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E. V. Curtis, C. E. Hasselgrave, I. MacXaughton, \V. Hoppaugh, J.W. Vanlngan, 

 R. Wilkinson, H. B. Kummel, H. Tuttle; to the United States Forestry Service 

 for lectures by Mr. Enos A. ^lills, and to !Mr. B. S. Bowdish, through whose 

 courtesy, and that of the National Audubon Society, eleven illustrated addresses 

 on birds were given. Thanks are also due Miss Julia Rogers, Miss L. R. Morris, 

 and Miss M. A. Burnett, for similar service. 



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l.ALtilllM. (jLLL .XLST and Kl,u.- 



La Rue Holmes Nature Lovers' League Bird Refuge. Formerly the scene of merciless slaughter of 



breeding birds for millinery ornaments. Photographed by B. S. Bowdish 



Our chapters have found much i)k'asurc in tlic address given by Mr. A. S. 

 Williams, illustrated by living reptiles, and in the entertainments given by Mr. E. 

 Avis, who so wonderfully rcjjroduccs the bird songs, the joyous choirs of the woods. 



Immediately after the organization of the League movement, Mr. William 

 Dutcher, who is ever alert to provide for the needs of our little feathered friends, 

 called attention to the fact that no provision had been made, through any agency, 

 for the j^rotection of the Gulls, and other birds nesting on the New Jersey coast. 

 Mr. Dutcher kindly consented to negotiate for the purchase, in behalf of the or- 

 ganization, of an island of some hundred and fifty acres, hereafter to be known 



