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States the species of birds which produced 

 the aigrettes, and that every means possible 

 should be taken to educate the public 

 regarding this evil. 



Dr. Palmer therefore offered the following 

 resolution, which, being seconded, was 

 unanimously carried. 



Resolved, That, in view of the probable 

 increase in the use of aigrettes in the near 

 future, the several Audubon Societies be 

 requested to call the attention of their 

 members to the conditions under which 

 aigrettes are obtained and sold, in order 

 that there may be no misunderstanding on 

 the part of the trade or the general public 

 as to the legal status of the sale of these 

 feathers. 



Mrs. Davenport, delegate from Vermont, 

 suggested that often opportunities were lost 

 to advance to the cause of bird protection 

 because no one formally appointed to repre- 

 sent the Audubon Societies was present at 

 educational and other large conventions or 

 gatherings; she therefore offered the follow- 

 ing resolution, which, being duly seconded, 

 was unanimously carried : 



Resolved, That the chairman of the Na- 

 tional Committee be empowered to appoint 

 representatives of the Audubon Societies to 

 attend educational conferences and other 

 meetings, at which it seems desirable to 

 present the objects and work of the Audu- 

 bon Societies. 



Dr. Palmer stated that inasmuch as the 

 annual meeting of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union would be held in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, in November, 1902, and as the 

 efforts of the Audubon Societies for bird pro- 

 tection were along the same lines as those of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union, he 

 thought it desirable that the next meeting of 

 the National Committee of the Audubon 

 Societies should be held at the same time 

 and place as the annual meeting of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union; he also 

 stated that he had been deputized by the 

 Audubon Society of the District of Colum- 

 bia to extend to the Audubon Societies of 

 the United States a cordial and urgent invi- 

 tation to hold the second meeting of the 

 National Committee and the annual confer- 

 ence of the Audubon Societies in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, November, 1902. 



Miss H. E. Richards offered the follow- 

 ing resolutions: 



Resolved, That the invitation of the Au- 

 dubon Society of the District of Columbia, 

 to hold the next meeting of the National 

 Committee and the conference of the Audu- 

 bon Societies in Washington, D. C, in No- 

 vember, 1902, be accepted, and be it further 



Resolved, That each Audubon Society 

 be requested to select a delegate to the Na- 

 tional Committee on or before November 1, 

 and to notify the chairman of said appoint- 

 ment in order that the said committee may 

 be organized for the ensuing year, and that 

 if such appointment be not made by any 

 society, then the present delegate of such 

 society, if there be one, shall hold office un- 

 til a successor be appointed, and shall be 

 entitled to act as delegate at the second 

 meeting of the National Committee. 



The Committee was entertained by Mrs. 

 Wright, at the Arts Club, after which the 

 first meeting of the National Committee of 

 the Audubon Societies was declared ad- 

 journed. 



The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture has recently issued a little pamph- 

 let that should prove of great use to all who 

 are working for bird protection. It is 

 entitled Directory of State Officials and 

 Organizations concerned with the Protection 

 of Birds and Game, 1902, being Circular 

 7035 of the Division of Biological Survey. 



This directory has been revised to April 1. 

 The addresses are conveniently grouped 

 under four headings — State Officials, Na- 

 tional Organizations, State Organizations 

 and Audubon Societies, and so complete is 

 it that no one in future need hesitate in re- 

 porting violation of the law from lack of 

 knowledge of the proper persons to address. 



Several interesting reports are held over 

 for lack of space, owing to the necessities of 

 the National Committee, — these being from 

 Missouri, Minnesota and Rhode Island. 



This-last named society has secured a 

 charming lecture and a set of colored slides, 

 and the outfit is already well patronized. 

 The lecture was written by Miss Annie L. 

 Warner, of Salem, a careful bird student, 

 and should other societies need written lec- 

 tures for similar work they may be glad to 

 learn of this opportunity for obtaining them. 



