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E. \'. Curtis, C. E. Hasselgravc, L MacNaughton,\V. Hoppaugh, J. \V.\'anIngaa, 

 R. Wilkinson, H. B. Kummel, H. Tuttle; to the United States Forestry Service 

 for lecture? by Mr. Enos A. Mills, and to Mr. B. S. Bowdish, through whose 

 courtesy, and that of the National Audubon Society, eleven illustrated addresses 

 on birds were given. Thanks are also due Miss Julia Rogers, Miss L. R. Morris, 

 and Miss M. A. Burnett, for similar service. 



LAir.lilXi; (,l LL NEST AND EGGS 



La Rue Holnus Xaluri- Lovers' League Bird Refuge. Formerly the scene of merciless slauKhtcr of 



breeding birds for millinery ornaments. Photographed by B. S. Bowdish 



Our chapters have found much pleasure in the address given by Mr. A. S. 

 Williams, illustrated by living reptiles, and in the entertainments given by Mr. E. 

 Avis, who so wonderfully reproduces the bird songs, the joyous choirs of the woods. 



Immediately after the organization of the League movement, Mr. William 

 Dutcher, who is ever alert to provide for the needs of our little feathered friends, 

 called attention to the fact that no provision had been made, through any agency, 

 for the protection of the Gulls, and other birds nesting on the New Jersey coast. 

 Mr. Dutcher kindly consented to negotiate for the purchase, in behalf of the or- 

 ganization, of an island of some hundred and fifty acres, hereafter to be known 



