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Sustaining Members, continued 

 Chase, Mrs. M. M. 

 Church, Mrs. George 

 Churchill, Mr. J. R. 

 Converse, Mr. Costello C. 

 Crehore, Miss Elizabeth T. 

 Crompton, Miss Cora E. 

 Crompton, Miss Mary 

 Crompton, Miss Stella S. 

 Crossett, Mrs. Lewis A. 

 Crowell, Mrs. J. S. 

 Curtis, Mrs. J. F. 

 Daland, Mrs. T. 

 Dane, Mrs. E. B. 

 Davies, Mrs. Mansfield 

 Dodge, Miss Josephine K. 

 Ford, Mrs. Simeon 

 Gellatly, Mrs. J. 

 Goadby, Mr. Arthur 

 Goodell, Mrs. James 

 Hawkins, Mrs. Eugene D. 

 Heller, Mrs. David 

 Hentz, Mr. Leonard L. 

 Hentz, Mr. Henry 

 Hopewell, Mr. John 

 Hoyt, Mrs. John Sherman 

 Hupfel, Mr. Adolph 

 Kuser, Miss Cynthia G. 

 McAlpin, Jr., Mr. D. H. 

 Miller. Mrs. C. R. 

 Rawlinson, Miss Ellen 

 Sands, Mrs. P. J. 

 Scaife, Mr. William B. 

 Thayer, Mrs. Mary R. 

 Towne, Mr. William E. 

 Underhill, Mr. W. P. 

 Vanamee, Mrs. William 

 Ward, Mr. Edward L. 

 Willson, Miss Katherine E. 

 Wilcox, Miss Marie 

 Wood, Mrs. A.B. 



Contributors — 



Beaufort, Mr. W. H. De 

 Chapman, Miss Annie B. 



Notes From the Field 



Kentucky. — The Audubon Society of 

 Kentucky was organized on January 28, 

 191 1, with the following officers: President, 

 James H. Gardner; Vice President, Miss 

 Nannie Bain Didlake; Secretary-Treas- 

 urer, Victor K. Dodge. 



The Society has been growing rapidly, 

 and has been doing much splendid work. 

 Largely through the efforts of Miss Emily 

 Barnes, one hundred and eight Junior 

 Audubon Classes, with a total paid mem- 

 bership of one thousand, four hundred 

 and sixty-nine, have been organized in the 



schools, under the provisions made possi- 

 ble by the contributions of Mrs. Russell 

 Sage. 



Alabam.\. — May 4, the anniversary of 

 the birth of John James Audubon, was 

 celebrated in practically all the public 

 schools of Alabama by the observance of 

 a program incorporated in the Alabama 

 Bird-Day Book, prepared by Hon. John 

 H. Wallace, Jr., State Game and Fish 

 Commissioner. The program deals with 

 the economic value of birds and game, and 

 their beneficial relations to man, and has 

 for its object the inculcation into the 

 youthful mind of a desire to conserve all 

 the valuable natural resources of Alabama. 

 The plan includes taking the children into 

 the woods and fields, where they may 

 study at first hand the habits of the wild 

 birds, and notice the visible reasons why 

 care should be taken for their preservation. 

 In this work, Alabama is setting a splendid 

 example for many other states. 



New Jersey. — .All bird-lovers are to be 

 congratulated on the recent legislative 

 outcome of the New Jersey State Audubon 

 Society's work. A bill to prohibit the sale 

 of the plumage of any wild bird which 

 would jeopardize the protection extended 

 the native birds of New Jersey was, on 

 February 21, 191 1, introduced in the 

 Assembly by Hon. Amos H. Radcliffe. 

 This was the Audubon Society Bill which 

 was pushed by its members and friends 

 until, on April 18, it was signed by Gover- 

 nor Wilson. In its wording it follows closely 

 the Shea- White plumage law enacted in the 

 New York Legislature last year. Had this 

 wise action not been taken by the New 

 Jersey Legislature, there seems to be no 

 reason why the wholesale. milliners of New 

 York City should not have moved their 

 stock across the river, and gone on with 

 their business much as heretofore, when 

 on July first of the present year the New 

 York law goes into effect. 



Mr. J. D. Kuser deserves honorable 

 mention for having secured the largest 

 number of paid members for the New 

 Jersey Society. — T. G. P. 



