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in their Annual Reports to submit a list of the l)irds whose breeding-grounds 

 the\' have guarded, and also to give as nearl\- as possible an accurate account 

 of the numl:)cr of young raised in the colonies during the summer. Their reports 

 of the number of young raised are necessarily far from accurate, but it is believed 

 the correct number lies somewhere between 200,000 and 400,000, the greater 

 number of these being Pufiins, Murres, Gulls, Terns, Petrels, Rails and Herons. 



EXECUTIVE AND FINANCIAL 



The general office of the Association is maintained, as hitherto, at No. 141 

 Broadway, New York City. An office force of five persons has been employed 

 regularly, and additional service has frequently been necessary. Four field agents 

 have been employed to give a portion of their time to campaign activities. These 

 were Mr. E. H. Forbush in New England, Mr. W. L. Finley, on the Pacific coast, 

 Capt. M. B. Davis, in Texas, Miss Mary T. Moore in the Carolinas, Miss Gret- 

 chen L. Libby in California, and the Secretary in the South Atlantic and Gulf 

 states. Miss Katharine Stuart, School Secretary of the Virginia Audubon Society, 

 has also engaged at times in work for the Association. There is great need for 

 at least two additional field agents at once, one of these to be located in the Mid- 

 dle West and one in the southwestern part of the Union. In fact, our work will 

 not reach the stage of greatest proficiency until that good day comes when a 

 field agent can be employed in every state to give his entire time to the wi)rk. 



The hearty croperation of the members of the Board of Directors is every 

 vear increasing tremendously the efficiency and ])ower of the Audubon Work, 

 which in the years to come will, in America, wield an untold inlhicnce for good. 



The membership and financial support of the National Association continue 

 to grow steadily. The sustaining members now number 1.140 and the life mem- 

 bers 87. This rei)rcsents a gain during the year of 158 of tlie former and 21 of the 

 latter. We are j)leased also to announce the name of our first patron, Mr. Wm. 

 P. Wharton of Groton, Mass. Tt is necessary to engage in a constant and per- 

 sistent canvas for new members in order to even keep the total membership 

 normal, as throughout the year there are necessarily many deaths and losses of 

 membershi]) from other unavoidable causes. We need greatly an additional 

 one thousand members during ihe coming yvav. If each j)ers')n who is now a 

 member would interest one frit'iid also in joining ihe .Association, this entl could 

 be accomplished. 



It has been utti-rb impossible to meet a large i)er centage of the imi»ort- 

 demands made upon us during the year, which would retjuire the expenditure 

 of funds. The field, however, has been covered as fully as possible, selecting 

 alwavs th(.se lines of effort where the demands seemed strongest, and where 

 there a])i)eared the greatest promises for definite and far-reaching results. Much 

 valual)le lime and iiUerest has been given l)y tlie Treasurer, Dr. Jonathan Dwight, 

 Jr., to thi- linaiuial aspr( Is of ihe .Vssocialion's interests. During the year, a 



