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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



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



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



Telephone, Columbus 7327 



William Dutcher, President 

 Frederic A. Lucas, Acting President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President Jonathan Dwight, Treasurer 



Samuel T. Carter, Jr., Attorney 



Any person, club, school or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may become 

 a member of it, and all are welcome. 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild 

 Birds and Animals: 



$5 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 $1,000 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



Form of Bequest: — I do hereby give and bequeath to the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals (Incorporated,), of the City of New York. 



SUMMER RECREATION-SCHOOL OF NATURE-STUDY 



Three years ago the generosity of 

 Charles M. Ams, Esq., of New York City, 

 placed at the disposal of this Association 

 the use of his great private estate at Ams- 

 ton, in eastern Connecticut, comprising 

 several square miles of ideal country for 

 birds and game, and a large sightly lake. 

 This has been made an Experiment Station 

 and Wild-Life Sanctuary of the Associa- 

 tion, a model game-farm and demonstra- 

 tion point. Last season this game-farm 

 produced over $4,000 worth of game-birds, 

 and afforded great pleasure to writers and 

 students. In conjunction with this there 

 has developed a very successful Recrea- 

 tion School of Nature-Study and Nature- 

 Lovers' Colony, with students and visitors 

 from all over the United States andCanada. 



For 1920 the whole program and plan 

 is to be materially broadened. From the 

 middle of May and through June there 

 will be informal watching of the bird mi- 

 gration, finding of nests, with plate and 

 motion-picture photography, also special 

 experimentation in new methods of rear- 

 ing young Ruffed Grouse, Wood Ducks, 

 and other species. Well-known ornitholo- 

 gists plan to be in attendance. 



From July 3 to 23 will be held the first 



term of the regular Summer School, with 

 studies as follows, always from the popular 

 standpoint, and never in a way to be dry 

 or burdensome: — Knowing Wild Birds 

 Afield; Attracting Birds and the Rudi- 

 ments of Game-Breeding Methods; Nature 

 Photography, Plate and Motion Pictures, 

 Including Making and Coloring Prints and 

 Lantern-Slides — the above being taught 

 by Herbert K. Job. Also instruction in 

 school methods for teachers will be given 

 by Miss Helen D. Wise, of Washington, 

 D. C, specialist in nature-work in normal 

 and other schools, — including planning of 

 nature courses for various grades, what 

 lessons to give and how to give them, on 

 birds, flowers, insects, shells, etc. There 

 will also be illustrated evening lectures by 

 visiting specialists, exhibitions of lantern- 

 slides and motion pictures of bird-life, 

 also field- and lake-excursions, picnic 

 suppers at the lake, aquatic sports, and 

 informal musicals. 



The second term will be from July 24 to 

 August 13. There will be a special course 

 in practical game-farming, to prepare men 

 or women to breed and raise game-birds 

 and wild-fowl for pleasure or profit. The 

 above counes will be continued further 



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