EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. 



William Dutcher, President 

 Frederic A. Lucas, Acting President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Treasurer 

 Samuel T. Carter, Jr., Attorney 



Any person, club, school or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may become 

 a member of it, and all are welcome. 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild 

 Birds aad Animals: 



$5 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 Sioo paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 $1,000 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



Form or Bequest: — I do hereby give and bequeath to the National Association of Audubon, 

 Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals (Incorporated), of the City of New York. 



A SUMMER OUTING FOR BIRD-STUDY 



Our readers have noted, from time to 

 time, mentions of the progress of our new 

 Experiment Station in applied ornithology 

 at Amston, Conn., where research work is 

 conducted in attracting, protecting, and 

 increasing wild birds, and in the propaga- 

 tion of the so-called game species and wild 

 water-fowl. This summer, further experi- 

 ment will be tried, a combination of educa- 

 tional and recreational lines. 



This great estate, owned by Charles M. 

 Ams, and representing an investment of 

 over a quarter of a million dollars, covers 

 three square miles of beautiful country, a 

 charming glacial lake over a mile long, with 

 good boating, bathing, and fishing. Bird- 

 life is varied and abundant. Many bird- 

 boxes are occupied by Bluebirds, Tree 

 Swallows, Wrens, and other species. There 

 is a convenient breeding colony of the 

 rather rare Henslow's Sparrow near one of 

 Bank Swallows. Herons and wild Ducks 

 frequent the lake, and last summer there 

 was on the latter an old white-headed Bald 

 Eagle. 



Mr. Ams, who is a Life Member of the 

 Association, and is willing to share the 

 pleasure of his estate with the reputable 

 fraternity of bird-lovers, has given to 

 the Association the use of the Audubon 



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House as headquarters, and has equipped 

 Amston Inn on the property, where guests 

 can be cared for. Last summer, visitors 

 were informally received and shown about 

 by Herbert K. Job, who is in charge of 

 the work, residing for the season at the 

 Audubon House with an assistant. 



This season, Mr. Job, with his family, 

 will reopen the Audubon House about 

 June I, for the entire summer. The Inn 

 will also be open, at a uniform rate of $2 

 per day for room and board, or 75 cents for 

 a single meal. At the Audubon House are 

 collections of mounted birds and bird- 

 skins for study and reference, also a small 

 working ornithological library. Visitors 

 are invited to make use of these and of the 

 Audubon House for study or social pur- 

 poses. Work in attracting birds, and the 

 breeding and rearing of many kinds of 

 game-birds will be under way. The water- 

 fowl pond, with some fifteen species, gives 

 unusual opportunity to study native wild 

 Ducks. Visitors for the day or for stay 

 at the Inn are welcome, and will be shown 

 the work. 



Beginning on Saturday, July 6, a de- 

 finite Summer School session will open, 

 with classes and evening lectures by 

 specialists. The formal session will con- 



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