The Audubon Monutnent. 



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The monument, designed to honor the 

 memory of the dead naturaUst, will reflect 

 no less honor on the living who contribute 

 to it. Scientific societies all over the coun- 



PROPOSED MONUMENT TO AUDUBON. 



try have displayed the utmost eagerness to 

 participate in the undertaking ; every one 

 feels that it would be discreditable to stand 

 aside; there is consequently no doubt of its 

 being carried into effect; in fact the central 



committee has already the promise of such 

 liberal support as to relieve them of all real 

 anxiety on the subject. 



And now for us comes the question, 

 " Shall the Audubon Society be fairly rep- 

 resented on the published roll of the sub- 

 scribers to the monument, or shall we leave 

 the credit to others, and have it inferred 

 that we are wanting in all sympathy for and 

 appreciation of the great naturalist, whose 

 name we have assumed for. our society ?" 



Large subscriptions are not necessary. 

 Audubon is a national name, a name that 

 Americans are proud of, a name the men- 

 tion of which awakens national sympathies, 

 and there can be no doubt that thousands 

 will be ready to put their hands in their 

 pocket and do honor to his memory, and as 

 the costs will not exceed ten or perhaps 

 eleven thousand dollars, there is no occa- 

 sion to call for liberal contributions. What 

 we want is numerous contributions of small 

 sums, that the roll of the subscribers' names, 

 which it is proposed to unfold at the same 

 time as the monument, may be found to be 

 representative of all classes of the commu- 

 nity and all sections of the country. 



It was proposed at the last meeting of 

 the general committee to prepare photo- 

 graphs of. the monument, one of which 

 should be presented to each subscriber, 

 with the name and the amount of subscrip- 

 tion written on it, as a lasting memorial of 

 his or her connection with the erection of 

 the monument. 



The Audubon Society should be numer- 

 ously represented on the Audubon sub- 

 scription roll, and the Forest and Stream 

 for the Society desires to head the list with 

 a subscription of $25.00. 



Subscriptions from members of the Soci- 

 ety may be sent to us direct, or through the 

 Local Secretaries of the Audubon Society, 

 and we take this opportunity to invite all 

 the Local Secretaries of the Society to in- 

 terest themselves to secure contributions 

 to the fund. 



