Cfje JMmtJon ^octette* 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, President 



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 



T. Gilbert Pearson, President 

 Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President William P. Wharton, Secretary 



Frederic A. Ldcas, Second 1' ice-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. 



INTERNATIONAL BIRD PROTECTION 



An International Committee for the Pro- 

 tection of Wild Birds has recently been 

 formed. Such action was taken at a meeting 

 of bird protectors held at 36 Smith Square, 

 London, on June 20, 1922. The following 

 were present and took part in the proceedings: 

 P. G. van Tienhoven, of Amsterdam, 

 Holland; Dr. A. Burdet, of Overveen, 

 Holland; M. Jean Delacour, of Paris, France; 

 T. Gilbert Pearson, of New York City, and 

 the following who are prominently con- 

 nected with various bird-protective organi- 

 zations in England: The Earl of Buxton, 

 G. C. N. G.; Viscount Grey, of Falladon; 

 William L. Sclater, H. J. Massingham, Frank 

 E. Lemon, Mrs. Reginald McKenna, and 

 Dr. Percy Lowe. 



Those present formed themselves into a 

 temporary committee to serve until such 

 time as their respective societies shall have 

 opportunity officially to appoint representa- 

 tives on the committee. 



Various matters in connection with wild- 

 bird protection, of mutual interest to the 

 various countries involved, will at once be 

 taken up. Plans were also made for closer 

 cooperation between the various societies in 

 the matter of exchange of information, 

 printed and otherwise, so that all may keep 

 in close touch with what is being done else- 

 where in the world. Bird-protective societies 

 in countries not represented will be invited to 

 unite with the movement and appoint 

 representatives. 



IMPRESSIONS OF A BIRD-LOVER IN FRANCE 



As the steamship 'Savoie' approached the 

 French coast on May 13, a flock of Kitti- 

 wake Gulls appeared and convoyed us until 

 the night approached. Next day the Black- 

 backed Gulls came, and in the afternoon 

 Herring Gulls took up their station in our 

 wake and beat their way shoreward until the 

 anchor rumbled down in the mouth of the 



Seine, as the setting sun lighted up the cliffs 

 of Havre. 



The first land-bird seen in France was a 

 Goldfinch, quite differently attired from our 

 American bird that bears this name. Jack- 

 daws I have seen feeding in the public gardens 

 of Paris and standing on the shell-shattered 

 arches of many a war-ruined church of 



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