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Bird -Lore 



magazine may easily become of more value 

 to the work than any National Committee or 

 Advisory Council can hope to be, and for 

 two reasons : 



1. Questions and answers put upon paper 

 are not forgotten as they may be in the heat 

 of debate. 



2. In a country of the size of ours it is 

 easier to travel on paper than in person. 



If, during the coming year, not only the 

 secretaries but any member of the executive 

 committees of the societies will write freely 

 of their needs and experiences to this de- 

 partment, always remembering to send their 

 communications during the months of De- 

 cember, February, April, June, August or 

 October, so that the material could be prop- 

 erly digested for the next issue, great results 

 can be obtained. 



This material need not be in the form of 

 set reports for actual publication, but in 

 letters or tabulated lists of questions and a 

 dozen other ways which will tell of needs 

 and stimulate the interchange of ideas. 



The Societies contributing their reports, 

 or, in fact, any news to Bird-Lore, are in 

 the minority, some will not even answer if 

 asked a direct question by mail. If this is 

 the case how much better will an Advisory 

 Committee fare? 



Wake up, fellow workers; say your say 

 all in good time and season, keeping it well 

 in mind that it takes time to print an illus- 

 trated magazine and that all material must 

 be had thirty days before the publishing of 

 each issue. 



Many of our secretaries keep in touch by 

 private correspondence, but the same infor- 

 mation made public reaches far and wide. 

 Only by such intercourse as this can the 

 general trend of the Societies be gauged and 

 the vital topics stimulated to fruiting, so that 

 the next convention may be something be- 

 sides preliminary leaves. — M. O. W. 



Results of the Conference 



At the first Audubon Conference, held 

 in Cambridge, Mass., in November, 1900, 

 it was moved that a committee be appointed, 

 to report at the next Conference, on the 

 desirability of some form of cooperation 



between the various Societies when, for 

 any reason, it seemed desirable for them 

 to join hands in promoting the cause of 

 bird protection. The report of this com- 

 mittee as amended and unanimously adopted 

 at the second conference is as follows: 



REPORT OF THE AUDUBON CONFERENCE 

 COMMITTEE 



1. That the several societies retain their 

 individuality, that is, that they be not 

 merged into a national organization. 



2. But in view of the increased efficiency 

 that would always result from some form 

 of union, which would admit of concerted 

 action, it is recommended that 



3. The several societies shall each ap- 

 point one member of a committee to be 

 known as the National Committee of the 

 Audubon Societies of America. 



4. That the members of this committee 

 may be empowered to represent the societies 

 whenever concerted action on the part of 

 the societies be deemed by the Committee 

 expedient. 



5. That an Annual Conference of the 

 Societies be held, and that this Committee 

 be authorized to arrange for the time and 

 place of the Conference. 



6. That this Committee draft its own 

 rules and regulations. 



(Signed) H. C. Bumpus, 



Frank M. Chapman, 

 Ralph Hoffmann. 



A list of the delegates present, with the 

 societies they represented, is appended: 



Vermont, Elizabeth B. Davenport, Anna 

 B. Phelps; Massachusetts, William Brews- 

 ter, Harriet E. Richards, Reginald C. Rob- 

 bins; Rhode Island, H. C. Bumpus, Annie 

 M. Grant; Connecticut, Mabel Osgood 

 Wright, Helen W. Glover, Delia T. Au- 

 dubon Tyler, Katharine A. Wilcox, Dora 

 R. Wheeler, Grace R. Moody, Mrs. Wal- 

 ter Smith, Willard G. Van Name; New 

 York, Emma H. Lockwood, Lilian G. 

 Cook, Olive Thorne Miller, May Riley 

 Smith, W. T. Hornaday, William Dutcher, 

 J. A. Allen, Frank M. Chapman; New 

 Jersey, Julia J. Noll, D. W. Miller; Penn- 

 sylvania, Julia Stockton Robins, E. L. 



