harnu0us prnr'i'e when
nelono Oi The most beautiful features OF country
The Audubon socloty's pledge, as follows: o. TO
discourage tho XIII ug Ot any bird uOt u>Ol Tor OOl ~
% dlscouT the rObbing nt aly binds nest or tile
destruction III it, aud 81 To refrain frDm tue use Of
any Wild birds p IN article Ot dress OF adprn-
simply subscribing 10 one O these admits to
mruLrrslp. Local sOrirtios with secretaries will he
formed a, pnS,ibo. Tue sOCrty has ~ Officers
yet hut among tnUs" who have consented 10 COMO
vca. plesi lent, Mis- William VI. Appl"tOn, of
Bo,t0l Mr-. Charrs I. BLrn-y, Mrs q. b. GrinnelL
Fraua Bot owe, of Now York; Mrs. L. L. TIM, Of
Ruhtlo; MIS-, Btid,e OF Pnalelpha; g. T. AuP"l. Of
Boston Ruduey Dennis. of Hartford. and Henry Brrgh
rHe law Prrpu>cd by the society enumtr eN The different
kni- OF birds and provides pralty for killing Dr
PURPOSES The English sparrow, however Il excluded
from protection. Tue sOcetvs address PIesent Is
no 40 Park Row, tho office Df FOyeS aRd stream.