Introduction 



and so it was that she was one of the 

 chief organizers of the Illinois Audubon 

 Society (April, 1897), and served, either 

 as director or vice-president, till her death. 

 Must we not feel that her chief wish, in 

 the publication of these notes, would be 

 that they might help, in their measure, the 

 cause of bird protection, which was so 

 near her heart, and for which she worked 

 so earnestly and well? 



MARY DRUMMOND. 

 Lake Forest, January 20, 



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