The Audubon Societies 



123 



Small, Miss A. M $2 00 



Spackman, Miss Emily S. . . . 2 00 



Spalter, Mrs. F. B i 00 



Spong, Mrs. J. J. R 50 00 



Stanton, Mrs. T. G 2 00 



Stevens, F. E 2 00 



Struthers, Miss Mary S. ... 10 00 



Tate, J. M., Jr i 00 



Thorndike, Mrs. Augustus ... i 00 



Timmerman, Miss Edith E. . . i 5° 



Topliff, Miss Anna E 5 00 



Tower, Mrs. Kate D i 00 



Troescher, A. F 10 00 



Vaillant, Mrs. G. H. . 

 Varicle, Miss Ren^e 

 Von Zedlitz, Mrs. Anna 

 Walker, Miss Mary A. 

 Willcox, Miss M. A. 

 Williams, George F. 

 Williams, Mrs. Sydney M 

 Winkley, Rev. Henry W. 

 Woodward, Dr. S. B. 

 Wright, Miss Mary A. 

 Zimmerman, Dr. M. W. . 



Total $1,728 41 



NOTES FROM THE FIELD 



Progressive Florida! 



Two years ago the Florida Legislature 

 abolished the state game-warden system, 

 the advocates of this action claiming 

 loudly that the birds could be better pro- 

 tected by the use of officers appointed 

 locally, providing the various count}- 

 officials should deem it necessary to have 

 wardens. This was done despite the ener- 

 getic protests from this office and the active 

 opposition of the State Audubon Society. 

 The results are Just as were to be expected. • 



The following quotation from a letter 

 recently received portrays a typical ex- 

 ample of the conditions existing in that 

 benighted state: 



"In the show-window of one of the lead- 

 ing hardware merchants of Bradentown, 

 among other lawless displays, stands a 

 white Egret in full plumage. One citizen, 

 who is an enthusiastic bird-protectionist, 

 tells me there has been much comment 

 on this mute bird standing there in de- 

 fiance of all state laws, but the trans- 

 gressors go about their alTairs smiling, 

 regardless of comment. Also a party of 

 five or six men slaughtered thirty deer — 

 among them several does. 



"What can be done? The whole thing 

 is a crying shame, and here where so much 

 has been said and done. I do so want to 

 see these 'leading citizens' made an example 

 of in the courts." 



Bradentown, to which our correspondent 

 refers, is the county-seat of Monroe 

 County, Florida. It is an attractive, pro- 

 gressive town on the south bank of the 



Manatee River near the mouth of Tampa 

 Bay. It is a nice place to visit if one is 

 willing to shut his eyes and ears to what 

 may readily be seen and heard in reference 

 to an utter disregard for bird- and game- 

 protective laws. 



Death of Miss Leona Robbins 



The Colorado Audubon Society and the 

 cause of bird-protection in the Pike's-Peak 

 region, suffered an irremediable loss when 

 Miss Leona Robbins, Secretary of the 

 Society, and a devout bird-lover, died on 

 January 7, 1917. Miss Robbins was not 

 only enthusiastic and effective in her 

 labors for the benefit of the birds, but 

 was an artist-teacher of high repute, and 

 greatly esteemed by those who knew her 

 in either capacity. For several years she 

 cooperated with Dr. W. W. Arnold and 

 Edward S. Warren in their work for better 

 bird laws, and she also maintained a bird- 

 hospital at her Ivywild home. 



Walt F. McMahon 



The office staff of the National Associa- 

 tion was increased on February i, 19 17, by 

 the accession of Mr. Walt F. McMahon 

 as an active assistant. Mr. McMahon 

 came to us from Boston, where for a year 

 previous he had devoted his entire time 

 to the duties of Secretary of the Massa- 

 chusetts Fish and Game Commission, an 

 experience which gave him valuable train- 

 ing in legislative and conservative matters 

 generally. Before that he had spent two 



