Annual Report of the National Associa- 

 tion of Audubon Societies for 1907 



CONTENTS 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



Introductory. 



Results Achieved in 1907. 



Special Agents; Reservations; Warden Work; Educational Work; State Socie- 

 ties; Women's Clubs; Big Game. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 General Remarks. 

 Meeting of Game Commissioners. 



REPORTS OF SPECIAL AGENTS. 



Report of Edward Howe Forbush. 

 Report of H. H. Kopman. 

 Report of William L. Finley. 

 Report of John B. Watson. 

 Report of A. C. Bent. 

 Report of Arthur H. Norton. 



REPORTS OF STATE SOCIETIES. 



Reports from Alabama, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, 

 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi- 

 gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 

 York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 

 Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, 

 Wisconsin. 



LIST OF MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS. 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 



By WILLIAM DUTCHER 



INTRODUCTORY 



Members of the National Association: Stevenson says: "It is a golden 

 maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of them- 

 selves. Nor must the ear be forgotten; without birds, a garden is a prison-yard. " 



I take it that the province of your President is to present to you annually 

 a concise statement of what the Association has done to prevent this country 

 from becoming a vast prison-yard through lack of birds. 



The Association is now in a strong and vigorous condition, and is well equip- 

 ped to conduct an aggressive and progressive campaign for wild-bird and animal 

 protection through the several channels of work which it has followed since its 

 organization. This does not mean that it has reached the place that it intends 

 to occupy in the world of economics and philanthropy, but it has made such 

 a splendid beginning that those interested in this Society have every cause to con- 



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