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" You cannot with a scalpel find the poet ' s soul. 

 Nor yet the wild bird' s song." 



Edited by MRS. MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT and WILLIAM DUTCHER 



Communications relating to the work of the Audubon and other Bird Protective Societies should 

 be addressed to Mrs. Wright, at Fairfield, Conn. Reports, etc., designed for this department, should be 

 sent at least one month prior to the date of publication. 



In Memoriam 



It is again a painful duty to record the 

 death of a valued member of this Associa- 

 tion. Mr. Albert Willcox, of New York 

 City, who died August 13, in his fifty- 

 ninth year. 



Great modesty, combined with an intense 

 love for all helpless creatures, made his 

 character exceedingly attractive. He was 

 the unknown benefactor who contributed so 

 largely to the working fund of this Associ- 

 ation during 1905 and the present year. 

 With his first money gift to the Society he 

 compelled a pledge from the President that 

 the name of the donor should not be divulged 

 during his life. In all his conversations his 

 desire to benefit and care for wild birds and 

 animals was his principal theme. On one 

 occasion he remarked to the writer that he 

 "was almost a Brahmin in his love for all 

 helpless creatures." His good works will 

 not cease with his death, for he left to this 

 Association an immediate legacy of $100,- 

 000, and, in addition, made the Society his 

 residuary legatee to the extent of one-half of 

 his estate, payable on the death of his 

 brother, his sole surviving next of kin. Mr. 

 Willcox's love for birds and animals was no 

 passing interest, but will be everlasting. 

 With one stroke of his pen he perpetuated 

 the work of bird and animal protection in 

 this country. 



" I would not have this perfect love of ours 

 Grow from a single root, a single stem, 

 Bearing no goodly fruit, but only flowers 

 That idly hide Life's iron diadem: 

 It should grow always like that eastern tree 

 Whose limbs take root and spread forth 



constantly ; 

 That love for one, from which there doth 



not spring 



(i79) 



Wide love for all, is but a worthless thing. 

 Not in another world, as poets write, 

 Dwell we apart, above the tide of things, 

 High floating o'er earth's clouds on fairy 



wings; 

 But our pure love doth ever elevate 

 Into a holy bond of brotherhood 

 All earthly things, making them pure and 



good."— W. D. 



Resolutions Passed at a Special Meeting 

 of the Board by Directors of the 

 National Association of Audu- 

 bon Societies 



At a special meeting of the Board of 

 Directors of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, held in New York City, 

 September 7, 1906, the following being 

 present: J. A. Allen, William Brewster, 

 H. C. Bumpus, S. T. Carter, Jr., Frank M. 

 Chapman, William Dutcher, T. S. Palmer, 

 T. G. Pearson, Witmer Stone and Mabel 

 Osgood Wright, it was 



Resolved, That this Association express its 

 great regret at the death of its patron, Mr. 

 Albert Willcox, to whom it is so deeply 

 indebted for support and encouragement 

 during the past two years; and 



Resolved, That this Association place on 

 record its profound gratitude at the far- 

 sighted generosity of the said Albert Willcox, 

 who, through his munificent bequests to this 

 Association, has established, on a perma- 

 nent foundation, the movement to preserve 

 the wild life of this country. (Signed) 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties, T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. 



Second Annual Meeting of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies 



The second annual meeting of this Asso- 

 ciation will be held at the American 



