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values being certified to by the most con- 

 servative and well-known appraisers in 

 New York City. All of the loans pay 5 

 per cent interest and are non-taxable. 



The President gave a synopsis of what 

 had been accomplished during the year 



1907, and outlined some of the plans for 



1908. For details of his report, together 

 with the reports of the State Audubon 

 Societies and other matters of interest, 

 readers are referred to the complete report 

 which follows in this number of Bird- 

 Lore. After December 15, members of 

 the Association can receive separates of 

 the annual report and financial statement 

 on application at the office, 141 Broadway, 

 New York City. 



The following Directors were elected 

 to serve for a period of five years, being 

 the class of 1912: Mr. F. M. Chapman, 

 New York; Mr. Witmer Stone, Pennsyl- 

 vania; Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, New 

 York; Mr. Frederic A. Lucas, Brooklyn; 

 Mr. Carlton D. Howe, Vermont. 



A resolution approving the work of the 

 United States Bureau of Biological Sur- 

 vey, and calling upon Congress to amplify 

 the work of the said Bureau, was unani- 

 mously passed, and it was further resolved 

 that the secretary send a copy of the reso- 

 lutions to every member of the next Con- 

 gress. 



Subsequently a meeting of the Directors 

 of the Society was held, when the follow- 

 ing officers were elected to serve for one 

 year: President, William Dutcher; First 

 Vice-president, John E. Thayer; Second 

 Vice-president, Dr. T. S. Palmer; Secretary, 

 T. Gilbert Pearson; Treasurer, Frank M. 

 Chapman. Mr. Samuel T. Carter, Jr., 

 was reappointed counsel for the Society. 



The President appointed the following 

 Standing Committees: Executive Com- 

 mittee — Dr. J. A. Allen, Dr. George Bird 

 Grinnell, Mr. F. A. Lucas, Mr. F. M. 

 Chapman. 



Finance Committee — Dr. Hermon C. 

 Bumpus, Mr. John E. Thayer, Mrs. C. 

 Grant LaFarge, Mr. F. M. Chapman. — 

 T, Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. 



The Protection of the Heath Hen 



Dr. Field, whose article on the Heath 

 Hen in this number of Bird-Lore will 

 be read with interest, reports that in addi- 

 tion to practical and most valuable assist- 

 ance by J. E. Howland, Captain B. C. 

 Cromwell, and many others, contribu- 

 tions for the purchase of land for a reser- 

 vation on Martha's Vineyard have been 

 pledged as follows: 



William Brewster $100 



F. S. Pearson 100 



G. B. Clark 100 



John E. Thayer 100 



H. H. Fay 100 



S. M. Weld 100 



Frank E. Peabody 100 



L. D. Baker 100 



Arthur F. Whitin 108 



Judge F. C. Lowell 100 



Dr. John C. Phillips 100 



R. C. Robbins 100 



Gardner M. Lane 100 



Dr. B. H. Kidder 100 



Hon. Herbert Parker 100 



Anawan Club 50 



R. L. Agassiz 50 



Hon. A. P. Gardner 25 



Dr. Gorham Bacon 100 



Harriet E. Freeman 5 



Middlesex Sportsman's 



Association 200 



National Audubon Society . 100 



For Making Fire Stops — 



Town of Tisbury (at last 



annual town meeting) . 250 



Town of W. Tisbury (at 

 last annual town meet- 

 ing) 50 



$2,338 



Inasmuch as under these conditions 

 every dollar contributed for the purchase 

 of land adds at least one acre, it is hoped 

 that sufficient funds may be raised to 

 secure extensive tracts as refuges for the 

 Heath Hen, Least Tern, Upland Plover 

 and other birds which still resort to this 

 island. 



Contributions may be forwarded to the 

 Commissioners on Fisheries and Game, 

 State House, Boston. 



