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Then followed reports given in person by 

 the following field agents: Edward H. 

 Forbush for New England; Winthrop 

 Packard for Massachusetts; Herbert K. Job, 

 in charge of the Department of Applied 

 Ornithology; Miss Frances A. Hurd of Con- 

 necticut; and Mrs. Mary S. Sage for Long 

 Island. These reports and others provoked 

 discussion on a variety of topics in con- 

 nection with the Audubon Society move- 

 ment and its work. 



At I o'clock the meeting adjourned for 

 luncheon in the Museum restaurant. The 

 afternoon session, which convened at 2 p. M., 

 was under the leadership of Edward H. 

 Forbush. Reports from various afi&liated 

 organizations were heard and further dis- 

 cussions took place. Dr. G. Clyde Fisher 

 gave a most entertaining talk on the life and 

 work of John Burroughs, illustrating his 

 statements with a remarkable series of stere- 

 opticon slides from photographs he had made 

 of Mr. Burroughs under various conditions. 



Several branch societies and afi&liated 

 organizations were represented. Among the 

 personnel of these were: 



Mrs. Baker Hull, President of the Mary- 

 land Audubon Society; Dr. Frank M. 

 Chapman, President of the Englewood (N. J.) 

 Bird Club; Dr. T. S. Palmer of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia Audubon Society; John 



Dryden Kuser, President, and Beecher S. 

 Bowdish, Secretary of the New Jersey 

 Audubon Society; R. H. Howland, President 

 of the Montclair (N. J.) Bird Club; Mrs. 

 Kingsmill Marrs, representing the Florida 

 Audubon Society; Mrs. George M. Gumming, 

 Secretary of the Audubon Society of Irv- 

 ington-on-the-Hudson (N. Y.); Mrs. Henry 

 E. Mereness of the Dana Natural History 

 Society of Albany (N. Y.) ; Mrs. L. J. Frankie 

 of the Bird Club of Long Island; Miss Mary 

 E. Knevels, Secretary of the Forest Hills Gar- 

 dens (N. Y.) Audubon Society; and Mrs. 

 Francis H. Cofi&n, President of the Scranton 

 (Pa.) Audubon Society. 



At the meeting of the Board of Directors, 

 held at 2 p. M., the following officers were 

 reelected: T. Gilbert Pearson, President; 

 Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President; 

 Frederic A. Lucas, Second Vice-President; 

 William P. Wharton, Secretary; Jonathan 

 Dwight, Treasurer; and Mrs. F. A. Donohut, 

 Assistant Secretary. 



The budget as submitted was adopted. 

 Detailed reports were heard of the year's 

 work and plans laid for the activities to be 

 engaged in during the next twelve months. 



These yearly gatherings of bird-students 

 and bird-lovers are annually becoming more 

 largely attended and increasing interest is 

 manifested in the Association's work. 



ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



At the annual business meeting of the 

 Association on October 25, 1921, the fol- 

 lowing were elected members of the Advisory 

 Board of Directors for the coming year: 



John H. Sage Connecticut 



Ralph Hoffman California 



David Starr Jordan California 



Robert W. Williams. .. .District of Columbia 



Harry Harris Missouri 



George M. Chamberlin Florida 



John E. Thayer Massachusetts 



Richmond Talbot New York 



Ruthven Deane Illinois 



Albert F. Ganier Tennessee 



H. P. Attwater Texas 



Carleton D. Howe Vermont 



Witmer Stone Pennsylvania 



Joseph Grirmell California 



Edward H. Forbush Massachusetts 



H. L. Madison Ohio 



Barton W. Everman California 



Howard Eaton Wyoming 



Thomas S. Roberts Minnesota 



Frederic A. Walcott Connecticut 



Gifford Pinchot District of Columbia 



Frank Bond District of Columbia 



Clinton G. Abbott California 



Donald Scott New York 



Mrs. Anna B. Comstock New York 



Mrs. Alice Hall Walter Rhode Island 



H. H. Brimley North Carolina 



H. Tullsen Texas 



Mrs. B. H. Johnson Coimecticut 



Walter Barrows Michigan 



