EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 141 Broadway, New York City 



Annual Meeting of the National 

 Association 



The regular annual meeting of the Na- 

 tional Association will be held October 25, 

 at the American Museum of National His- 

 tory, West 77th Street, New York City. 

 The notices called for by the By-Laws 

 will be mailed to all members of the Asso- 

 ciation within the statutory time limit. 



It is earnestly hoped that all members 

 will keep the above date free from other 

 engagements, so they may attend the 

 annual meeting of the Association. 



International Humane Conference 



The first American International Hu- 

 mane Conference will be held in the 

 United States National Museum at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, October 10-15, iQio- All 

 persons interested in the prevention of 

 cruelty will be welcome to attend. Further 

 details may be obtained from the American 

 Humane Association at .\lbany, N. Y., 

 under the auspices of which the Confer- 

 ence will be held. 



A New Committee 



The need for a very large increase in 

 the membership of the Association is so 

 urgent that the President has appointed 

 a Committee to take the matter in charge. 

 The members are: William W. Grant, 

 Chairman; T. Gilbert Pearson, Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes, Clinton G. Abbott. 



The well-known working qualities of 

 the members of this Committee is a war- 

 rant for believing that success will attend 

 their efforts. The work given into the 

 hands of this Committee is an extremely 

 important one, and every member of the 



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Association is asked to give to the Com- 

 mittee every possible aid and encourage- 

 ment. If our membership can be doubled 

 or trebled within the next twelve months, 

 the work and effectiveness of the Associa- 

 tion can be very greatly enlarged. — W. D. 



Bird-box Experiences 



I have on my home acre in Plainfield, 

 New Jersey, but seven trees, in all of 

 which I have placed von Berlepsch bird 

 boxes, and, in addition, I have on poles 

 and trellis work added several more; the 

 sizes selected were for Flickers, Bluebirds, 

 and Wrens. I also have a ten-room Jacobs' 

 Martin house. All of these boxes were 

 placed in position in the fall of 1909. In 

 March of the same year, I erected two 

 small houses of home manufacture, cov- 

 ered with bark, with an entrance hole 

 suitable for Wrens. One of them was oc- 

 cupied June 10, when a pair of House 

 Wrens took possession and raised a brood. 

 During the winter of 1909, I had several 

 feeding -places, both on the ground and 

 in the trees; the menu was scraps of meat, 

 boiled potatoes, oatmeal (raw and cooked), 

 pork, suet, field corn on cob, and dried 

 bread, both broken and rolled. The regu- 

 lar visitors were English Sparrows, Star- 

 lings, Tree Sparrows, Juncos, Downy 

 Woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatches 

 Jays and Crows. 



The four birds first mentioned ate the 

 food placed on the ground, as also did the 

 crows, while the Woodpeckers, Nuthatches 

 and Jays were satisfied with food attached 

 to the trees. When the ground was bare, 

 but few birds fed; but, when the ground 

 was covered with snow, the various lunch 

 places were almost constantly in use. 'At 

 such times, Crows were as regular in at- 



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