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                       COMMITTEE ON BIRD PROTECTION 
 
                                                  September 9, 1941. 
 
 
 
MORANDUU for the Committee on Bird Protection. 
 
     As most of you know, our report missed the boat at Denver. It was 
necessary to hold up our draft until announcement of the new waterfowl hunting

regulations, and then, unfortunately, the revised copy missed me in my travels.

It was finally forwarded and came back to me here at the end of last week.

This would seem to assure acceptance of our resignation, which I have turned

in to Dr. Chapin for transmittal, if necessary, to the new president. I hope,

however, that our report may be unofficially accepted by the officers and

printed in an early number of The Auk. 
 
     Attached is a revised copy of our report which I hope you will read

carefully and make such changes as seem necessary to you. It has had the

advantage of careful review by Clarence Cottam, all of whose suggested changes

have been incorporated with the exception of the two following: 
 
          1. I believe we should in one place in the report include 
     the phrase "at least until the park can be established" (bottom
of 
     page 1) in speaking of arrangements to afford protection to the 
     bird life of southwestern Florida. This is the actual arrangement 
     devised by the Secretary of the Interior, and I think we should 
     include the explanation°t4" *t has been cut out of the recommenda-

     tions at the end of the report. 
 
          2. I also believe that we should include in our report mention

     of the Oregon pole-trapping recommendation made by Einarsen in his 
     bulletin. Aldo Leopold may desire to reword the statement. 
 
     If you will review the report and inform me of such changes as seem

necessary, I will then send final copy to the new president. 
 
     I wish to thank every member of the Committee for the very helpful 
suggestions and drafts of sections of our report which you have supplied
as 
promptly as was possible in each case. 
 
                                   Sincerely yours, 
 
 
 
                                        Victor H. Cahalane. 
 
Enclosure. 
 
 
 
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