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makes a strong appeal to the sympathy 

 of all who have known in any way of 

 the years of happiness and usefulness 

 which have been theirs in the past. — • 

 T. Gilbert Pearson. 



The Annual Meeting 



The seventh Annual Meeting of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties was held in the American Museum 

 of Natural History,' New York City, on 

 October 31, 1911. 



The morning session was called to 

 order by First Vice-President Dr. T. S. 

 Palmer. It was devoted to hearing the 

 reports of the Secretary, Treasurer and 

 Field Agents, and conducting such rou- 

 tine business as annually comes before 

 the Association. The reports will be 

 found printed in full in this number of 

 Bird-Lore. The terms of Mr. William 

 Dutcher and Dr. T. S. Palmer as members 

 of the Board of Directors expired at this 

 time, and they were reelected. The 

 vacancy on the Board caused by the 

 resignation of Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, 

 and which was temporarily filled by the 

 appointment of Mrs. Mabel Osgood 

 Wright, on February 28, 1911, was filled 

 by the election of Mrs. Wright. 



The following were elected to constitute 

 the Advisory Board of Directors for the 

 ensuing year: 



Ralph Hoffman, Missouri. 



David Starr Jordan, California. 



Robert W. Williams, Florida. 



Arthur H. Norton, Maine. 



W. Scott Way, Maryland. 



Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Florida. 



John E. Thayer, Massachusetts. 



Abbott H. Thayer, New Hampshire. 



Ruthven Deane, Illinois. 



Mrs. C. Grant LaFarge, New York. 



Prof. H. P. Attwater, Texas. 



Carleton D. Howe, Vermont. 



Witmer Stone, Pennsylvania. 



Amos W. Butler, Indiana. 



William P. Wharton, Massachusetts. 



Miss Alice W. Wilcox, Rhode Island. 



C. W. Ward, Louisiana. 



Howard Eaton, Wyoming. 



Dr. T. S. Roberts, Minnesota. 



Col. J. H. Acklen, Tennessee. 



Gifford Pinchot, District of Columbia. 



Frank Bond, District of Columbia. 



C. G. Abbott, New Yor^. 



Prof. C. F. Hodge, Massachusetts. 



Mrs. Anna B. Comstock, New York. 



Mrs. Alice H. Walter, Rhode Island. 



H. H. Brimley, North Carolina. 



H. TuUsen, Tennessee. 



Mrs. B. H. Johnson, Connecticut. 



George E. Pollock, New York. 



John H. Sage, Connecticut. 



Fourteen life members and two hun- 

 dred and eighty-five sustaining members, 

 whose applications had been received 

 during the past year, were elected. 



Mr. William P. Wharton, of Groton, 

 Massachusetts, gave an interesting report 

 on the growth and present condition of 

 the protected colonies of sea-birds located 

 along the coast of Maine. 



The afternoon session was devoted to 

 the general subject of Nature Study in 

 the schools, special emphasis being laid 

 on methods of instruction in the habits 

 and activities of wild birds. Papers were 

 presented by Mrs. Anna B. Comstock, 

 of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; 

 Mrs. Belle Holcomb Johnson, of Hartford, 

 Connecticut; Mrs. Alice Hall Walter, of 

 Providence, Rhode Island; Miss Agnes 

 L. Roesler, of New York; Mr. George H. 

 Sherwood, of New York, and Mr. J. M. 

 Johnson, of New York. A report of the 

 program will be found in the School 

 Department on another page. 



At 8.15 P.M., Mr. WilHam L. Finley, 

 Pacific Coast Agent for the Association 

 and State Game Warden of Oregon, gave 

 a most entertaining talk on 'Bird Reser- 

 vations in the Northwest.' This was 

 illustrated with a large series of slides 

 made from photographs taken by the 

 speaker. Following this lecture, Dr. T. 

 S. Palmer spoke at length on 'The Scope 

 of the Audubon Movement in America.' 



The night session was held in conjunc- 

 tion with the Linnsean Society, and was 

 presided over by its President, Dr. Jona- 

 than Dwight, Jr. 



The West Lecture Hall, where the 

 meetings of the Association were held, 

 provided accommodations for a Nature 

 Study exhibit of unusual interest. The 

 display contained bird charts, educational 

 literature, and a large assortment of 



