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work of this Association and of the good 

 which he beh'eved it has been doing for 

 many years. 



Messrs. Frank M. Chapman and 

 Charles Sheldon were reelected members 

 of the Board of Directors. The Association 

 then proceeded to elect the following 

 members of the Advisory Board of 

 Directors for the ensuing year: 



Ralph Hoffman, JNIissouri. 



David Starr Jordan, California. 



Robert W. Williams, Florida. 



Arthur H. Norton, Maine. 



W. Scott Way, Maryland. 



Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Florida. 



John E. Thayer, Massachusetts. 



Prof. H. P. Attwater, Texas. 



Ruthven Deane, Illinois. 



Abbott H. Thayer, New Hampshire. 



Carleton E. Howe, Vermont. 



Witmer Stone, Pennsylvania. 



Amos W. Butler, Indiana. 



Wm. P. Wharton, Massachusetts. 



Alice W. Wilcox, Rhode Island. 



C. W. Ward, Louisiana. 



Howard Eaton, Wyoming. 



Dr. T. S. Roberts, Minnesota. 



Col. J. H. Acklen, Tennessee. 



Gifford Pinchot, District of Columbia. 



Frank Bond, District of Columbia. 



C. G. Abbott, New York. 



C. F. Hodge, Massachusetts. 



Mrs. Anna B. Comstock, New York. 



Mrs. Alice H. Walter, Rhode Island. 



H. H. Brimley, North Carolina. 



H. Tullsen, Tennessee. 



Mrs. B. H. Johnson, Connecticut. 



John H. Sage, Connecticut. 



The report of the Secretary was pre- 

 sented, after which Dr. Jonathan Dwight, 

 Jr., read his report as Treasurer of the 

 Association. This showed a healthy 

 condition of the finances, the total income 

 of the Association for the year being 

 nearly $60,000, an increase of $15,000 

 over last year. Both of these reports 

 are printed in full elsewhere in this issue 

 of Bird-Lore in connection with the 



reports of the Field Agents and those 

 submitted by the various State Audubon 

 Societies. 



E. H. Forbush, Field Agent for Massa- 

 chusetts, spoke on the results of the 

 legislative efforts conducted by the 

 Association in Massachusetts during the 

 past year, and also outlined a recent 

 trip which he had undertaken to South 

 Carolina in the interests of the protection 

 of non-game birds, with special reference 

 to the Bobolink. 



Dr. Eugene Swope, Field Agent for 

 Ohio, spoke most acceptably on the 

 subject of his work in that state. Other 

 reports and discussions filled the time until 

 noon hour. Many of the members and vis- 

 iting delegates then repaired to the Metla 

 Cafe, in the basement of the museum 

 building, where luncheon was served. 



The second session began at two 

 o'clock, P.M. Mrs. Alice Hall Walters 

 presented a paper entitled 'The Oppor- 

 tunity of the Audubon Societies,' which 

 provoked much discussion of a helpful 

 character. This was followed by an 

 address by Hon. Gustav Straubenmiller, 

 Assistant Superintendent of New York 

 City Schools, on 'Nature Study in the 

 Schools.' The speaker was asked many 

 questions, which brought out much 

 interesting information in regard to his 

 experiences in teaching bird-study to 

 children. 



The Association then adjourned to a 

 neighboring room in the building, where 

 a lesson in nature-study was being given 

 to a class of blind children, after which 

 the company proceeded to a large lecture- 

 hall where, for over an hour, they were 

 entertained by an intensely interesting 

 address by Dr. Homer R. Dill, of the 

 University of Iowa. His subject was, 

 'The Birds of Laysan Island, Hawaii,' 



