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: 



$5 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100 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 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. 



A NEW THREAT TO BIRD-LIFE 



The war situation has resulted in an 

 increased menace to bird-life in the United 

 States. There is growing evidence that 

 owing to the high cost of meat and other 

 food-staples, Italians and Hungarians in 

 the North and negroes in the South have 

 turned an unusual amount of attention 

 to the killing of song-birds, and as the 

 war goes on this slaughter will tremen- 

 dously increase unless checked. 



This matter has promptly been taken up 

 by the Association, and by the quick assist- 

 ance of the members a campaign has been 

 launched to meet this new drive against 

 our birds. At the present time the Asso- 

 ciation is active through the press in call- 

 ing the attention of the public to the ne- 

 cessity of each individual exerting his or 

 her influence to see that birds are pro- 

 tected. It is absolutely impossible for 

 the limited game-warden force of the 

 country to watch every irresponsible per- 

 son who goes out with a gun, but if the 

 people of the country who are interested 

 in birds will investigate every gunshot 

 they hear, will warn their employees not 

 to kill birds, and to watch for others with 

 a view to reporting violations to their 

 game-warden or to this office, great good 

 can be accomplished. 



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The Association also has prepared 

 cloth warning notices' which will be sent 

 free to anyone willing to post them on 

 their property, by the roadside, in country 

 stores, or elsewhere. These posters call 

 attention to the law on the subject, and 

 ask people to report violations. They are 

 printed in English and Italian. Across 

 the top runs the legend, "Shooting on this 

 Property is Prohibited." Thus the posters 

 will serve property-owners as trespass 

 signs, and when placed elsewhere they 

 may be turned in half an inch at the top 

 so that this line is not displayed. Write at 

 once for a supply of these. 



As Secretary of the Association I wish 

 to urge all our members and other readers 

 of Bird-Lore to exercise unusual vigi- 

 lance, for such service will greatly be 

 needed during the coming summer and 

 autumn. If you find anyone illegally kill- 

 ing birds, try, if possible, to get the per- 

 son's name and address. Collect every 

 available fact on the subject, and if you 

 do not know the local game- warden, write 

 or wire the facts to the office of the 

 National Association and we will take the 

 matter up through the state authorities. 

 The Association stands ready to go to the 

 expense of employing a lawyer, if neces- 



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