Ct)e &uDubon §5>otittit& 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 



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

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 141 Broadway, New York City 



WE NEED 



More members in the Association, in 

 order to increase our influence and oui 

 working fund. The question lias often 

 been asked by members, "Whal can I 



do I" beip?" 'I he reply is always, "Get 



lome fi iend to join the Assoi iation." 

 If every one of our thousand members 

 will do this, it will so enlarge and strengthen 

 the Society thai il will nol be necessary 

 in the future to reluctantly refuse to con- 

 . if I < 1 propositions for additional lines of 

 bird protection work. With the financial 

 Support of two or three thousand addi 



tional members, the Asso< iation will be in 

 such a position thai il can <ommcnce at 

 once to carry out several importanl plans 

 thai we are now compelled to ignore, 

 We wisli to stop Robin-shooting in 



the South during the winter and spring. 

 We Vv' i.li tO Stop Dove-shooting in all 



of the Btates where il is now legal to kill 



these valuable birds. 



We wish to remove the small shore 

 birds from the Lisl of game birds. 



We wish to agitate for a close season 

 of live or ten years on the Wood Duck 

 and Bartramjan Sandpiper. 



We wish to prepare the way in all 



parts of the country for a uniform law, 



stopping shooting of every kind of game 

 birds from January first to a reasonable 

 open season in the fall of the year. 



We wish to ini rease I he edut al tonal 

 work 1 hrough I he public press, 



Al.ove all, we wish to increase our oui 

 put of educational literature to the school 

 < hildi en of I he < ontinenl , 



The Impot tani e of all of the above 

 tuggt itions must be manifesl to every 



thinking mind, and we commend them 

 to the thoughtful consideration of the 



members of this Association especially, 

 and to the public generally. — W. I). 



A New Bird Reservation 



There should be no limitation to the 

 activities of the members of this Asso- 

 ciation in seeking new tracts that can be 

 set aside as bird refuges. All islands on 

 the coast or in any of the interior lakes, 

 especially in the great West, should be 

 investigated, to ascertain whether water 

 fowl or other birds nest there in any num- 

 bers, ff such is the case, a report should 

 be senl al once to the headquarters of 

 the Association in New York City. This 

 is an important work that can be carried 

 OH by any member, and, in view of the 

 fad thai the nesting localities of ducks 

 and shore birds in all parts of the country 

 are being rapidly restricted, it is important 

 that refuges should be made where they 

 can still breed, in order to prevent ex- 

 termination. Islands or marshes that 

 cannot be used for agriculture or home- 

 steading will make admirable bird-breed 

 ing reserves. A report of the character of 

 the place, and the approximate number 

 and kinds of birds breeding there, is all 



that is necessary in the first report. On 

 its receipt, inquiry will al once be made 



in Washington as to whether the property 



still belongs to the Federal Government, 



and, if such prove:, lo be llie . ji.se, Jin ap- 

 plication will be made to have it set aside 



as ;i reservation. 



( ini' >ii oui interested members, re 



siding in Illinois, but who spends his 



winters south, discovered just such a irjict 



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