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present proteclixc slalutrs, and less in atlcnipls to iiiii)rove them. The details 

 of the work there will he louiid in the report submitted by Field Agent Forbush. 



PUBLICATIONS 



iJurinji; the year, seven leatlets have been issued: Special Xo. 22, Announce- 

 ment to Southern Teachers; and the following Educational Leallets: Xo. 41, 

 Mockingbird; No. 42, Orchard Oriole; No. 43, Red-headed Woodpecker; No. 

 No. 44, Franklin's Gull; No. 45, Black-headed Grosbeak; No. 46, The Robin. 

 The total number of copies printed was 242,000. A large amount of matter 

 has been prepared for Bird-Lore, and many thousands of our notices have 

 appeared in the newspapers of the United States. The Game Wardens have 

 been supplied with books containing colored illustrations and descriptions 

 of birds, intended to aid them in gaining more accurate knowledge of the bird 

 life of the regions which they guard. 



THE MARY DUTCHER MEIVIORIAL FUND 



During the month of June, one of our members, Mr. W. W. Grant, feeling 

 that the friends of Mr. Butcher would be glad of an opportunity to give tangible 

 expression of the esteem in which he and his work for bird protection are held, 

 held a conference with some others of like mind. As a result an invitation 

 was issued asking for contributions for the establishment of a special endow- 

 ment fund for the National Association of Audubon Societies, which should 

 be known as the Mary Butcher Memorial Fund, in memory of Mr. Butcher's 

 only daughter. The responses were spontaneous and generous, $7,548 net hav- 

 ing already been received. It is proposed that the interest on this fund be 

 expended in such manner that definite results on the work carried on under 

 it can be reported annuall\-. 



THE SAGE FUND 



Some months ago, Mrs. Russell Sage gave to the National Association 

 $500, to start a special fund for the protection of the Robin. A few days later 

 she contributed $5,000, to be used in pushing the work of the Association in 

 the southern states, and, at the same time, expressed her deep concern that 

 the Robin, which is legally declared a game bird in some of the states, should 

 be given adequate protection. As Mrs. Sage further states that she will pro- 

 vide $5,000 annually for the next two years, it means that the Association will 

 be able to institute and conduct a vigorous campaign for bird protection over 

 a large territory, heretofore but scantily reached. 



By these munificent contributions to the work of siiving the wild birds 

 of America, Mrs. Sage has won the gratitude of untold thousands of bird- and 

 nature-lovers throughout the country. 



