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 and Animals: 



$S annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 Si ,000 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



Form of 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. 



NO ANNUAL MEETING 



The annual meeting of the National 

 Association scheduled for October 28 

 and 29, 1918, was not held because of the 

 seriousness of the widespread epidemic 

 of influenza. 



Quite aside from the question as to 

 whether it would be wise to ask a large 

 number of people, many of these from a 

 distance, to come to a public meeting, 

 there was also the very strong probability 

 that either the State Board of Health, 

 or the New York City authorities would 

 prohibit public gatherings, as was being 

 done in many other states at the time. 

 Due notice of this action was sent in 

 advance of the date to all members of 

 the Association, and, from the many 

 words of commendation we have received, 

 it is evident that the decision of the Board 

 met with the approval of the members. 



The annual convention of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union, scheduled to meet 

 in New York City the week beginning 

 November 10, was called off for the same 

 reason. Many of us exceedingly regret 

 the necessity of such action, for attending 

 meetings of this character always results 

 in much inspiration and a general quick- 



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ening of interest on the subject of orni- 

 thology. 



The Board of Directors of the National 

 Association met on October 29, when it 

 passed on the reports of the Secretary and 

 Treasurer, reelected the officers of the 

 previous year, and transacted much other 

 business in connection with the Associa- 

 tion's welfare. 



The reports of ofl&cers, field agents, 

 and a large number of organizations 

 affiliated with the National Association 

 will be found published elsewhere in this 

 issue of BiRD-LoEE. If anyone is labor- 

 ing under the impression that war activi- 

 ties the past year have seriously inter- 

 fered with the movement for bird-study 

 and wild-life conservation in this country, 

 let him turn and read these reports. It 

 will be seen that groups of people in all 

 parts of the country have been active in 

 carrying forward their bird-work very 

 much as heretofore. 



We should like particularly to call 

 attention to the large number of life 

 members enrolled the past year. The 

 number was 161. This means that from 

 this source the sum of $16,100 was added 



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