Clje ^ububon .Societies; 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City 



William Dutcher President 

 Frederick A. Lucas, Acting President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-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. , . , , „ . . , . „ . , ,„.,j 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild 

 BirH'; 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 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



The first session of the Tenth Annual 

 Meeting of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies was held in the main 

 lecture-hall of the American Museum of 

 Natural History, in New York City, on 

 the evening of October 26, 1914. An audi- 

 ence of several hundred persons was pres- 

 ent. 



The Secretary gave a brief summary of 

 the Association's work the past year, and 

 presented the speakers of the evening. 

 Charles C. Gorst rendered a most unusual 

 entertainment, which he called "The Musi- 

 cal Genius of Birds." His imitations of the 

 calls, whistles, and songs of birds were very 

 pleasing, and brought forth repeated ap- 

 plause. It is conservative to declare that 

 Mr. Gorst is one of the most entertaining 

 and accomplished imitators of bird-music 

 that this country has produced. 



Following this treat, William L. Finley, 

 of Oregon, who for many years has been 

 engaged as Field Agent for the Association 

 on the Pacific Coast, gave an address, 

 which was illustrated with moving-pic- 

 tures of more than usual interest. These 

 pictures showed life-studies of Wilson's 

 Snipe, the Western Grebe, and other water- 

 birds, which delighted the audience. One 

 reel was illustrative of the work of Junior 

 Audubon Classes; showing children at work 



making and erecting bird-houses, and feed- 

 ing wild birds. The lesson it taught was 

 strikingly impressive. 



The business meeting, held at ten o'clock 

 on the following morning, was well at- 

 tended. In addition to the reports of the 

 Secretary and Treasurer, the following 

 Field Agents of the Association were pres- 

 ent, and reported on work done in their 

 respective fields of activity: Winthrop 

 Packard, of Massachusetts; William L. 

 Finley, of Oregon; Dr. Eugene Swope, of 

 Ohio; Arthur H. Norton, of Maine; and 

 Herbert K. Job, in charge of the new 

 Department of Applied Ornithology. 

 Through the instrumentality of Dr. Swope, 

 there was brought to the attention of the 

 meeting an offer by the Order of Moose to 

 make an Audubon Sanctuary of the thou- 

 sand-acre tract of land owned by that order 

 in northern Illinois. This offer was ac- 

 cepted. Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, and 

 Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., whose terms of 

 office as members of the Board of Direc- 

 tors expired in October, were unanimously 

 reelected. The thirty members of the 

 Advisory Board were also reelected. 



The most enjoyable and gratifying in- 

 cident connected with the Annual Meet- 

 ing was the presence of William Dutcher, 

 President of the Association. Since the 



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