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28 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST ; 4 
peaker, sapsucker, killdeer, chipping sparrow, white-throated 
sparrow, vesper sparrow, ovenbird, pine warbler, palm warbler, 
myrtle warbler, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, flicker, cowbird, 
golden-crowned kinglet, prairie horned lark, snowbird. 
Indiana Audubon Society. 
The Indiana Audubon Society wishes to call your attention to a few significant 
signs of the times. 
Never before in our State have there been so many people interested in the common 
thines of our every-day life. The birds, the trees, the flowers, are appealing to people 
as they have never done before. More people are beginning to see that bird life and 
all plant life are so inter-related that when measurers are taken to protect the birds, 
at the same time measurers are taken to increase our food supply. 
Nevey before have people recognized so fully that all the wild things of our state 
have a .right to protection, preservation, recognition, entirely independent of the 
amount of goad or harm in dollars and cents that can be attributed te them. Each 
has a scientifie and an esthetic value which cannot be measured and which should 
protect them from persecution, and above all form extinction. Much of our happiness 
depends on the beautiful things in nature. 
Never before have so many people preached the doctrine that one of the best ways 
to teach Americanization is by teaching Americans of all classes to stop the abuse of 
our natural resources, that these are the foundation of our wealth and happiness and 
must be preserved. , 
Recoxnizing these present-day tendencies, the Indiana Audubon Society believes the 
time haS come for close organization of the forees of protection and conservation, so 
that we ean work unitedly and intelligently for the preservation and increase of our 
bird Life. 
Our Slogan is—one thousand members for 1921. 
We are counting on You as One of the thousand. Will you not also induce some 
of your friends to join? The expense is not great. The Active membership dues are 
$1.00 annually; Contributing membership $5.00 annually. You may become a Life 
Member for $25.00, no annual dues. 
The advantages of membership are many. Some of them are as follows: 
Through organized effort you can inerease your opportunities for bird study and 
enlarge your sphere of activity for the preservation and protection of birds. 
The Society is always glad to assist in the identification of birds, to furnish expert 
advice on the best methods of protection and increasing the number of birds on one’s 
home grounds, how and where to place bird houses, bird baths, feeding stations, and 
how to rid your grounds of bird enemies. 
The Society will also advise and assist in the organization of both Adult and Junior 
Audubon Societies, and whenever possible send one of its lecturers to aid in the 
organization of loeal societies. 
The Society will furish stereopticon cr illustrated lectures, both the text and the 
lantern slides. With these illustrated lectures any one can give a most interesting 
and instructive evenine’s entertainment without any previous expert knowledge of birds. 
As 2 member of the Indiana Audubon Society, which in turn is a part of the Na- 
tional Association of Audubon Societies, you can obtain at minimum cost all the publica- 
tions, edueational leaflets, and standard bird books. ‘This, in itself, is worth many 
times the cost of membership. : 
We need your assistance in carrying out our program for a greatly increased 
membership, for a closer organization of the bird-lovers throughout the State, for a 
more uniform teaching of Nature Study in the schools, and for the dissemination of, 
literature relating to the great work of conservation. 
Wont you join our organization and assist in our State-wide campaign of bird pro- 
section and conservation? You cannot make a better investment or one that will bring 
you greater returns or.more satisfaction. 
Send remittance to the Secretary, . 
Frank C. Evans, 
Crawfordville, Indiana. 
