The Audubon Societies 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Edited by WILLIAM DUTCHER 
Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions to 
the National Association of Audubon Societies, 141 Broadway, New York City 
Annual Meeting of the National 
Association 
The regular annual meeting of the Na- 
tional Association will be held October 25, 
at the American Museum of National His- 
tory, West 77th Street, New York City. 
The notices called for by the By-Laws 
will be mailed to all members of the Asso- 
ciation within the statutory time limit. 
It is earnestly hoped that all members 
will keep the above date free from other 
engagements, so they may attend the 
annual meeting of the Association. 
International Humane Conference 
The first American International Hu- 
mane Conference will be held in the 
United States National Museum at Wash- 
ington, D. C., October 10-15, to10. All 
persons interested in the prevention of 
cruelty will be welcome to attend. Further 
details may be obtained from the American 
Humane Association at Albany, N. Y., 
under the auspices of which the Confer- 
ence will be held. 
A New Committee 
The need for a very large increase in 
the membership of the Association is so 
urgent that the President has appointed 
a Committee to take the matter in charge. 
The members are: William W. Grant, 
Chairman; T. Gilbert Pearson, Louis 
Agassiz Fuertes, Clinton G. Abbott. 
The well-known working qualities of 
the members of this Committee is a war- 
tant for believing that success will attend 
their efforts. The work given into the 
hands of this Committee is an extremely 
important one, and every member of the 
Association is asked to give to the Com- 
mittee every possible aid and encourage- 
ment. If our membership can be doubled 
or trebled within the next twelve months, 
the work and effectiveness of the Associa- 
tion can be very greatly enlarged —W. D. 
Bird-box Experiences 
I have on my home acre in Plainfield, 
New Jersey, but seven trees, in all of 
which I have placed von Berlepsch bird 
boxes, and, in addition, I have on poles 
and trellis work added several more; the 
sizes selected were for Flickers, Bluebirds, 
and Wrens. I also havea ten-room Jacobs’ 
Martin house, All of these boxes were 
placed in position in the fall of 1909. In 
March of the same year, I erected two 
small houses of home manufacture, coy- 
ered with bark, with an entrance hole 
suitable for Wrens. One of them was oc- 
cupied June to, when a pair of House 
Wrens took possession and raised a brood. 
During the winter of 1909, I had several 
feeding-places, both on the ground and 
in the trees; the menu was scraps of meat, 
boiled potatoes, oatmeal (raw and cooked), 
pork, suet, field corn on cob, and dried 
bread, both broken and rolled. The regu- 
lar visitors were English Sparrows, Star- 
lings, Tree Sparrows, Juncos, Downy 
Woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatches 
Jays and Crows. 
The four birds first mentioned ate the 
food placed on the ground, as also did the 
crows, while the Woodpeckers, Nuthatches 
and Jays were satisfied with food attached 
to the trees. When the ground was bare, 
but few birds fed; but, when the ground 
was covered with snow, the various lunch 
places were almost constantly in use. At 
such times, Crows were as regular in at- - 
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