Cfte JMmfcon ^octette* 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T.GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Adflress 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. Carte'r, 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 



Si.ooo 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. 



WILLIAM DUTCHER, 1846-1920 



William Dutcher, the President of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties, died July i, 1920, at his home in 

 Chevy Chase, Md. On Oct. 19, 1910, while 

 at his home in Plainfield, N. J., he was 

 stricken with paralysis which totally de- 

 prived him of the power of speech and the 

 ability to write anything but his own name. 

 For nearly ten years he lived in this most 

 unfortunate condition. During the most 

 of this time his mind was bright and he 

 always took the greatest interest in read- 

 ing or hearing of the developments of the 

 National Association's activities. His 

 name will always be revered and his mem- 

 ory cherished for the great work he did in 

 the interests of American bird-protection 

 during his active career in this cause, which 

 extended over a period of fifteen years 

 (1896-1910). 



In 1896-97 he was Chairman of the 

 Committee on Bird Protection of the 

 American Ornithologist's Union. In the 

 year 1900, Abbott H. Thayer, the por- 

 trait painter, approached various mem- 

 bers of this Committee, suggesting thai a 

 fund be raised for employing guards to 

 protect sea-bird colonies along (he At Ian- 



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tic coast. Mr. Thayer writes that William 

 Dutcher alone had faith in the plan and 

 offered to learn the location of these bird 

 colonies and engage wardens to guard them 

 if money could be provided for the pur- 

 pose. Mr. Thayer thereupon raised a 

 fund of $1,400, and the protection of sea- 

 bird colonies was that year begun under 

 Mr. Dutcher's direction. When Novem- 

 ber came he was again made Chairman of 

 the Union's Committee on Bird Protection, 

 which position he occupied for some years. 



Audubon Societies were at that time in 

 operation in many parts of the country, 

 and in the fall of 1900 the National Com- 

 mittee of Audubon Societies was inaugu- 

 rated. On April 4, 1902, when the Com- 

 mittee was formed in permanent shape, 

 Mr. Dutcher was made Chairman. 



That fall the third conference was held 

 in Washington, D. C. The delegates pres- 

 ent pledged a fund of S600 to defray the 

 expense of a stenographer for the Chair- 

 man's use. Mr. Dutcher found this sum 

 inadequate for his ambitious undertakings, 

 even with the aid of the Thayer collec- 

 tions. He and others, therefore, appealed 

 to the public for support, and the income 



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