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NEW LAWS NEEDED IN THE STATES 291
In 1910, William Dutcher and T. Gilbert Pearson and the National Association of Audubon Societies won, after a struggle lasting five years, the passage of the "Shea plumage bill," prohibiting the sale of aigrettes or other plumage of wild birds belonging to the same families as the birds ofNewYork(Chap.256). Thislawshouldbeduplicatedineverystate.
Two things remain to be done in the state of New York.
All the shore birds, quail and gray squirrels of the state should be given five-year cIo.se seasons, by the action of the State Conservation Commission.
For the good name of the state, and the ethical standing of its sportsmen, as an example to other states, and the last remaining duty toward our wild life, the odioua automatic and pump shotguns should be barred from use in hunting, unless their capacity is reduced to two shots without reloading.
