Ct)e Audubon ^octettes 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 



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

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City 



President Dutcher 



More than five months have passed 

 since President WilHam Dutcher was 

 stricken with apoplexy, and, while his 

 condition continues to improve, the gain 

 has been very slow. He is totally unable 

 to walk or to speak, although otherwise 

 he appears to be in excellent physical 

 condition. The sorrow that his illness has 

 occasioned among his wide circle of friends 

 and correspondents is attested by the 

 numerous inquiries regarding the state 

 of his health which constantly reach this 

 office. — T. Gilbert Peakson. 



Change of Office 



The increasing volume of work connec- 

 ted with the administration of the aiJairs 

 of the National Association has necessi- 

 tated the acquiring of larger office space. 

 After April 15, 191 1, therefore, the 

 address of the Association will be 1974 

 Broadway. This is, in many ways, a very 

 convenient location. It can be reached 

 in one minute's walk from the 66th street 

 station of the Columbus Avenue Elevated 

 Railway, or the subway station at 66th 

 street. Several lines of surface cars also 

 converge here. We shall hope to welcome 

 many of our members and friends of bird 

 protection at the new location. — T. G. P. 



Attack on the Plumage Law 



A bill has been introduced in the Assem- 

 bly of the New York Legislature, by A. J. 

 Levy, of New York City, which will not 

 only repeal in effect the splendid Shea- 

 White Plumage Law enacted last year, 

 but by the omission of the word "plumage" 

 from Section 98 of Chapter 24 of the 



Forest, Fish and Game Law will, it 

 appears, open the way for the sale of the 

 plumage of all birds. So adroitly is the 

 bill drawn, with such skilful manipulation 

 of words, that many have been deceived 

 and regard the measure as a still further 

 safeguard to the birds of the state. In 

 fact, press despatches sent out from 

 Albany at the time the bill was introduced 

 contained statements to that effect. This 

 hill is a most vicious one and should be 

 defeated at all hazards. It is clearly in the 

 interests of certain large moneyed con- 

 cerns in New York, who have shown that 

 they care nothing for wild birds except 

 for the money which can be made from 

 the sale of their feathers. There is evi- 

 dence that large sums have been raised 

 to employ a powerful lobby at Albany to 

 aid in the passage of this measure, and it 

 is imperative that the friends of the birds 

 immediately exert themselves to the 

 utmost if the state is to take no backward 

 steps in bird protection. 



WHAT YOU CAN DO 



Last winter, when our Plumage Bill 

 was up for passage, one Assemblyman in 

 a speech, stated on the floor of the Assem- 

 bly that he had received over one hundred 

 letters from his constituents asking him 

 to vote for this bill which the Audubon 

 Society advocated, and he gave that as 

 his reason for favoring it. This illustrates 

 the importance of having voters write 

 their views to their representatives in 

 the Legislature. 



I wish to urge with all the earnestness 

 at my command that you get your friends 

 to write at once to the Senator and Assem- 

 blymen from your district and ask them 

 to vote and use all their influence against 

 the passage of Assembly Bill 359, intro- 



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