die Hutiubon ^otietieg 



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. 



Telephone, Columbus 7327 



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. 



SUMMER SCHOOL AT AMSTON 



Great progress has been made with our 

 Audubon ornithological experiment station 

 and summer instruction project at Amston, 

 Conn. To secure funds for the enlargement 

 of the work, an organization has been 

 formed comprising prominent men in Con- 

 necticut, and known as The Amston Game 

 Club. The main purpose is to develop 

 large, practical, game-farming operations 

 and varied lines of experimental research 

 in practical bird-work, with also some rec- 

 reational and social features. Game Com- 

 missioner F. N. Manross is president, and 

 Colonel Louis R. Cheney, ex-mayor of 

 Hartford, vice-president. The enterprise 

 is in charge of Herbert K. Job. One of the 

 most expert professional gamekeepers in 

 America is permanently employed. For- 

 merly he was gamekeeper to the King of 

 England at Windsor Castle. This summer 

 Pheasants, Quails, and wild Ducks will be 

 raised on an increased scale, and other 

 species experimentally, including an experi- 

 ment in commercial breeding of Canaries. 



This great tract of diversified country, 

 with its large and beautiful lake, together 

 with abundance and variety of wild bird 

 life, interesting and instructive game-farm 

 operations, and a growing constituency of 



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nature-lovers, makes Amston an ideal spot 

 to spend a vacation. 



The Summer School project begun last 

 season gave encouraging results, and it 

 will be continued and enlarged for the sea- 

 son of 1919. There will be two sessions, 

 each of three weeks. The first, from July 5 

 to 25, will offer courses in field ornithology, 

 general applied ornithology, or practical 

 methods in attracting and propagating 

 wild birds, and also nature photography, 

 plate and motion pictures, with practical 

 field demonstrations. The second session, 

 from July 26 to August 15, will be a school 

 of commercial and practical game-farming, 

 to prepare landholders, farmers, or others, 

 to raise game-birds and wild fowl. There 

 will be lectures by visiting specialists, and 

 recreational features. Students and visi- 

 tors will be accommodated at The Amston 

 Inn, and will be welcome at The Audubon 

 House headquarters, with bird collection 

 and working ornithological library, all 

 being open after the latter part of May. 

 Clubs and parties may arrange for outings. 

 A few furnished cottages may be had on 

 early application. 



Information and circular may be had 

 from Mr. H. K. Job, West Haven, Conn. 



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