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their children, and our children thus have 

 a definite field of usefulness all their own. 

 They are an irresistible missionary host 

 storming the citadel of indifference among 

 their elders. And somewhere among this 

 little band lie the scattered forces which 

 must move on the world's best work before 

 many years are added to the past. Hun- 

 dreds of pamphlets and leaflets have been 

 distributed through our state. 



We wish that every Audubon member 

 could be encouraged to read Bird-Lore. 

 This is the only means by which one can 

 be fully informed of the progress of the 

 work in general, and the only means by 

 which a thorough union in spirit and effort 

 can be attained. We are also under an in- 

 dividual obligation to sustain our accredited 

 organ. 



The same responsibility rests upon us in 

 our corporate capacity toward the interests 

 of the National Committee. We feel there 

 should be a liberal use of the leaflets pub- 

 lished by our national secretary, and such 

 subscriptions be made to the fund as may be 

 necessary for the development of the work. 

 — Elizabeth B. Davenport, Correspond- 

 ing Secretary; Stella M. Barrows, State 

 Secretary. 



Annual Conference of Audubon Societies 



The third Annual Conference of Audu- 

 bon Societies, through the National Com- 

 mittee of Audubon Societies, was held at the 

 residence of Mrs. Edward Robins, secretary 

 of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society, 114 

 South Twenty-first street, Philadelphia, on 

 the evening of November 18, 1903. 



The following societies were represented 

 by the delegates, whose names are given 

 below: Connecticut, Mrs. William Brown 

 Glover; Delaware, Mr. A. D. Poole; Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, Dr.T. S. Palmer; Florida, 

 Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs; Georgia, Dr. Eu- 

 gene Murphy; Massachusetts, Miss Harriet 

 E. Richards; New Jersey, Miss Julia Scrib- 

 ner; New York, Mr. Frank M. Chapman; 

 North Carolina, Professor T. Gilbert Pear- 

 son ; Oregon, Mr. William R. Lord ; Penn- 

 sylvania, Mr. Witmer Stone; Vermont, 

 Mrs. E. B. Davenport; Virginia, Dr. T. 

 S. Palmer. 



Mr. Dutcher, who was unanimously re- 

 elected to the office of chairman, presented 

 an outline report of his year's work, which 

 will later be printed in full and distributed 

 to the societies. He stated that $3,915 had 

 been expended under theThayer Fund, and 

 $575 under the special fund contributed by 

 the Audubon Societies for clerical assistance. 

 Among noteworthy contributions was a 

 naphtha launch given by the Florida Audu- 

 bon Society and now in active service among 

 the Florida Keys. 



The A. O. U. model law has been passed 

 in nine additional states, new Audubon 

 Societies have been started in Colorado and 

 Georgia, and weaker societies have been 

 assisted. Over one hundred thousand edu- 

 cational leaflets have been distributed, and 

 the demand was for many more; thousands 

 of letters have been answered, an exceed- 

 ingly important agreement has been entered 

 into with the Millinery Merchants' Protective 

 Association, and steps have been taken to 

 secure protection for birds in the Philippines 

 and other American islands in the Pacific. 

 A sufficient sum was at once subscribed 

 to ensure a continuance of clerical assistance 

 and it was said that there was every reason 

 to believe that theThayer Fund would reach 

 or even exceed the sum contributed last year. 

 The work for the coming year will in- 

 clude renewed efforts to secure the passage 

 of the A. O. U. law in states which have 

 not effective bird-laws, an extension of the 

 warden system, publication of additional 

 educational leaflets, and systematic attempts 

 to encourage bird study in the schools. 



To supply the urgent need of lantern 

 slides, it is hoped that bird photographers 

 throughout the country will contribute du- 

 plicate negatives to the National Committee, 

 which will act as a central distributing bu- 

 reau of the slides made from them. 



The chairman of the committee was au- 

 thorized to appoint a sub-committee to 

 assist him in preparing an exhibit of Audu- 

 bon Society material for the St. Louis Expo- 

 sition. This exhibit is designed to include 

 specimens of the literature and bird charts is- 

 sued by the societies, a map showing the states 

 which have Audubon Societies, enlarged 

 photographs of protected bird colonies, etc. 



