%\)t ^utiubon Societies 



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 



President Dutcher 



It is very painful to announce that Pres- 

 ident Butcher's condition has shown ver)' 

 little improvement during the past two 

 months. He has never entirely rallied from 

 the paralytic stroke which he received on 

 October 19, last. Although apparently in 

 very good physical condition, the power 

 of speech has not yet been restored to him, 

 and his right side, which is paralyzed, ren- 

 ders it impossible for him to write. Much 

 of the time he appears to be conscious of 

 what is going on around him, and appar- 

 ently understands the words spoken to 

 him by his friends, although he is entirely 

 unable to answer or to communicate his 

 wishes, except vaguely. His physicians 

 state that probably considerable time 

 must elapse before any improvement 

 in his condition can be looked for. — 

 T. Gilbert Pearson. 



Directors' Meeting 



The prolonged and very serious illness 

 of President William Dutcher necessitated 

 action on the part of the Board of Direc- 

 tors, looking to the authorization of proper 

 officials to represent the National Associa- 

 tion. The Board, therefore, met by call 

 on January 4, in the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York City. Eight 

 directors were present, viz.. Dr. J. A. Allen 

 Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, Frank M. Chap- 

 man, Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Mr. W. W. 

 Grant, Dr. Frederic A. Lucas, Dr. T. S. 

 Palmer and T. G. Pearson. 



Dr. J. A. Allen was declared the Acting 

 President, and T. Gilbert Pearson the 

 general executive ofl&cer of the Association, 

 by the following resolutions: 



"Whereas the President of the Asso- 



ciation is incapacitated through illness 

 from performing his duties as President, 

 and the first Vice-President's absence in 

 Washington prevents his undertaking 

 those duties, 



"Resolved that, in compliance with Arti- 

 cle IV of the By-laws, the second Vice- 

 President be requested to take upon him- 

 self the duties of Acting President until 

 the President's recovery, or until the next 

 annual meeting of the Association, which- 

 ever shall first occur." 



"Resolved that the entire care and con- 

 trol of the New York office of the Asso- 

 ciation, the administration of the affairs, 

 of the office, the employment of assistants 

 at such office, the employment of wardens, 

 field agents, and other representatives of 

 the Association, be left with the Secretary 

 subject to the approval of the Advisory 

 Committee, and that the Secretary, so 

 far as the By-laws of the Association will 

 permit, shall be the Executive Officer of 

 the Association." 



The Secretary's report of the work of 

 the Association since the Annual Meeting, 

 on October 25, showed the extensiv'e activ- 

 ities of the Association in its various fields 

 of operation. For instance, the report 

 showed that during the past ten weeks 

 2,730 educational leaflets had been dis- 

 tributed gratis, and that 25,375 had been 

 sold at the cost of publication. The gen- 

 eral work of the. Association has cost about 

 $500 less than for the same period last 

 year. This was due, in part, to the heavy 

 expense incurred during 1909 in preparing 

 for the legislative effort at Albany, which 

 resulted in securing the enactment of the 

 Audubon Plumage Law. Other features 

 of the report will be found elsewhere in 

 these columns. 



Mr. W. W. Grant rendered the follow- 



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