Report of the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies 



ALSO ON THE 



Results of Special Protection to Water Birds 



OBTAINED THROUGH THE THAYER FUND 

 FOR THE YEAR 1904 



TOGETHER. WITH A 



History of the Audubon Movement 



By WILLIAM DUTCHER, Chairman 



CONTENTS .•^. 



Introductory. V 



History of the Audubon Movement. 



Work of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



EstabHshment of the Biological Survey. 



A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection. 



The Organization of the First Audubon Society. 



The Audubon Magazine. 



Decline of the First Audubon Movement. 



Origin of the Second, or Present Audubon Movement. 



The Thayer Fund. 



Formation of the National Committee. 



Report of the National Co.mmittee for 1904. 

 Suggestions. 

 Thayer Fund. 



Bird Protection Abroad, in Canada and Mexico. 

 Government Aid. 

 Live Bird Traffic. 



State Reports. 



Reports of Receipts and Expenditures. 



