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country, "lies in the fact that tastes are 

 formed in early youth, and a child who 

 once gains a knowledge and a love of 

 birds will always have an instinctive 

 sympathy for wild creatures in after life. 

 Such a training tends to make the child 

 a better citizen in every way." 



The Burroughs, Jr., Audubon Society 

 of Kingston, N. Y., has its field of work 

 just across the Hudson from Rhinebeck; 

 and its name recalls that the venerable 

 naturalist, John Burroughs, dwells near by. 



That a town like Ithaca, N. Y., the 

 seat of Cornell University, should have a 

 strong society almost goes without say- 

 ing, and we are happy to welcome the 

 Cayuga Bird Club, whose president is the 

 far-known artist of bird-life, Louis Agassiz 

 Fuertes, and whose secretary is Prof. A. A. 



Allen, one of the foremost photographers 

 of, and writers on, the habits and home- 

 life of birds. 



New England has added to our list the 

 Fortnightly Club of Leominster, the Bird 

 Club of Newburyport, the Bird Club of 

 Williamstown, and the College Club of 

 Wellesley — all in Massachusetts. The 

 last is especially fortunate in enjoying the 

 advice of that accomplished teacher of 

 natural history, Prof. Marian E. Hubbard. 

 A flourishing society in Maine, the Cum- 

 berland County Audubon Society, is the 

 latest recruit, and will do good work under 

 the helpful advice of Arthur H. Norton, of 

 Portland. 



Looking back over this list, the Asso- 

 ciation has great reason to congratulate 

 itself on its new members. 



AN APPEAL FROM RUSSIA 



Editor Bird-Lore: 



There is lately being manifested in 

 Russia a great interest in the protection 

 of nature. During the last decade a great 

 series of reserves has been organized in 

 Russia by various societies and private 

 individuals. Unfortunately, protective 

 measures could not be organized in these 

 reserves upon a rational basis, because the 

 administration of them is entirely ignorant 

 of the practical details of organization or 

 management exemplified in some of the 

 foreign reserves. 



The Society of Nature Lovers of Khar- 

 koff, Russia, organized in 1914-15 an 

 exhibition on protection of nature. This 

 exhibit was repeated with excellent results 

 in Kieff . At present, the Caucasian Branch 

 of the Russian Geographical Society col- 

 lects materials for the working out and 

 the enactment of new laws for the preser- 

 vation of "monuments of nature." The 

 teaching of the protection of birds is being 

 introduced into some of our schools. 



In November, 1916, at the Society of 

 Naturalists in Kharkoff, there was organ- 

 ized a special commission under the presi- 

 dency of the author of this appeal for the 



propagation of the idea of bird-protection 

 among the city and rural population. The 

 commission makes every possible effort 

 to prove to the public the tremendous 

 educational, economic, esthetic, pedagogic, 

 and ethic significance which the protec- 

 tion of birds and, in general, of natural 

 wealth and resources has upon the life of 

 every country. It is in the plans of this 

 commission to publish a large series of 

 popular leaflets for distribution among 

 public-school teachers and children, and 

 to establish a small factory for making 

 feeding-boxes, nesting-boxes, etc. 



We most earnestly appeal, therefore, 

 to all lovers and protectors of nature, of 

 birds, game, fishes, forests, etc., to 

 acquaint us, representatives of Russia, 

 with the methods of protection of natural 

 riches and of monuments of nature em- 

 ployed in their respective countries. We 

 request that all material, advice, etc., be 

 kindly sent to the following address, 

 which will remain unchanged for five or 

 six years: 



George Brisgualine, 



t) Tarassovskaja Street, 

 Kharkoff, Russia. 



