NEJV JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 



to contril)iite extra effort to its maintenance at this junc- 

 ture. jMany can, if they will, secure new members from 

 among their acquaintances and friends. The amount of the 

 annual contribution may be increased or special contribution 

 made to meet the present emergency. And action taken 

 promptly, w.ll l)e of d(nil)lc \alue. 



The Society has, during the fiscal year, enrolled one new 

 Patron, hve Life Meml)ers, o? Sustaining ^lembers, 148 

 Members, 16 Associate Members and 4.933 Junior Members. 

 It has lost two Patrons by death, one its hrst President, Mr. 

 (ieorgc luitten : one Life Aieml)cr 1)\- transference to Patron; 

 26 Sustaining Members, 4 by death, 7 by resignation and 15 

 by delinquency; 97 ^lembers, 14 l)y death, 31 by resignation 

 and 52 by delinquency; 20 Associate ^Members, 1 by death, 

 19 by removal without leaving address. There is therefore a 

 net loss of one Patron ; net gain of 5 Life Members ; 9 Sus- 

 taining Members ; 53 Members ; net loss of 4 Associate 

 AI embers. 



Legislation: At the behest of one of its members, the 

 Society had prepared and introduced in the Legislature a 

 bill (Assembly 71) placing the starling with the list of non- 

 game birds excepted from protection. This was the only 

 measure it introduced, but it was active on behalf of Assem- 

 bly 128, extending for another three years the permanent 

 closed season on wood ducks ; xAssembly 245, a cat license 

 measure practically identical with the one sought for several 

 years past ; Assembly 246, providing a five year closed sea- 

 son on quail or bob-wdiite ; and against the original Assembly 

 14, which would have transferred moneys received from 

 hunting licenses to the State treasnrv nnd left them open 

 to appropriation for any purpose at the whim of Legislatures. 



The greatest energy of the Society and the help of its 

 friends in and out of the Legislature was necessary to pre- 

 vent an amendment to the starling bill, taking protection of? 

 from gulls from being enacted. Our effort was successful, 

 however, and the bill w^as passed in its original form. Assem- 

 bly 128 also passed, but bills 245 and 246 were lost, the 

 latter because the legislators representing the southern part 

 of the State preferred that hunters still have the privilege of 

 killing the bob-white rather than that the farmers should 

 have" the benefit of the services of this prince of insect and 



