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 



Membership in the National Association About Investments 



$5.00 paid annually constitutes a person a Sustaining -pj^^ Association has received from the 



Member 

 $100.00 paid atone time constitutes a Life Membership Albert WiUcOX legacy the Sum of $256,078. 

 $1,000.00 paid constitutes a person a Patron _^, _. ^ -^.,.1 • ^ j * 



$5,000.00 paid constitutes a person a Founder 1 "c Fmancc Committee have mvested $245 ,- 



$25,000.00 paid constitutes a person a Benefactor ^^^ jjj ^^^^ mortgages On property in the 



FORM OF BEQUEST City of New York, and the balance of $10,- 



, . , , . . , w . T- .^ S78, which has only recently been paid into 



/ do hereby give and bequeath to 1 he -" ' -.i 1 • j 



National Association of Audubon Socie- the treasury, will be invested as soon as a 



TIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF WiLD BiRDS satisfactory loan Can be found. 



AND Animals (Incorporated), of the City of Xhe Finance Committee never loan more 



^'^ "'^ ' than two-thirds of the appraised value of a 



property, the valuation being made by the 

 firm of Douglas Robinson, Brown & Co., 

 ^j New York, one of the most conserva- 



tive real estate firms in the city; further, 



a Title Guarantee Company's insurance 

 New Year's Greeting policy is also taken, guaranteeing the title, 



so that our investments are conservative and 



The President wishes every member of the „„r ■ ^ c. ^ „„„ „„„. • . „^ . r„^ r 



•' _ sate and earn nve per cent interest, tree or 



-Association and all others who are inter- . 



ested in the subject of bird and game pro- a ^u u t *u- c • » 1 .,. 1 



■' ^ ^ Another member of this Society, lately 



tection a Happy and Prosperous New Year, . • u • re * -u * j * * 



^^■' _ ^ _ ' deceased, who in lite contributed twenty- 



and, at the same time, asks for their active r,^ j^ii„,„ „„„.,„ii., *„ *k^ 1, „f *i,«. 



.. ' . . ' _ nve dollars annually to the work or the 



cooperation in the work of our Society. They a • *■ \ u-^ \ f r: u j j 



^ . . . } J Association, left it a legacy of nve hundred 



can give it in many ways, one of the most j^ n ..u *• • u- ^ -u r 



^ . ; Dollars, thus continuing his contribution in 



valuable of which is to encourage others to . •., 



. perpetuity, 



join the important economic movement we 



Reservation News 

 are carrying on. 



The whole trend of the public mind just 

 now seems to be toward a more intelligent 

 consideration of the value of wild birds and 

 animals. A great deal of this sentiment can 

 be attributed to the active campaign made 

 by the Audubon Societies during the past 

 decade. This is progress which must be 

 continued. It is a change in public senti- 

 ment which cannot be expressed in more 

 beautiful words than the following: 



"I see the hearts of men go out, in new 

 love and care and understanding, to the 

 beasts of the field and to the birds of the air; 

 and in all these I see the mind of the Son of 

 Man and the power of the Will Eternal." 



Warden Kroegel, in charge of Pelican 

 Island, Florida, sends us frequent and in- 

 teresting reports regarding the condition of 

 the birds there. He writes that the first 

 Pelican eggs were found about November 

 I, almost a month ahead of the date in 

 1905. On November 15, there were nearly ■ 

 one thousand nests with eggs in them and ™ 

 about five thousand birds on the island, and 

 nest-building was still going on. He adds, it 

 looks as though the island would be full this 

 season. On December 12, he reports that 

 the first birds were hatched the day before, 

 that not many were out yet, but the island is 

 very well filled up with nests. 



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