" Vou cannot with a scalpel find the poeVs soul. 

 Nor yet the ■wild bird's song." 



Edited by MRS. MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT and WILLIAM BUTCHER 



Communications relating to the work of the Audubon and other Bird Protective Societies should 

 be addressed to Mrs. Wright, at Fairfield, Conn. Reports, etc.. designed for this department, should be 

 sent at least one month prior to the date of publication. 



Notice of Annual Meeting of the Mem- 

 bers of the National Association 



The Annual Meeting of the Members of 

 the National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties for the Protection of Wild Birds and 

 Animals, for the election of six Directors, 

 to take the places of the following Directors, 

 Mr. George Bird Grinnell, Mr. Arthur H. 

 Norton, Mr. H. P. Attwater, Mrs. Kings- 

 mill Marrs, Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, 

 Mr. Walter J. Blakely, whose terms of office 

 will then expire, and forthetransactionof such 

 other business as ma\' properly come before 

 the meeting, will be held at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, Columbus 

 Avenue and 77th Street, in the Borough of 

 Manhattan and Cit}- of New York, on the 

 31st day of October, 1905, at 10 o'clock 



A.M. 



Under Article III, of the By-Laws, the 

 Directors shall divide themselves into five 

 equal classes, one to serve until the first 

 annual meeting and the others for one, two, 

 three and four years thereafter respectively. 

 Thereafter at each annual meeting those 

 whose terms of office shall then expire shall 

 be succeeded by six directors, to serve the 

 full term of five years, who shall be elected 

 by a majority vote of the members present. 

 T. Gilbert Pe.\rson, Secretary. 



October i, 1905. 



Notice of the Annual Meeting of the 

 Board of Directors of the National 

 Association. 



The Annual Meeting of the Board of 

 Directors of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies for the Protection of 

 Wild Birds and Animals, for the election of 

 officers for the ensuing year and for the 

 transaction of such other business as may 



properly come before the meeting, will be 

 held at the American Museum of Natural 

 Historjs Columbus Avenue and 77th 

 Street, in the Borough of Manhattan and 

 the City of New York, on the 31st day of 

 October, 1905, at 11 o'clock a.m. 



After a recess for luncheon, an opportunity 

 will be had to see the many beautiful and 

 interesting exhibits of birds, animals and 

 other natural history objects in the Museum, 

 under the escort of the Curators in charge of 

 the various departments. 



At 3 P.M. the Association will reconvene 

 to hear illustrated addresses by William L. 

 Finley on his season's work among the birds 

 of the saline lakes of southeastern Oregon, 

 where, with H. T. Bohlm.an, he acted as a 

 warden of the Association, and by Frank 

 M. Chapman on 'Impressions of English 

 Bird-Life.' 



The Executive Committee of the Associa- 

 tion take this opportunity earnestly to urge 

 all members to be present at both the 

 business meeting in the forenoon and the 

 illustrated talks in the afternoon. The 

 latter meeting will be open to the public, who 

 are cordially invited to attend; the teachers 

 of Greater New York and vicinity are 

 specially invited, as a matter of great interest 

 to teachers will be announced. 



T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. 



October i, 1905. 



Notes and News 



The Bradley Murder. — The murderer 

 of Guy M. Bradley is still in jail in Key 

 West, having failed to secure bail in the 

 amount of $5,000. The Grand Jury of 

 Monroe county will not meet until Novem- 

 ber, when it is hoped that the murderer, 

 Walter Smith, will be indicted. The history 

 of the affair, sent to the Association by our 



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