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gage trust bond paying four per cent. The 

 New York Audit Company certified to 

 the absolute correctness of the treasurer's 

 report, which was accepted and ordered 

 printed. 



The president gave a brief account of the 

 work accomplished during 1906, and out- 

 lined the program for 1907, which bids 

 fair to be very active in the several channels 

 of effort. The report of the Association, 

 together with reports from the State Audubon 

 Societies, is published in this issue of Bird- 

 Lore, and a large edition will be printed 

 separately for general distribution. Mem- 

 bers can secure copies on application to the 

 office, 141 Broadway, New York. 



The following directors were elected to 

 serve for a term of five years: Frank Bond, 

 of Wyoming; T. Gilbert Pearson, of North 

 Carolina; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport, 

 of Vermont; Dr. Joel A. Allen, of New 

 York, and Dr. David Starr Jordon, of Cal- 

 ifornia. 



The report of the sub - committee, ap- 

 pointed by the president, by resolution of 

 the Board of Directors passed at a special 

 meeting held September 7, 1906, to complete 

 the negotiations relative to a settlement of 

 the residuary interest of the Association 

 under the will of the late Albert Willcox, 

 was accepted, and their action in effecting 

 a settlement for the sum of $231,072 was 

 ratified and confirmed. 



The president presented a seal, which was 

 accepted and made the seal of the Society. 



At the close of the business session, Mr. 

 W. L. Finley gave an illustrated talk on 

 some life histories of several species of wes- 

 tern birds, which was followed by observa- 

 tions, illustrated, on some of the common 

 birds about New York, by Mr. F. M. 

 Chapman. 



At four p. m. a meeting of the directors 

 was held, when the following officers were 

 elected to serve for one year: President, 

 William Dutcher; first vice-president, John 

 E. Thayer; second vice-president, Dr. 

 Theodore S. Palmer; secretary, T. Gilbert 

 Pearson; treasurer, Frank M. Chapman. 

 Mr. Samuel T. Carter, Jr., was reappointed 

 counsel of the Society. 



The president appointed the following 



standing committees: Executive — Dr. Her- 

 mon C. Bumpus, Dr. Joel A. Allen, Dr. 

 George Bird Grinnell. Finance — John E. 

 Thayer, Abbott H. Thayer, Mrs. C. Grant 

 LaFarge. The president and treasurer are 

 members of both these committees. 



Since the annual meeting the Society has 

 received a second instalment of its interest in 

 the residuary estate of the late Mr. Willcox, 

 amounting to $50,000, nearly all of which 

 has been invested in a first mortgage, at 5 

 per cent interest, on a fine property on West 

 One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street, New 

 York. By a singular and happy coincidence 

 this property is located close by the home, 

 Audubon Park, and also the burial place, 

 Trinity Cemetery, of John James Audubon. 

 — W. D. 



Notes and News 



Breton Island Reservation. — The re- 

 cent hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico de- 

 stroyed every sign that the Association had 

 erected on this reservation, as well as those 

 on Audubon Reservation, the property of 

 the Louisiana Audubon Society. This was 

 not an unmixed evil, for the storm and the 

 accompanying high tides swept into the gulf 

 the raccoons which infested Breton Island, 

 and which were a serious menace to the 

 birds and their eggs. Nature has her own 

 methods of preserving a balance of wild life, 

 which man disturbs when he indulges in 

 excessive killing. — W. D. 



Penguins. — It has been reported that ships 

 are leaving New Zealand ports to kill Pen- 

 guins for their oil and feathers (down). 

 These interesting birds are thus threatened 

 with extermination, as such non-flying spe- 

 cies are helpless when attacked by man. 



Plume Sales.* — "At the August sale at 

 the Commercial Salerooms (London, Eng- 

 land) there was a decline in the supply of 

 Osprey feathers, and a still greater decline 

 in the demand, mainly on account of the 

 absence of American trade. The quantity 

 offered was 4,296 ounces, against 5,443 

 ounces at the June sale; prices were lower. 



*Reprinted from 'Bird Notes and News-' .Vol. II 

 No. ?, 19,06. Organ of the Royal Society for the Pro- 

 tection of jBirds, London, England." 



