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Aililrr^s iill (■orrtvipiinilcurf, iiiul scinl ull iviuil I iiiicfs for fliii';i iiml ciiiil riliiil ioiui lo 

 llir N.iliiMial Am'kh iill inn i>i AhcIhIkmi Soiift ifii, UCM llid^d wiiy , New \'oik Cily 



PreHiilrnt Dull lici 



lliis fund li;i\'c iiol Itcni i omplrl nl ;is \vr 



p,(> It) pccss. W (• cvpci I 111 li:i\r ;,';()(i(l 



Willi.' we iii<' un.ililc lo (jrlci I iiiiy \fiy rf|Hirls lo tUiiLc, iVoiii liiur lo lime, of 



iii.iil.rd iiupioN I'liii'hl ill llif |ili\'.';i(;il (his new cvlciisioii in our fdnc;! I ioiKil 



(Oiiililioii ol l'ii':.i<li'lil Willi. nil MiilrlitT, ciidi';! \ oi'. I'. (1. I', 



il. is iiiui li I (iiiilorl lo know I IkiI lie i;; 



SlU't'lv L'.iowint'. :.l ronp.ii'. II i::, :il llii;; Nic.lil llc-ioii Coloiiit-s 



linii', his ciislum lo 1)0 (Iri'sst'tl and lo sil 



up a portion ol" cavh day. Man\ of Ins '''!"' Associal ion has nvcnlly iindcr^ 



lii.-nds ha\.' wrilt.Mi him lioiu liinr lo I a km I o olil aiii inloriual ion ri-)j,ar(liiiK I Ik- 

 liuu'. aiul lu- is now ahlr lo ivad and I'l'vdiiif. ol llir iilarU rrowned Night 

 .Mijoy such lommnni.alions. Any oni' I Irron u il liiii s-o niiirs of N.'w \'ork ( 'ily . 

 who' may ih-sir.' lo mil.' Iiini niav iia\'0 'I'" 'l^i'*'. ' I"' lollowiiiK lads iiav(- drvol- 

 I hcii li-l Urs n\u h In in dun 1 1\ li\ aildrcss oped: 



iuK llu'io to No, ooo iVnIrai Ayrnuc, A cohMn' of I lit-si- liirds has cxistod for 



IMainlifUl, N. j, V. Cimoim I'kakSoN. i>''"'> > ''^"-.^ '"'ii'' I'Joslyn. Lonj'- Island. 



Ml', h'rank M. Ciiapiiian visited the place 



A liiK ol l'"ivr rliousaiul Dollars 



in iSoO, and .it that tinu' csliinalcd llic 

 luiiuhi'v of ni'sis at. 525. In 1907, Mv. 

 I he AN.oci.iiion h.is iectiill\ reniscd l''raiu'is Harper thought there were from 

 a coulrilnilioii of I5, 000. lo he iiseti tliaiuj.; J50 to 300 pairs. Mr. V. 1>. IMiilipp visited 

 the yi'.ir 101 ' iu pushing liie educational the jihiee the folh)win,u year, and reported 

 feature of our work aiuoni.', the > liildicn onis .'oo nests. In i()io, tlie coIon\' IkuI 

 of tl\e i'onutr\ , :.!irnnk to about twenty tiyi- hinks. 'i'he 

 riu' \ei\ encouraging results which swamp in whicli I lie hirds nested has been 

 ha\ e heen achie\ I'd ahuig lliese lines in I he n-ducetl in size sime that time, li> the 

 soutlu>rn states for the past lwi> years, as ilying of trees (thus in, iking (hem iinavail- 

 a result of contributions of Mrs. Russell able as nesting-siles for the Herons), by 

 Sage, havelead a frienil of thebirils to make i he cutting of timber, and by the con- 

 it possible for the Assoeiatit>n to wovk in a strnction of a road. The swamp has now 

 similar way in other sections of I he liuited virtually been converted into a private 

 States. park. 



In a letter wliich aicomp.iniiil I lu- i'on- Air. Clinton ('•. ,\l)bott reports .1 colony 



tribution, we le.im ih.it the donor "is at liordentown, New Jersey, whiih he 



dee]ih interesied in llu- work of wih! life \isited yearly from iSoo to 100;. In its 



l>i\>lccl ion, -lud believes I h. It llie N.ilioii.il luosl populous louilil ii>n, he states that 



Association of .Vudubon Societies is doing there were 1 so or more m-sts. The 



more good work for this caiise than any farmer on w lu>se l.ind this colony was 



other organization." situated was well dispi>sed towanls the 



\Ve regret not being able 10 publish the birds and, while obligcil to cut some wood, 



name of this public-spirited member, who, took onl\ trees from the border of the 



through modesty, has absolutely refu.sed swami) and, as f.ir as possible, avoided 



to give us this pleasure, lull details disturbing the birds. He also threatened 



regarding the i>roposeiI expenditure of to shoot an>' one whom he found attempt- 



(70) 



