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We should have a museum where all the birds of the world used for millinery 

 trade could be exhibited and the trade product displayed and the trade name 

 attached. We should have comfortable quarters and a rest-room for members 

 and friends who visit the city, with an assembly hall where we could arrange for 

 lectures and to which we could invite representatives of wild-life protective 

 associations to hold their conventions. 



In many other ways such a building would be of inestimable value to the 

 cause and would greatly tend to strengthen our efforts by bringing us in closer 

 touch with the public. 



Enrolled among our members are hundreds of people, any one of whom 

 could easily provide the funds for building and equipping such a home, and there 

 is no doubt but that there are thousands of members who would be glad to 

 contribute something toward such an enterprise. An attractive, commodious 

 home containing provisions for the opportunities for service outlined above 

 would immeasurably increase the influence of the Association and the cause we 

 represent. With most profound earnestness, therefore, do I wish to lay this 

 matter before you in the hope that it may reach the attention of some one or 

 more people who may before long make possible the realization of this cherished 

 hope. 



CANADA GEESE AT BELLPORT, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 

 Photographed April i, 1917, by Dr. Frank Overton. 



