ORNITHOLOGY 



109 



first tin thouj 



cription national in 

 and circular letters were 

 out all o\ :ountry aski 



tributions n ■ how mail. 



i : , ... pa i n 



that after 

 months of strenuous effort it was 



idoned and attention was tur 

 to raising the money by securin 

 smaller number of large 

 [n the end 810,525.21 was raised by 

 subscriptions coming from 462 indi- 

 als including a few Agassiz so- 

 cieties and other naturali I i 

 and a few firms. 



A iter all expenses had been mec a 

 balance of Si. 797. 25 remained in the 

 hands of the committee. This balance 

 was turned over to the Treasurer of 

 the Xew York Academy of Sciences 

 to form 'The Audubon Publication 

 Fund," the interest on which should 

 be devoted annually to the publication 

 of a memoir on some zoological or bo- 

 tanical topic, if a paper suitable for 

 such a memoir should be presented. If 

 no such paper should be presented 



ar, the interest was 

 to bi until one 



and 



e income has 



ate until 1 



:oo. The 



[lowing 



the this fund to 



large enough to 

 furni which would pro- 



■ m of a big-sized 

 memoir when such a memoir is pre- 

 sented. 



Very truly yours, 



E. O. Hovey, 



Rq : ing Secretary. 



IN TRINITY CEMETERY, NEW YORK CITY. 



