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■so by drastic laws, and it is therefore high 

 time that laws similar to the Avebury Bill 

 shall be enacted by all the civilized nations. 

 An international convention should be 

 held at an early date to urge such legisla- 

 tion or it will be too late to save many 

 species of valuable and interesting birds 

 from extermination. — W. D. 



A Pleasant Letter 



No letters ever reach the ofl&ce of the 

 Association that give greater pleasure 

 •than those received from young people, 

 who not only give their sympathy and 

 support to the work of bird protection 

 but show from their letters that they are 

 keen and intelligent observers of bird- 

 iife. The following is one of the best 

 letters of this character that has ever been 

 received. 



"I wish to become a member of the 

 Audubon Society. Enclosed please find 

 ^ve dollars dues. I am eleven years old 

 and am very interested in birds. I have 

 ■enjoyed Bird-Lore very much for two 

 years. I was much interested in reading 

 about the Frigate Birds in the South 

 Seas. We have made two voyages to the 

 South Seas but I never heard of these 

 birds being used like the Homing Pigeon. 

 The story of the Petrel also gave me pleas- 

 ■ure, as I saw many Albatrosses when we 

 went around the Cape of Good Hope to 

 New Zealand. I have asked several friends 

 to join the Audubon Society. — Yours sin- 

 cerely, Helen Gordon Campbell." 



In Memoriam 



Mrs. Emma F. Bush, a member of this 

 Association, died December 7, 1907. 

 Though a partial cripple she took up the 

 study of birds about six years since and 

 by her own unaided efforts made great 

 progress. She gave bird talks to the local 

 Audubon Society of which she was a 

 prominent member. Mr. Bush writes: 

 ■"Second to the work of forest preserva- 

 tion, comes to my mind the work of the 

 Audubon Society. I send you my check 

 for $10, and shall be pleased to send you 



at least this much each year as a continual 

 contribution from Mrs. Bush." 



Announcement 



The Rev. Herbert K. Job, owing to 

 the increasing public demands upon his 

 time, and at the advice of his associates 

 in the ministry, is shortly to try the experi- 

 ment of devoting his time to writing and 

 lecturing. Concluding a ten-years' min- 

 istry in Kent, Connecticut, the last of 

 next October, he will locate in the sub- 

 urbs of New Haven. He has accepted a 

 position with The Outing Magazine, 

 and, beginning with the January number, 

 that periodical will publish his illustrated 

 articles, written from the standpoint of 

 the popularizing of bird study and of bird 

 protection, thus making itself a useful 

 ally of the Audubon Societies. Mr. Job 

 is open to engagements for bird lectures 

 during the coming season, and may be 

 addressed for the present at Kent, but 

 after Novemper i, at 291 !Main St., 

 West Haven, Conn. 



Women's Clubs 



Mrs. May Riley Smith, of this city, at- 

 tended the biennial meeting of the General 

 Federation of Women's Clubs, which was 

 held at Symphony hall, in Boston, the 

 week of June 23, as the representative of 

 the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies, to present a paper on bird pro- 

 tection. 



"It was my desire to have the delegates 

 and representative members from the dif- 

 ferent parts of the country take this ques- 

 tion home with them, to interest their 

 clubs and friends, and to tell them the 

 facts as I gave them in my paper, and also 

 to impress upon the delegates the serious 

 importance of prompt effort." 



Mrs. Smith reports, "The audience was 

 most attentive, giving me a hearty wel- 

 come and seeming to be en rapport with 

 me in all I said. I did not mince the mat- 

 ter, but I presented the facts courteously 

 and kindly and have had many enthusi- 

 astic congratulations since." 



