(^i\t Hububon Societies; 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. 



William Dutcher, President 

 Frederic A. Lucas, AcHng President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Treasurer 

 Samuel T. Carter, Jr., Attorney 



Any person, club, school or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may become 

 a member, and all are welcome. , . , , „ . . ,. ., t. ^ ^. c uru 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection ot Wild 

 Birds and Animals: . ,, . . . 



$5.00 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100.00 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 SijOoo.oo constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000.00 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000.00 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



A DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY 



A Department of Applied Ornithology, 

 created by the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies in response to a new 

 trend of interest, as revealed in a notable 

 public demand, is the latest up-to-the- 

 minute fact in wild-bird conservation. 



The public, having been educated to 

 appreciate bird-protection, and aroused 

 to great interest in wild life, not only 

 frowns upon the slaughter of birds, but 

 is becoming eager to do something 

 definite and practical to increase them. 

 This is especially true of those who own 

 estates, where the owner may see and 

 enjoy the fruits of his effort to attract 

 and preserve birds. 



More and more people are feeding wild 

 birds, and providing them with nest- 

 boxes and nest-building materials. Many 

 tracts of land are being employed as 

 preserves and refuges. Park commission- 

 ers, clubs, and real-estate companies are 

 seeking expert advice to increase wild 

 bird-life, as a means of enhancing the 

 attractiveness of public parks or of private 

 property. Many persons are finding in 

 the breeding of game-birds and water- 

 fowl on their estates an absorbing recrea- 

 tion. Surprising numbers of wealthy men 

 have gone into this. Farmers and others 

 are attracting birds to protect their har- 

 vests, and are beginning to breed edible 

 species for profit. Positions are opening 



for trained men as game-breeders, skilled 

 wardens, or managers of estates where 

 birds are to be bred. 



So many requests for help and informa- 

 tion along these lines have come to the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties that the Directors have felt for some 

 time that it would be wise to establish a 

 Department of Applied Ornithology. 

 Herbert K. Job, lately State Ornitholo- 

 gist of Connecticut, has been appointed 

 Economic Ornithologist in Charge. He 

 has been experimenting and studying 

 along these practical lines for many years. 



Mr. Job will be in position to give per- 

 sonal assistance to commissioners of city 

 parks, to owners of estates, and to any 

 others needing instruction in the best 

 methods of increasing wild bird-life by 

 artificial means. It is the purpose of the 

 Association to use his services in such a 

 way as to be of the greatest good to the 

 cause, and it expects to accomplish this 

 end by means of lectures, bulletins, cor- 

 respondence, and personal visits. 



Special funds have been subscribed by 

 members and friends of the Association, 

 to open and develop this important and 

 tremendously useful field of effort. Mem- 

 bers and others who may be interested 

 in taking advantage of this new line of 

 the Association's work are invited to 

 correspond with the home office. 



(384) 



