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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 



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

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



President Dutcher 



The condition of President William 

 Dutcher, who has been ill since October 

 last, remains virtually unchanged. For 

 many years, he has been the leading 

 spirit in American bird protection, and 

 his influence has been felt in a most pro- 

 nounced way throughout the entire coun- 

 try. To his efforts are largely due the 

 present efficient, organized system of 

 Audubon Societies, and to be deprived 

 of his leadership at this time is a loss 

 which is most profoundly felt by bird 

 protectionists everywhere. — T. Gilbert 

 Pearson. 



Annual Meeting of National Association 



The regular meeting of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies will be 

 held on Tuesday, October 31, 191 1, in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 West 77th Street, New York City. The 

 notices called for by the b3r-laws will be 

 mailed to all members of the Association 

 within the statutory time limit. 



It is now expected that there will be 

 an especially attractive program and 

 attention is called to the proposed Na- 

 ture Study Symposium ■ mentioned by 

 Mrs. Walter as on a preceding page. We 

 hope that all members will bear in mind 

 the date of the meeting and make every 

 effort to be present. — T. Gilbert Pear- 

 son, Secretary. 



Canadian Bird Protection 



In response to our recent request to the 

 Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 

 Ottawa, Canada, it is a great pleasure 

 to be able to announce that that depart- 

 ment of the Canadian Government has 

 instructed all lighthouse keepers in Can- 



ada to extend special protection to the 

 birds found in the neighborhood of the 

 lights which they occupy. 



As many of these men are located on 

 rocky islands, where the sea-birds are 

 accustomed to gather for the purpose of 

 rearing their young, it will be seen that 

 this action by the Canadian Government 

 officials should mean much additional 

 protection to the wild-bird life to the 

 north of us. 



The New Georgia Law 



Just before the adjournment of the 

 recent session of the Legislature of 

 Georgia, there was enacted an act for 

 the establishment of a State Game and 

 Fish Commission for the protection of 

 the birds, game and fish of that state. 

 Provision is made for a State Game 

 Warden, with a large force of local war- 

 dens to operate under his direction. The 

 machinery for the work is supported by a 

 license tax, which is to be levied upon 

 all persons who desire to shoot game in 

 the state. A law of this character in 

 Georgia is one for which the National 

 Association has been working for many 

 years. Time and again, our agents have 

 toured the state in the interests of such 

 a law. Year after year, we have drawn 

 bills and appeared before legislative 

 committees in their behalf, only to see 

 the bills defeated or left to die on the 

 calendar at the end of the session. The 

 passage of the Georgia game law is the 

 longest step forward in bird protection 

 which has been taken in the southern 

 states in many years, and an immense 

 amount of good must result, not only in 

 the better enforcement of the bird-pro- 

 tective statutes, but in the influence the 

 action will have on the adjoining states. 



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