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with him. By his death this Association has lost one of its most loyal, earnest, 

 and devoted friends. 



Recently, by direction of the Board of Directors, there was made and 

 erected in the home office of the Association a bronze tablet bearing this legend: 



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IN MEMORY OF 



WILLIAM DUTCHE: 



1846 — 1920 r 



TUDENT. FRIEND. AND PROTECTOR OF BIRDS. | 



OUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL i* 

 ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES mM 



IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP 

 IN WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



The cost of the tablet was borne by a few of Mr. Butcher's old personal 

 friends, and chief among those who showed deepest interest in this memorial 

 was Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, a loyal memVjer of the Association and friend and 

 admirer of our lamented first President and founder. 



